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light  of  print  in  the  "  Spirit  of  the  Fair."  Poets,  Historians,  Statesmen,  Novelists 
and  Essayists  furnished  contributions  prepared  expressly  for  its  columns  ;  and  their 
efforts  in  behalf  of  the  noble  charity  which  the  paper  represented,  should  alone  en 
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"  Spirit  of  the  Fair"  for  the  reader  of  the  future. 


ALPHABETICAL  TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


THE     FAIR. 

PACK 

A  Letter  from  the  Fair 99 

A  Liberal  1'urchaser 75 

Architectural  Ornaments 17 

Anns  anil  Trophies  Department,  Flags  in  the 40 

Auilubon's  Birds ' 

Autographic 7<! 

Autograph  Collection  of  the  Metropolitan  Fair 99 

A  Venerable  Contributor Ill 

Hook  of  Bubbles 4 

Bubblings  around  the  Fair,  No.  1 180 

No.  II.  (account  of  the   Grand  Matinee  at  the 
Hotel    dc    Finnegan,  by  ".Jenkins,"'   formerly  of 

the  London  "  Morning  "Post") ". . . .  159 

No.  Ill 1S3 

Burgoyne's  8\vonl Ill 

Curiosity  Shop  Incident 14S 

Eliot's  Indian  Bible , 75 

European  Donations 15 

Kvcning  Concerts 17 

Florence  Nightingale')  Gift  to  the  Fair 1S3 

General  Description  of  the  Fair 8 

Hallcck,  Fitz  Greene Ill 

"Heart  of  the  Andes" 14-! 

Hippotheatron 17 

Humors  of  the  Fa!r 160,  171 

Incidents  and  Items  of  the  Fair:  40,  52,  04,  70,  87, 

111,  128,  148.171,  1S8,  2(15 

Knickerbocker  Kitchen  Gossip 14s 

Letter  to  M.  Bierstadt 99 

List  of  Contributors  and    Articles   Contributed;     10, 
22,  84.46,58,  70,  82,  94,  118,  180,  142,   154,   106, 

173,  1% 

Looking  Through  a  I'.rlck Ill 

Loyalty  at  the  South 160 

New  Jersi-v  Department 75 

New  York  Institution  for  the  Blind 159 

Norinaudy  Caps  and  Gauffre  Cakes 14S 

Old  Curiosity  Shop  75 

Opening  Ceremonies 15 

Photographic.  Album,  liv  Wm.  Henry  Aruoux 6S 

Plnn  of  the  Fair  liuildiiigs  185 

Raffling 171,  1S3 

Relics  and  Curiosities  at  the  Fair 2S 

Restaurant  Department 23,75 

Spring,  Hummer,  Autumn,  Winter 75 

The  Art  Gallery 40 

The  Buildings 15 

The  <  'ocoauut  Palm 148 

The  Fair 4 

The  Fire  Department 171 

The  Ghosts  at  Union  Square 99 

The  Roman  Table 100,  123 

The  Spirit  of  the  Fair 15 

Union   Square  Building 124 

Water  from  2.000  Miles  on  the  Amazon  1S3 

Wilson,  Mrs.  George  T.     Poems  Printed  for  the  Fair.  159 
Woman's  Central  Association  of  Relief 76 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

A  Baptism  for  the  Dead 5 

A  Burial  at  Sea.    By  Donald  O.  Mitchell 151 

Acrostic  Enigmas,  Solutions  to 19C, 

A  Letter  From  Mrs.  Muddle (5s 

A  Meditation  on  Trimmings, 82 

America  anil  Her  Commentators,  by  II.  T.  Tucker- 
man 91 

American  Fairs.     By  Hon.  Chas.  P.  Daly 53 

American  Women 1T:( 

An  English  Humorist.     By  K.  II.  Dana,  jr 20 

Anccl  Traps—  A  Meditation.    By  Adelaide 12s 

A  Social  Exchange 83 

A   Soldier's    Dream.     By   Donald    G.  Mitchell,?  (Ik 

Marvel) 89 

A  New  Version 114 

Answers  to  Correspondents  (after  the  manner  of  the 

Sunday  Papers) 172 

A  Pair  of  Vigeons — A  Story  by  an  old   Soldier  of  the 
Army   of  the  Potomac.    By  Frederick  S.  Coz- 

zens 55,  66,  78 

A  Tragedy  of  To-day.    By  K  use  Terry 127 

Autographs  and  Autograpb  Collections.    Bv  Dr    J 

G.  Cogswell 150,162,    174 

A  Word  to  our  1' cutlers &7 

Book  of  Bubbles 4,  196 

Charades  and  Acrostic  Enigmas,  Solutions  to v.ti; 

Concerts 117 

Crowds 104 

Definition! Is7,  igg,  204 

[I'Orvay,  Count.  Letter  From 168 

Kncllsh  Abuse  of  America.    By  II.  T.  Tnckerman. ..  115 

Kxlle MI 

r'reckles 128 

r'rom  the  Letters  of  a  Young  Oiticcr,  No.  I llif, 

Handkerchiefs  in  Shakespeare 104 

Heresy  ! 57 

'  Here  we  go,  op,  up,  up." 200 


r^Iunt,  Leigh.      Unpublished  Autograph  letter  from..  6,S 

In  a  Hundred  Years ...  200 

India  Rubber ...  8 

In  the  Studio 153 

I  ntroductory fi 

Irony 5 

Jack's  Ingenuity  in  Obtaining  Groir 1S5 

Kirklnnd,  Mrs.  Death  of ". 64 

Les  VOMIX  d'un  Ami,  par  le  Comte  AGENOR  DE  GAS- 

I'AUIX 19 

Letters  from  a  Soldier  in  Hospital 197 

Letters  from  Charlotte  Cushman  and  others 16 

Letter  from  Genoa 141 

Letters  from  N.  P.  Willis  and  Count  D'Orsay 168 

Letter  from  Sally  Popcorn  to  her  Sister  Betsey,  in 

Pumpkinsville,  No.  I. ...  172 

No.  II 184 

No.  Ill 195 

Letter  from  Thomas  Hughes 65 

McClellan  and  Grant 204 

Meeting  of  Americans  in  Genoa 29 

"Misplaced  Affection" 201 

Muni  Bet 105 

Music,  of  the  Indians.     By  S.  Lasar 153 

My  First  Soldier  (How  I  came  to  be  a  Nurse,  No.  II.)    4! 

MyNotcBooks.     By  Donald  G.  Mitchell 189 

Nature  and  Life.    By  Hon.  George  Bancroft ISO 

New  York,     liy  James  Fenhnore  Cooper,  (from  an  ^A 

Unpublished  MS.) 6,  18,  80,  42,  54,  90,  102,  JTT 

Oddities  of  Advertising 21 

Old  (Proverbial)  Friends  with  New  Faces 21 

Old  Saws  with  New  Readings,    liy  M.    No.  1 83 

No.  II 93 

Our  Contributors 52 

Our  Duty 


I'AOE 

Hospital,  Life  in  a 5 

How  I  came  to  be  a  Nurse,  No.  1 29 

No.  II 41 

No.  Ill 77 

No.  IV ..             12.1/ 

No.  V 137 


Parvenu  and  Shoddy 81 

I'o.->iMe    Items  from  some   Newspaper    a  Century 

Hence 201 

Private  Picture  Galleries 29 

Progress 129 

Promiscuous  Criticisms  on  the  "Spirit  of  the  Fair"..     61 

Prophetic  Autographs 45 

Railroad  Extraordinary 45 

Soldier  Boy's  Dream 5 

Sophia;  or.  The  Reign  of  Woman 81 

Special  Advertisements 45 

Style  and  Elegance 203 

Synopsis  of  Clarissa  Harlowe 172 

The  Acrostic  Enigma 9 

The  Bogie 125 

The    Devotional   Poetry  of  Dr.   Watts,     By  W.   C. 

P.ryant 101 

The  Experience  of  An  Hour.    By  Absalom  Briggs..  185 

The  Future  of  the  Beautiful.  By  Dr.  Osgood 103 

The  Gondola  in  the  Park 173 

The  Loyal  Man.    By  Andrew  Jackson  Gruell 141 

T:.c  Modern  Pompeii 187 

The  Nassauese  Cuisine.    By  J.  Milton  Mackie,  au 
thor  of  "  Cosas  de  Espana" 105 

The  19th  Indiana 77 

The  Nurse 187 

The  Primeval  Poll-Tax  (Contributed  by  a  Sexton  in 

Good  Society)...  93 

The  Rebellion  ~ 


PACK 

By  Thoo.  Tilton..  10 


A  Layman's  Confession  of  Faith. 

A  March  Thought 

A  Memory.     By  Mrs.  Julia  C.  R.  Dorr ID! 

'A  Morceau  from  Metnstasio.     By  W.  C.  Bryant ! 

Anacreontic.     By  Carl  Benson lo( 

A  Persian  Song.     By  R.  II.  Stoddard 20: 

'A  Sprinsr  Song.     By  George  William  Curtis 173 

Army  Vespers,    liy  Rose  Terry ls~ 

A  Thoughtgiven  to  one  who  gave  no  Thought  in  Re 
turn.     By  Captain  »»* 19 

AtLast.    By  Mrs.  Akers 41 

Charades 21.33.  57.69.  93,  105,  106,  117,  141,  177,  196 

Compensation.    By  Gail  Hamilton 44 

Cries  for  the  Fair.     By  N.  P.  C If 

Dragoon's  Song.    By  George  II.  Boker n 

England    and     America,      liy    Richard    Monckton 

Milnes,  (now  Lord  Hoimhton) 68 

Epigrams 45,  57,  1?9, 197,  202 

Ever  Free.     liy  Charles  Godfrey  Leland 20( 

First  Spring  Flowers 13i 

Forty  Years.     By  T.  W.  Parsons 17:; 

Freedom's  Rally.     Bv  C.  T.  Brooks 11 

From  the  Spanish  of  Calderon 17J 

Gems  from  the  new  and  admired  opera  of  Raffletetto. 

By  George  William  Curtis 91 

Heine's  Lorelei.    By  Carl  Benson K 

Hero  and  Leandcr.    By  M 20^ 

Horace.— Odes  I.  88 94 

How  to  do  it.    A  Rhyme  for  the  Time.    By  George 

William  Curtis 41 

Italy.     By  Henry  T.  Tnckerman 112 

Jefferson  Davis,  John  C.  Calhoun.  and  the  Rebellion. 

Three  Sonnets.     By  C.  P.  Cranch 151 

Lines.    By  Ellsland 175 

Lines.     By  Houghton 163,173,  174 

Lines.    By  a  Private  Soldier. 77 

Little  Annie.    By  Henry  Ames  Blood,  Washington, 

D.C I ....   187 

Madeline.     By  C.  K.  T Is9 

Margaret  Fuller  on  Women.    By  Cambridge 12S 

Niagara 185 

Old  Curiosity  Shop,  (Advertisement) 88 

Old  Party  of  France 202 

On  a  late  interesting  Event.  Affectionately  dedicated 
to  the  "L— nil — n  T — mes."    By  George  William 

Curtis 149 

One  Glass  before  we  go.     By  William  8.  Johnson. ..  197 

On  Rattling 184 

Our  World  Has  Love.     By  Richard  Monckton  Millies 

(now  Lord  Houghton) 

Peace  and  War.     Two  Pictures.    By  C.  P.  Cranch. 19,  81 

"  Peace-men." 201 

Quadruple  Acrostic  Enigma 201 

Room  Wanted 


i  E. 


rd. 


16 
The  Riu'lit  to  Marry ...............................    21 

The  Six  Writers  of  the  Augustan  History.    By  Maj.- 

Oen.  John  A.  Dix 48 

The  Story  of  Pelayo.    A  Fragment.    By  Washing 
ton  Irving 120,  138 

The  Washington  Widow.    A  True  Story.    By  Rose 

Terry 1 64,  1 75 

The  Wishes  of  a  Friend.    By  the  Count  do  Gaspa- 

rin 19 

Three  Parables,  Illustrated  by  Millais.      By  Eugene 

Benson 81 

Unfair" 196 

Valedictory 197 

Vers  de  So'ciete, 68 

ashington  and  Napoleon.     A  Fragment 69 

Wet  Day  at  an  Irish  Inn.    By  Donald  G.  Mitchell 

176,  1S7,  188 
Why  our  Men  Re-enlist     By  Rev.  J.  P.  Thompson. .     17 

William  Blake.     By  A.  F 161 

Willlis,  N.  P.,  Letter  from 168 


POETRY. 

Acrostic.     By  T 202 

Acrostic  Enigmas 21,  45,  57, 195, 196,  2ul 

Adieu,  little  Duchess. 1S7 

Ahasuerns.    The  Steam  Spirit 20 

Aid  for  the  Soldier.     By  Elizabeth  T.  Porter  Beach.  12'J 


Saint  Valentine.    By  "  M." 

Serenade 

Song  of  Freedom,     liy  C.  T.  Brooks 

Stanzas 

Stanzas.     By  Joseph  Rodman  Drake 2ttO 

Tennessee 57 

The  Amateur  Medium.    By  Bayard  Taylor 67 

The  Brav*  Soldier  Boy  laid"  up.     By  Ellsland 129 

The  Cannon  of  Gettysburg.    By  H.  1).  S 127 

The  Colonel's  Shield.     By  Mrs.  R.  II.  Stoddard 108 

The  Duke's  Elegy.     By  Edtuond  C.  Stedir.an 55 

The  Flag  of  the  Eagle.     By  Alfred  B.  Street 149 

The  Heart  of  "68."     Bv  Jane  G.  Fuller 2U4 

The  King  of  Thole.    Translated  from  Faust.    By  C. 

B.  Conant 177 

The  Origin  of  Champagne,  (From  the  German) 104 

The  Poet. 58 

The  Quartermaster's  Story.     By  W.  W 149 

The  Raft-light.     By  Rose  Terry 203 

The,  Roll-call.     By  Henry  P.  Leland 129 

The  Rose  of  Death.    A  Ballad  of  the  War.     By  C.  1'. 

Cranch.. 115 

The  Three  Sisters 204 

The  Traitor's  Holocaust.     By  L.  A.  S 203 

The  Trooper.    By  K.  W.  R 117 

Thomas  and  Edward.    By  George  William  Curtis. ..  1S9 

Three  Sonnets.    By  Mrs.  Kemble H 

Through  Life 1 W 

"'Tis  a  horrid  Idea" 1N5 

ToaClock.     ByM '89 

To  a  Discontented  Bachelor t2 

To  a  Friend  who  sent  me  a  Meerschaum.     Bv  James 

Russell  Lowell '. 79 

To  Fortune  163 

To  the  First  Snow-Drop.     By  Epes  Sargent 09 

Traduit 168 

Trooper's  Song.    By  K.  W.  Raymond 18» 

Two    Pictures,    ("Peace    and   War.)"      By  C.  P 

Cranch 19,81 

Ulric  Dahlgren.     By  II.  T.  Tuckermun 29 

Valentine.     By  W.  J.  II 141 

Victory.     By  Julia  Ward  Howe 101 

Who's  'been  at  the  Fair  ?    By  Mrs.  Klrklnnd 201 

Woman's  Mission.     By  George  W.  Bungay 128 

Young  Lady  of  Sharon 202 


SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 


GENERAL  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  FAIR  AND 
GUIDE  TO  THE  DEPARTMENTS 

The  Main  Entrance  is  on  Fourteenth  street,  through  the  tempo 
rary  building  erected  in  front  of  the  armory  of  the  22d  N.  Y.  State 
National  Guards. 

ON  THE  EIGHT  of  the  Main  Entrance  is  the  Indian  Department: 
ON  THE  LEFT  is  the  Department  of  Arms  and  Trophies. 

On  entering  the  main  building  by  the  central  door,  the  follow 
ing  is  the  order  of  departments  and  tables. 

SOUTH  SIDE— EIGHT  OF  MAIN  ENTRANCE. 
Jacob's  Well. 

Room  No.  3 — Hardware  and  Furnishing  Goods. 
Room  No.  2 — Treasurer's  Department. 
Stall— Children's  Clothing. 
Room  No.  1 — Lingeries  and  Trimmings. 

SAME  SIDE— LEFT  OF  MAIN  ENTRANCE. 
Stall  for  the  sale  of  the  Spirit  of  the  Fair  newspaper. 
Room  No.  4 — Stationery. 
Room  No.  5 — Sowing  Machines. 
Stall — Soda  Fountain. 
Executive  Committee  Room. 

"WEST  SIDE  OF  MAIN  BUILDING. 

1st  Stall— Thread,  Needles,  and  Small  Wares. 
2d  Stall— Toys. 

3d  Stall — Gentlemen's  Furnishing  Goods. 
4th  to  10th  Stall — New  Jersey  Department. 
Washington  Irving  Temple. 

NORTH  SIDE— FIFTEENTH  STREET 

(Beginning  at  West  end). 

1st  Entrance  to  Machinery  and  Shipbuilder's  Department. 
Stall — Boots  and  Shoes. 
Stall — Harness,  Bridles,  and  Leather  Goods. 
2d  Entrance  to  Machinery  Department. 
Stall— Dry  Goods. 
Stall — India  Rubber  Goods. 
3d  Entrance  to  Machinery  Department. 
Clothes-Wringing  Machine. 

EAST  WALL 
(Beginning  at  North  end). 

New  York  Fire  Department,  extending  half  the  length  of  the 

wall. 

Stall — Roman  Department. 

Entrance  to  Carriage  and  Agricultural  Department  and  Mathe 
matical  Instruments. 
Stall — Jewelry  and  Fancy  Goods. 
Entrance  to  Wholesale  Departments  of 

Tobacco  and  Liquors, 
Drugs  and  Perfumeries, 
Soaps  and  Candles, 
Groceries. 
These  conduct  to 

THE  RESTAURANT. 
From  which  two  nights  of  stairs  lead  to 

THE  DINING  SALOON. 
THE  CENTRE  OF  THE  MAIN  BUILDING 
is  occupied  by 

Floral  Temple,  and  Flower  Department. 


LIST  'OF  TABLES  ON  MAIN  FLOOR. 
No.  1 — German  Turnverein. 

2 — Furs,  Hats,  and  Caps. 

3 — Porcelain  and  Glass. 

4 — Lutheran  Society. 

5 — Baptist  Society. 

6— Buffalo  Table. 

7— Ohio  Table. 

8— New  Bedford  Table. 

9— Police. 
10— Oswego  Table. 
11— Staten  Island  Table. 
12 — Dobbs'  Ferry  and  Hastings. 
13— Norwalk  Table. 
14— Welsh  Church. 

15 — Westchester — Forts  Schuyler  and  Hamilton. 
10— Harlem  Table. 
17— Methodist  Table. 
18 — Wholesale  Jewellers. 
19— Rev.  Mr.  Gantz's  Church. 
20 — Retail  Perfumery  and  Wax  Flowers. 
21 — Miscellaneous. 

22 — Presbyterian  and  Dutch  Reformed. 
23 — Children's  Clothing. 
24 — Fancy  Goods. 

THE  PICTURE  GALLERY 

extends  along  the  AVest  end  of  the  main  building.     The  entrance 
is  from  Fourteenth  street,  the  most  Westerly  door.     At  one  end  is 

THE    GALLERY    OF    PHOTOGRAPHS    AND    ENGRAVINGS. 

THE  SECOND  STORY  MAIN  BUILDING 
is  reached  by  the  staircase  near  the  Picture  Gallery,  and  is  divi 
ded  into  the  following  Departments : 

Room  No.  11 — Ladies'  Executive  Committee  Room. 

"        "    10 — Architectural  Ornaments,    Stained    Glass,  and 

Tapestries. 

"        "      9 — Library  and  Book  Store. 
«         "7  and  8— Old  Curiosity  Shop. 
"        "     6— Dress  Making. 

Rooms  beyond — Furniture  and  Upholstery  Department. 
Ladies'  Hair  Dressing  Articles. 
Dress  Patterns. 
Lithographic  Press. 
The  floor  above  is  occupied  by  the  Photographic  Department. 


PLAN  OF  THE  UNION  SQUARE  BUILDING. 
The  main  entrances  are  on  the  South  side  of  the  two  wings  ad 
joining  the  Park. 

THE  EAST  WING  is  occupied  by 

THE  CHILDREN'S  DEPARTMENT. 
THE  CENTRAL  DIVISION  consists  of 

THE  MUSICAL  INSTRUMENT  DEPARTMENT, 
and  the 

KNICKERBOCKER  KITCHEN. 
THE  WEST  WING  contains  the 

INTERNATIONAL  DEPARTMENT, 

containing  contributions  from  various  quarters  of  the  world.     In 
the  centre  of  this  building  is  a  fountain. 


THE  CATTLE  SHOW  connected  with  the  Fair  is  situated  in 
Fifteenth  street,  near  Seventh  avenue.  Among  the  Contributions 
of  Stock  will  be  found 

A  White  Ox  from  Livingston  county,  weighing  3602  pounds — 
an  Alderney  Cow — a  Durham  Bull — Sheep — Shetland  Ponies  and 
Horses. 


SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


THE     FAIR. 

THE  METROPOLITAN  FAIR,  which  opened  so  auspiciously  last  evening, 
is  the  crowning  realization  of  an  idea  which  originated  in  the  great  West. 
To  Chicago,  the  metropolis  of  the  West,  belongs  the  honor  of  having 
inaugurated  the  noble  series  of  Sanitary  Fairs  which  in  that  city,  in  Cin 
cinnati,  Boston,  and  Brooklyn,  has  attested  the  interest  of  the  people  in 
the  welfare  of  the  brave  defenders  of  our  national  unity.  Nothing  could 
be  more  characteristic  of  America  than  these  fairs. '  Europeans  cannot 
understand  them,  nor  the  spirit  of  patriotism  and  charity  in  which  they 
originated.  A  great  "  Sanitary  Fair  is  announced  in  the  American  news 
papers,"  said  a  recent  London  paper ;  "  what  can  they  mean  by  that '! " 
If  the  New  York  correspondent  of  that  journal  was  present  last  evening 
ut  the  opening  of  our  FAIR,  and  if  he  will  report  truly  and  without  preju 
dice  what  he  saw,  our  English  friends  will  be  furnished  with  the  only 
answer  to  this  captious  question  which  we  care  to  give  them. 

Our  Sanitary  Fairs  have  not  been  gotten  up,  as  some  of  our  European 
critics  allege,  for  mere  show,  nor  for  the  gratification  of  national  pride, 
but  solely  for  the  sake  of  doing  good  to  those  who  stand  in  sore  need  of 
immediate  assistance.  Private  charity  was  not  adequate  to  the  enormous 
task  of  providing  for  the  sick  and  wounded  of  our  large  and  widely  scat 
tered  armies.  Some  kind  of  social  organization  was  necessary  to  ensure 
the  prompt  and  efficient  accomplishment  of  our  duty  toward  the  soldiers  ; 
and  no  better  plan  than  the  Fairs  could  have  been  devised.  Each  Fair  has 
been  the  centre  of  an  active  social  interest.  It  has  caused  a  useful  con 
centration  of  effort,  and  quickened  throughout  the  entire  community  the 
sentiment  of  nationality. 

Although  New  York  may  be  said  to  have  borrowed  the  idea  of  a  Sanitary 
Fair  from  the  metropolis  of  the  West,  yet  she  has  so  improved  upon  the 
first  conception — as  great  poets  do  with  appropriated  thoughts — as  to 
make  it  substantially  her  own.  Her  vast  resources  in  the  generosity  of 
her  merchants  and  other  men  of  wealth,  combined  with  the  zealous  coop 
eration  of  her  artisans,  mechanics  and  laborers,  and  the  generous  assistance 
of  men  of  letters  and  artists,  have  enabled  her  to  eclipse  the  efforts  of  her 
sister  cities  with  a  sun-like  blaze  of  magnificence.  Not  only  are  the  Fair 
premises  on  a  larger  scale  than  those  of  any  other  city,  but  the  display  of 
contributions  was  never  equalled  in  any  other  Fair  on  this  side  of  the 
Atlantic.  We  say  this  with  the  modesty  which  becomes  those  who  know 
for  New  York  not  to  surpass  all  competitors,  on  an  occasion  so  noble  and 
praiseworthy,  would  have  been  shameful  delinquency.  We  state  the  fact 
merely  as  a  matter  of  history,  and  not  to  exalt  ourselves  above  others. 

Like  its  predecessors,  our  New  York  FAIR  was  set  on  foot  bv  ladies. 
Early  in  the  present  year  two  Executive  Committees,  one  of  ladies,  the 
other  of  gentlemen,  were  appointed  to  carry  the  idea  into  practical  opera 
tion,  the  Sanitary  Commission  exercising  a  practical  supervision  over  the 
undertaking.  It  was  the  intention  of  these  Committees,  as  set  forth  in 
their  circular,  to  make  it  not  a  mere  fancy  Fair  on  a  large  scale,  but  that 
in  plan  and  scope  it  should  be  worthy  of  the  great  city  in  which  it  was  to 
be  held,  and  of  the  great  interest  to  which  it  was  designed  to  minister. 
They  set  to  work  with  the  design  of  enlisting  all  sympathies,  pleasing  all 
healthy  tastes,  and  satisfying  all  honest  needs.  The  magnificent  display 
at  the  opening  last  night,  the  universal  satisfaction  of  the  gay  throng 
which  filled  the  handsomely  decorated  rooms,  all  attest  the  complete  suc 
cess  of  their  endeavors.  In  all  their  efforts  for  the  attainment  of  this 
object,  the  Committees  were  generously  seconded  by  the  public.  Hundreds 
of  circulars,  soliciting  contributions  and  cooperation,  were  sent  out  by 
them  to  the  professional  and  business  men  of  the  city  and  surrounding 
country.  Trade  organizations,  and  literary  and  artistic  societies  were 
likewise  invited  to  assist  in  the  undertaking.  A  glance  at  the  Fair  prem 
ises  will  show  better  than  words  how  liberal  was  the  response.  The 
wealthy  gave  without  stint,  and  the  poor  contributed  according  to  their 
means.  Every  profession,  every  trade,  every  business  is  represented  in 
the  FAIR.  No  contribution,  however  humble,  was  declined.  The  very 
first  gift  was  a  common  tin  pan,  from  a  poor  family  that  desired  to  con 
tribute  their  mite  to  the  Soldier's  Fair.  The  second  was  a  penknife,  from 
a  poor  woman  who  keeps  a  very  humble  fancy  store.  Many  similar  con 
tributions  have  been  gratefully  accepted  by  the  Committees. 

The  Old  World  is  also  magnificently  represented  in  our  FAIR.     Our 


friends  and  countrymen  in  every  part  of  Europe  have  shown  their  interest 
in  this  occasion,  and  in  the  cause  of  freedom  and  humanity,  by  collecting 
and  forwarding  donations.  In  London,  Paris,  Home,  and  several  other 
cities,  societies  were  organized  for  this  purpose  ;  and  the  generous  and 
magnificent  contributions  which  they  have  sent  over  form  some  of  the 
most  attractive  featured  of  the  exhibition.  They  will  be  appropriately 
noticed  in  succeeding  numbers  of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 


THE  BOOK   OF  BUBBLES. 

AMONG  the  literary  productions,  if  it  deserves  the  definition,  to  which 
the  Fair  has  given  birth,  is  a  "volume  of  quaint  verses  humorously  illus 
trated,  bearing  the  above  title.  It  consists  of  doggerel  lines  on  familiar 
subjects  or  prominent  personages,  after  the  manner  of  the  popular  verses 
by  Thackeray  and  others,  which  so  successfully  ran  through  several  num 
bers  of  the  London  Punch  last  year.  The  origin  of  this  funny  verse  is, 
however,  as  old  as  Mother  Goose,  and  to  that  venerable  and  dear  old  lady 
is  the  credit  due,  if  credit  there  be,  for  first  tickling  our  juvenile  fancy  with 
this  jingle  of  nonsensical  versification.  But  Mother  Goose  is  immortal. 
Like  Shakspeare  she  was  not  born  for  a  day,  but  for  all  time  ;  hence  her 
ideas  arc  seized  upon,  and  under  various  guises  reproduced  by  the  wits  of 
every  age  to  titillate  the  fancy  of  people  of  all  ages.  This  Hook  of  Bub 
bles  is  a  case  in  point,  for  here  we  have  a  bound  volume,  profusely  illus 
trated  with  designs  by  talented  artists,  printed  on  fine  paper,  and  published 
at  considerable  expense,  in  order  to  amuse  society  with  a  series  of  carica 
tures,  in  substance  as  airy  as  the  soapy  rainbow  globules  blown  from  a 
penny  pipe  by  a  toddling  infant.  Men  are  but  children  of  an  older  growth, 
and,  spite  of  appearance,  gray  hairs  or  no  hair  at  all,  we  will  have  our 
bowl  of  nonsense  now  and  then,  and  enjoy  it  as  hugely  as  we  did  our  gin 
gerbread  and  candy  when  we  were  far  less  wise  and  far  more  innocent  than 
now.  This  being  the  case,  the  success  of  the  Boole  of  Bubbles  is  beyond 
peradventure.  It  will  sell,  and  be  read,  and  be  laughed  over : — be  laid 
aside,  re-read,  and  laughed  over  again  and  again,  whether  the  Solons  abuse 
it  as  "  stupendous  nonsense,"  or  the  critics  cut  it  up  into  ever  so  fine  a 
hash.  Some  of  the  verses  in  this  volume  were  perpetrated  by  men  who  are 
perhaps  the  last  in  the  world  to  whom  the  reader  would  attribute  their 
authorship.  So  too  with  the  illustrations  :  crude  and  grotesque  as  they 
are,  they  proceed  from  hands  to  which  we  are  indebted  for  the  most  beauti 
ful  designs  in  American  art.  The  greater  part  of  the  "  bubbles,"  however, 
seem  to  have  been  blown  by  a  social  wit,  well  known  in  our  citv,  whose 
"  airy  nothings"  have  often  "  set  the  table  in  a  roar,"  some  of  which,  we 
are  glad  to  say,  have  now  found  a  "  local  habitation  and  a  name  "  in  the  book 
under  notice.  It  would  be  hypercritical  to  criticize  such  a  work.  Wit, 
says  the  great  bard,  lies  in  the  car  of  him  who  hears  it — not  on  the  tongue 
of  him  who  speaks  it.  If  then  these  grotesque  outlines  and  their  pendent 
rhymes  cause  the  facial  muscles  of  the  reader  to  relax  into  however  faint 
a  grin  of  delight,  no  doubt  the  labors  of  the  author  will  be  amply  rewarded. 
The  book  has  evidently  been  hastily  prepared  to  meet  the  peculiar  demand 
occasioned  by  the  Fair,  therefore  the  points  of  the  jokes  may  in  some  in 
stances  not  have  been  as  finely  ground  down,  or  the  rhythmic  cadences  as 
nicely  adjusted  as  would  have  been  otherwise  the  case.  The  editor,  in  his 
"  Poem,"  wishes  it  to  be  distinctly  understood  that  he  ignores  entirely  in 
this  volume  any  Caxlalian  influence.  In  fact  he  gives  the  cut  direct  to  the 
"  Parnassian  lord  !  "  exclaiming : 

"  Xot  Thro,  for  This,— not  Thee;— the  god  we  woo 
I-  wliimsic  NONSKSSE  und  liia  snickering  crew  ! 
Come,  grout  Afflatus  !  Sovereign  "\Vnirster,  come  ! 
And  drive  Triphoniiw  to  his  murky  home; 
Convulse  with  agony  the  sculptured  guest, 
And  stir  lank  Dulneas  to  a  grim  unrest." 

We  think  the  volume  would  have  been  more  acceptable  to  the  public 
if  the  few  political  squibs  had  been  omitted.  We  doubt  the  propriety  of 
poking  fun  at  the  captain  when  the  ship  is  in  danger,  and  while  he  is  doing 
his  best,  according  to  the  lights  of  his  own  experience,  to  weather  the  storm 
which  threatens  the  lives  of  his  passengers. 

To  those  who  do  not  object  to  a  little  whipped  syllabub  after  the 
heavier  dishes  of  life's  daily  service  are  disposed  of,  these  "  Bubbles  "  will 
commend  themselves.  The  food  is  not  very  substantial,  but  is  quite  palat 
able,  and  is  well  served  on  good  plates. 


SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


LIFE    IN    A    HOSPITAL. 
THE  SOLDIER  BOY'S  DREAM. 

IN  one  of  the  generous  barrels  that  came  to  our  hospital,  in ,  beside 

the  shirts  and  drawers,  the  towels  and  socks,  was  a  quantity  of  nice  slates 
and  pencils,  and  the  men  are  all  delighted  with  them.  Sergeant  Graham 
has  established  a  class  in  arithmetic  in  Ward  1,  and  the  men  arc  to  use  the 
new  slates  for  their  (igures;  and  on  one  of  them,  a  German  boy  in  Ward 
12  is  to  acquire  the  English  language.  The  poor  little  fellow  is  quite 
alone  in  America — the  oldest  of  seven,  sent  out  to  make  his  fortune.  He 
lived  for  a  while  as  gardener's  boy  with  some  one,  and  then  went  into  the 
army,  where  he  has  developed  disease  of  the  heart,  and  is  "  unfit  for  ser 
vice  "  now.  But  he  helped  take  Fort  Pulaski  for  us ;  he  was  a  gunner 
there. 

He  writes  me  notes  very  often,  on  his  slate,  and  reads  a  chapter  in  his 
Testament  with  me  almost  every  day.  He  told  me,  too,  quite  a  pretty  little 

story  the  other  morning.  I  was  making  my  rounds,  and  came  to  G in 

turn.  "  Did  you  sleep  well?  "  "  Oh,  yes;  and  if  you  have  time  won't  you 
come  back  again  and  let  me  tell  you  something  ?  " 

So  back  I  came  after  a  while,  and  sat  down  by  him,  and  heard  how  he 
had  fallen  asleep  so  quickly  and  pleasantly,  and  had  "  such  a  beautiful 
dream  !  " 

"I  was  walking  alone  in  a  great  city,  and  came  to  a  bridge  over  a  deep 
river.  As  I  crossed  the  bridge,  it  broke  suddenly  and  I  fell  into  the  water 
and  was  sinking.  Then  you  came  to  me  and  drew  me  out,  and  carried  me 
to  land,  and  I  was  all  wet,  and  you  were  all  wet,  and  you  took  me  home  to 
your  own  house,  and  gave  me  a  whole  new  suit  of  clothes,  dry  and  warm. 
Then  I  was  going  away,  but  you  brought  me  into  your  garden  and  told  me 
to  pick  any  flower  I  liked.  So  I  went  to  take  a  rose,  and  as  I  was  picking 
it  I  died ;  but  you  called  aloud  to  me  not  to  drop  the  rose  but  to  take  it  with 
me  and  plant  it  in  Heaven  for  you. 

"  So  I  went  to  Heaven  and  planted  the  flower,  and  it  grew  and  blossom 
ed,  and  then  I  sent  you  down  word  that  the  rose  was  blooming,  and  you  died, 
and  came  up  and  found  it  there,  blooming/or  yo'i.  And  we  were  together 
in  Heaven.  It  was  such  a  pleasant  dream,  and  I  am  so  happy  to-day  !  " 

AMUSEMENTS. 

The  games,  as  well  as  the  slates,  which  come  in  the  boxes  and  barrels, 
are  a  great  delight.  I  have  just  been  over  to  see  Fitch  and  set  him  up  at 
a  solitaire  board.  He  was  all  over  smiles,  and  pegging  away  with  his  game 
in  bed. 

With  another  thoughtful  gift  of  tools,  the  boys  in  Ward  20  knocked  up 
a  nice  little  bagatelle  board  with  glass  b;ills  and  a  cambric  cover.  Ward  6 
went  over  to  inspect  and  imitate.  They  came  back  disgusted ;  "  would 
scorn  to  play  on  such  a  thing  ;  would  have  a  board  on  which  a  lady  could 
dance  a  hornpipe,  if  she  pleased."  Highly  improbable  that  any  one  would 
please  to  do  that,  but  I  promised  them  that  if  they  would  make  a  first  rate 
board,  they  should  have  all  that  was  necessary.  So  they  went  to  work,  and 
the  result  was  a  beauty.  The  table  is  seven  or  eight  feet  long,  covered  with 
scarlet  flannel,  and  with  turned  balls  and  walnut  cups,  and  the  men  of  the 
Ward  have  enjoyed  every  minute  of  its  existence  for  the  past  month.  I 
have  never  gone  in  when  there  hasn't  been  a  crowd  round  the  table  push 
ing  balls  or  keeping  count,  and  I  really  think  that  the  health  of  the  Ward 
has  improved  under  the  treatment. 

Money  spent  in  lemons  for  bronchitis,  oranges  for  fever  patients,  mit 
tens  and  socks  for  "  convalescents  "  (who  have  to  go  on  guard  in  puddles 
of  snow-water)  and  in  games  and  tools  for  wretched,  bored,  half  sick,  half 
well,  wholly  demoralized  men,  may  not  seem  a  great  investment  to  the 
givers ;  would  not  seem  so  to  me,  if  I  did  not  live  in  a  general  hospital, 
and  know  where  Government  munificence  stops  and  where  private  benefi 
cence  may  to  advantage  begin. 

HOME  BOXES. 

The  meals  in  our  hospital  mess-hall  are  nicely  served  and  well  cooked. 
At  the  beating  of  the  drum  the  "  convalescents"  form  in  line,  and  march, 
by  wards,  into  the  long  hall,  where  three  lines  of  tables,  each  250  feet  long, 
are  set.  Last  night,  when  we  inspected  the  supper,  there  were  shining 


tins  up  and  down  the  tables  with  a  very  large  portion  of  rice  and  molasses, 
hot  coffee,  and  plenty  of  bread  for  each  man,  and  many  little  pots  of  butter 
and  jam  came  in  under  the  Braves'  arms,  out  of  their  home  boxes  to  help 
garnish  the  tea. 

This  morning  I  was  invited  by  a  soldier  to  join  him  in  a  banquet  over  a 
box  from  home  ;  "and  all  I  want  beside,"  observed  he,  "  is  a  little  gin." 
"  It  is  very  lucky  for  you  that  there  was  none,"  was  my  answer,  "  or  the 
whole  box  would  have  been  confiscated."  "  Confiscated,  indeed!"  re 
turned  the  Brave ;  "  I  should  like  to  see  that  thing  done.  I'm  none  of 
your  cream  and  chocolate  men.  I'd  carry  the  ease  up  to  Abraham  him 
self!" 

Miss was  washing  a  boy's  face  very  gently.  "  Oh  ! "  said  he, 

"  that  reminds  me  of  home — "  (Miss  highly  gratified)  that's  like 

my  sister ;  she  often  did  that  for  me.  My  eyes  !  wasn't  site  a  rouyh  one  ! 
SHVd  take  off  dirt,  and  skin  too,  but  she'd  get  the  dirt  off."  N. 


[\Ve  have  received  from  the  Rev.  J.  P.  Thompson,  and  handed  over  to  the 
"  Old  Curiosity  Shop"  the  One  Dollar  "Greenback"  described  in  the  fol 
lowing  communication,] 

A  BAPTISM  FOR  THE  DEAD. 

Among  the  relics  of  the  war  upon  exhibition  in  the  fair  is  a  mutilated 
dollar  bill  which  has  this  touching  story.  A  pastor  in  an  inland  town  had 
called  upon  his  congregation  to  contribute  to  the  Sanitary  Commission,  and 
had  met  a  liberal  response.  The  next  day  a  woman  who  depends  upon  her 
daily  work  for  her  own  support  and  that  of  her  children,  brought  him  a 
dollar  bill  to  be  added  as  her  mite  to  the  collection.  Her  pastor  declined 
to  take  it,  telling  her  she  ought  not  to  give  so  much ;  but  the  woman  in 
sisted,  adding,  "  We've  had  it  in  the  house  many  weeks  ;  we  cannot  spend 
it." 

Seeing  that  the  bill  was  much  torn,  and  supposing  that  she  had  found 
difficulty  in  passing  it,  her  pastor  said,  "  Oh,  I'll  give  you  a  good  bill  for  it." 

"  No,  that's  not  it.  It  was  in  brother  Sam's  pocket  when  he  was  woun 
ded.  He's  dead  now,  and  we  have  his  torn  pocket-book ;  and  mother 
said  (the  mother  is  a  widow,  and  he  was  her  only  son),  we  will  give  that 
dollar  to  the  Sanitary  Commission  ;  we  cannot  spend  it." 

The  pastor  redeemed  the  bill  for  $2,00,  and  now  sends  it  to  be  disposed 
of  at  the  Fair.  Fifty  dollars  have  already  been  offered  for  it,  but  we  feel 
euro  that  tills  gift  of  two  widows,  of  a  ball-marked  relic  of  their  son  and 
brother,  will  yield  to  the  soldier's  treasury  an  hundred  fold.  No  necessity 
could  have  compelled  them  to  spend  it,  but  the  cause  consecrated  it  as  a 
holy  baptism  for  the  dead. 


THE  finest  kind  of  irony  is  that  which  leaves  you,  after  all,  in  doubt 
whether  it  is  irony  or  not.  Clever  Englishmen  arc  adepts  at  this  ;  much 
of  their  "  chaff"  consists  of  compliments  which  may  be  taken  in  either 
sense  according  to  the  vanity  or  modesty  of  the  receiver  and  the  apprecia 
tion  of  other  hearers. 

"  The  cleverest  man,"  says  a  French  wit,  "  may  often  be  in  great  need 
of  fools'  society  ! "  Think  of  this  when  you  find  yourself  listened  to  by 
great  men.  Beware  lest  they  be  laughing  at  you,  not  with  you. 

Having  recently  sent  a  small  brochure  to  Halleck,  we  were  much  elated  by 
his  letter  of  acknowledgement,  till  it  occurred  to  ns  how  on  a  former  occasion 
he  had  returned  a  highly  complimentary  epistle  to  a  poetaster's  presenta 
tion  copy  ;  "  for,"  said  Fitz  Greene  to  us  then,  "  if  a  man  will  wear  a  fool's 
cap  it  is  as  well  to  give  him  a  ribbon  to  tie  it  under  his  chin."  C.  B. 


IMPORTANT  NOTICE. 

THE  Chairmen  of  Committees  will  please  send  to  the  News 
paper  Committee  a  correct  list  of  the  articles  contributed  to  their 
departments,  which  are  not  included  in  the  lists  of  goods  re 
ceived  at  2  Great  Jones  Street  and  by  the  agent  of  the  14th  Street 
building,  for  publication  in  this  paper. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


H-TTKODTJOTOBY. 

IT  is  customary,  when  ushering  into  notice  a  new  periodical  or  daily  journal,  to  impress  upon  the  public  mind  the 
trite  observation,  that  "  a  great  literary  want  exists,"  which  that  particular  publication  alone  can  supply. 

In  presenting  to  the  patrons  of  the  Metropolitan  Fair  this  unpretending  little  newspaper,  we  are  not  aware  that  any 
literary  vacuum  yawns  to  receive  it.  It  is  simply  an  offspring  of  that  great  Charity  which  to-day  spreads  a  magnificent  ban 
quet  of  utility  and  taste;  and  its  mission  will  be  fulfilled,  if,  like  a  page  in  waiting,  it  serves  the  honored  guests. 

It  is  born  of  Charity — hence  it  does  not  require  to  be  "puffed  up."  Its  existence  will  terminate  with  the  existence 
of  the  Fair — hence  its  "youth  and  inexperience"  should  protect  it  from  the  assaults  of  the  critic.  It  is  an  unpolitical 
sheet — hence  party  spirit  will  not  "  hawk  at  and  tear  it."  It  is  not  weighty  with  philosophic  deductions  nor  flippant  with 
untimely  jests — hence  young  and  old,  grave  and  gay,  may  recognize  in  it  that  juste  milieu,  which  offends  no  tastes  and 
administers  to  all. 

Brief,  however,  as  is  the  number  of  its  days,  it  will  be  apparent  that  there  are  names  among  its  contributors  powerful 
enough  to  immortalize  any  publication,  however  humble,  that  may  be  touched  by  the  wands  of  their  genius.  Under  their 
influence  it  may  be  safely  asserted  that  the  SPIKIT  OF  THE  FAIR  will  never  '•  wholly  die."  Many  visitors  to  the  Fair  will 
preserve  their  copies  of  this  journal  as  a  record  and  memento  of  an  event  of  which  New  York  is  justly  proud  ;  and  it  is  hardly 
a  stretch  of  imagination  to  presume  that  many  people  yet  unborn  will  turn  over  these  pages  with  a  curiosity  and  interest  equal 
to  our  own. 

As  an  auxiliary,  therefore,  of  the  Metropolitan  Fair,  and  in  the  name  of  that  Charity  which  "  seeketh  not  her  own,"  we 
send  forth  our  little  sheet  in  the  confident  belief  that  it  will  receive  at  your  hands  a  generous  and  cordial  welcome. 


UNPUBLISHED    MSS.   OF    JAMES    FE.MMORE 
COOPER. 

OUR  national  novelist  died  in  tlie  autumn  of  1 850 ;  previous  to  his 
fatal  illness  he  was  engaged  upon  a  historical  work,  to  be  entitled  "  The 
Men  of  Manhattan,"  only  the  Introduction  to  which  bad  been  sent  to  the 
press :  the  printing  office  was  destroyed  by  fire,  and  with  it  the  opening 
chapters  of  this  work  ;  fortunately  a  few  pages  had  been  set  up,  and  the 
impression  sent  to  a  literary  gentleman,  then  editor  of  a  popular  critical 
journal,  and  were  thus  saved  from  destruction  :  to  him  we  are  indebted  for 
the  posthumous  articles  of  Cooper,  wherewith,  by  a  coincidence  as  remark 
able  as  it  is  auspicious,  we  now  enrich  our  columns  with  a  contribution 
from  the  American  pioneer  in  letters.  In  discussing  the  growth  of  New 
York  and  speculating  on  her  future  destiny,  the  patriotic  and  sagacious 
author  seems  to  have  anticipated  the  terrible  crisis  through  which  the 
nation  is  now  passing ;  there  is  a  prescience  in  the  views  he  expresses, 
which  is  all  the  more  impressive  inasmuch  as  they  are  uttered  by  a  voice 
now  silent  for  ever.  They  have  a  solemn  interest,  and  were  inspired  by  a 
genuine  attachment  to  his  native  State,  and  an  earnest  sympathy  in  the 
progress  and  prosperity  of  the  nation.  It  should  be  remembered  that, 
when  these  observations  were  written,  the  public  mind  had  been  and  was 
still  highly  excited  by  the  "  Compromise  Measures  " — the  last  vain  expe 
dient  to  propitiate  the  traitors  who  have  since  filled  the  land  with  the 
horrors  of  civil  war. 

NEW    YORK. 

BY  JAMES  FENIMORE  COOPER. 

THE  increase  of  the  towns  of  Manhattan,  as,  for  the,  sake 
of  convenience,  we  shall  term  New  York  and  her  adjuncts,  in 
all  that  contributes  to  the  importance  of  a  great  commercial 
mart,  renders  them  one  of  the  most  remarkable  places  of  the 
present  age.  Within  the  distinct  recollections  of  living  men, 
fney  have  grown  from  a  city  of  the  fifth  or  sixth  class  to  be 
near  the  head  of  all  the  purely  trading  places  of  the  known 
world.  That  there  are  sufficient  causes  for  this  unparalleled 
prosperity,  will  appear  in  the  analysis  of  the  natural  advan 
tages  of  the  port,  in  its  position,  security,  accessories,  and  scale. 


The  State  of  New  York  had  been  steadily  advancing  in 
population,  resources,  and  power,  ever  since  the  peace  of  1783. 
At  that  time  it  bore  but  a  secondary  rank  among  what  where 
then  considered  the  great  States  of  the  Confederacy.  Massa 
chusetts,  proper  and  singly,  then  outnumbered  us,  while  New 
England,  collectively,  must  have  had  some  six  or  seven  times 
our  people.  A  very  few  years  of  peace,  however,  brought 
material  changes.  In  1790,  the  year  in  which  the  first  census 
under  the  law  of  Congress  was  taken,  the  State  already  con 
tained  340,120  souls,  while  New  England  had  a  few  more  than 
a  million.  It  is  worthy  of  remark  that,  sixty  years  since,  the 
entire  State  had  but  little  more  than  half  of  the  population  of 
the  Manhattanese  towns  at  the  present  moment !  Each  suc 
ceeding  census  diminished  these  proportions,  until  that  of 
1830,  when  the  return  for  the  State  of  New  York  gave 
1,372,812,  and  for  New  England  1,954,709.  At  this  time, 
and  for  a  considerable  period  preceding  and  succeeding  it,  it 
was  found  that  the  proportion  between  the  people  of  the  State 
of  New  York  and  the  people  of  the  city,  was  about  as  ten  to 
one.  Between  1830  and  1840,  the  former  had  so  far  increased 
in  numbers  as  to  possess  as  many  people  as  all  New  England. 
In  the  next  decade,  this  proportion  was  exceeded  ;  and  the 
late  returns  show  that  New  York,  singly,  has  passed  ahead  of 
all  her  enterprising  neighbors  in  that  section  of  the  Union. 
At  the  same  time,  the  old  proportion  between  the  State  and 
the  town — or,  to  be  more  accurate,  the  towns  on  the  Bay  of 
New  York  and  its  waters — has  been  entirely  lost,  five  to  one 
being  near  the  truth  at  the  present  moment.  It  is  easy  to 
foresee  that  the  time  is  not  very  distant  when  two  to  one  will 
be  maintained  with  difficulty,  as  between  the  State  and  its 
commercial  capital. 

Bold  as  the  foregoing  prediction  may  seem,  the  facts  of  the 
last  half  century  will,  we  think,  justify  it.  If  the  Manhattan 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


towns,  or  Manhattan,  as  we  shall  not  scruple  to  term  the 
several  places  that  compose  the  prosperous  sisterhood  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Hudson — a  name  that  is  more  ancient  and  better 
adapted  to  the  history,  associations,  and  convenience  of  the 
place  than  any  other — continue  to  prosper  as  they  have  done, 
ere  the  close  of  the  present  century  they  will  take  their  station 
among  the  capitals  of  the  first  rank.  It  may  require  a  longer 
period  to  collect  the  accessories  of  a  first-class  place,  for  these 
are  the  products  of  time  and  cultivation  ;  though  the  facilities 
of  intercourse,  the  spirit  of  the  age,  and  the  equalizing  senti 
ment  that  marks  the  civilization  of  the  epoch,  will  greatly 
hasten  everything  in  the  shape  of  improvement. 

New  York  will  probably  never  possess  any  churches  of  an 
architecture  to  attract  attention  for  their  magnitude  and  mag 
nificence.  The  policy  of  the  country,  which  separates  religion 
from  the  state,  precludes  this,  by  confining  all  the  expenditures 
of  this  nature,  to  the  several  parishes,  few  of  which  are  rich 
enough  to  do  more  than  erect  edifices  of  moderate  dimensions 
and  cost.  The  Romish  Church,  so  much  addicted  to  addressing 

3  O 

the  senses,  manifests  some  desire  to  construct  its  cathedrals,  but 
they  are  necessarily  confined  to  the  limits  and  ornaments 
suited  to  the  resources  of  a  branch  of  the  church  that,  in  this 
country,  is  by  no  means  affluent.  The  manner  in  which  the 
Americans  are  subdivided  into  sects  also  conflicts  with  any 
commendable  desire  that  may  exist  to  build  glorious  temples 
in  honor  of  the  Deity  :  and  convenience  is  more  consulted 
than  taste,  perhaps,  in  all  that  relates  to  ecclesiastical  architec 
ture.  Nevertheless,  a  sensible  improvement  in  this  respect 
has  occurred  within  the  last  few  years,  to  which  we  shall  else 
where  advert. 

It  will  be  in  their  trade,  their  resources,  their  activity,  and 
their  influence  on  the  rest  of  the  world,  as  well  as  in  their 
population,  that  the  towns  of  Manhattan  will  be  first  entitled 
to  rank  with  the  larger  capitals  of  Europe.  So  obvious,  rapid, 
and  natural  has  been  the  advance  of  all  the  places,  that  it  is 
not  easy  for  the  mind  to  regard  anything  belonging  to  them 
as  extraordinary,  or  out  of  rule.  There  is  not  a  port  in  the 
whole  country  that  is  less  indebted  to  art  and  the  fostering 
hand  of  Government  than  this.  It  is  true,  certain  forts,  most 
of  them  of  very  doubtful  necessity,  have  been  constructed  for 
defence  ;  but  no  attack  having  ever  been  contemplated,  or,  if 
contemplated,  attempted,  they  have  been  dead  letters  in  the 
history  of  its  progress.  We  are  not  aware  that  Government 
has  ever  expended  one  cent  in  the  waters  of  Manhattan,  except 
for  the  surveys,  construction  of  the  aforesaid  military  works, 
and  the  erection  of  the  lighthouses,  that  form  a  part  of  the 
general  provision  for  the  safe  navigation  of  the  entire  coast. 
Some  money  has  been  expended  for  the  improvement  of  the 
shallow  waters  of  the  Hudson  ;  but  it  has  been  as  much,  or 
more,  for  the  advantage  of  the  upper  towns,  and  the  trade 
coastwise,  generally,  than  for  the  special  benefit  of  New 
York. 

The  immense  natural  advantages  of  the  bays  and  islands  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Hudson  have,  in  a  great  degree,  superseded 
the  necessity  of  such  assistance.  Nature  has  made  every 
material  provision  for  a  mart  of  the  first  importance :  and 
perhaps  it  has  been  fortunate  that  the  towns  have  been  left, 


like  healthful  and  vigorous  children,  managed  by  prudent 
parents,  to  take  the  inclination  and  growth  pointed  out  to 
them  by  this  safest  and  best  of  guides. 

London  is  indebted  to  artificial  causes,  in  a  great  degree, 
for  its  growth  and  power.  That  great  law  of  trade,  which 
renders  settling  places  indispensable,  has  contributed  to  her 
prosperity  and  continued  ascendency,  long  after  the  day  when 
rival  ports  are  carrying  away  her  fleets  and  commerce.  She 
is  a  proof  of  the  difficulty  of  shaking  a  commercial  superiority 
long  established.  Scarce  a  cargo  that  enters  the  ports  of  the 
kingdom  that  does  not  pay  tribute  to  her  bankers  or  mer 
chants.  But  London  is  a  political  capital,  and  that  in  a  coun 
try  where  the  representation  of  the  Government  is  more  im 
posing,  possessing  greater  influence,  than  in  any  other  Chris 
tian  nation.  The  English  aristocracy,  which  wields  the  real 
authority  of  the  state,  here  makes  its  annual  exhibition  of 
luxury  and  wealth,  such  as  the  world  has  never  beheld  any 
where  else,  ancient  Rome  possibly  excepted,  and  has  had  a 
large  share  in  rendering  London  what  it  is. 

New  York  has  none  of  this  adventitious  aid.  Both  of  the 
Governments,  that  of  the  United  States  and  that  of  the  State, 
have  long  been  taken  from  her,  leaving  her  nothing  of  this 
sort  but  her  own  local  authorities.  But  representation  forms 
no  part  of  the  machinery  of  American  policy.  It  is  supposed 
that  man  is  too  intellectual  and  philosophical  to  need  it,  in 
this  intellectual  and  philosophical  country,  par  excellence. 
Although  such  is  the  theory,  the  whole  struggle  in  private  life 
is  limited  to  the  impression  made  by  representation  in  the 
hands  of  individuals.  That  which  the  Government  has  im- 
providently  cast  aside,  society  has  seized  upon  :  and  hundreds 
who  have  no  claim  to  distinction  beyond  the  possession  of 
money,  profit  by  the  mistake  to  place  themselves  in  positions 
perhaps  that  they  are  not  always  exactly  qualified  to  fill.  Of 
all  social  usurpations,  that  of  mere  money  is  the  least  tolerable 
— as  one  may  have  a  very  full  purse  with  empty  brains  and 
vulgar  tastes  and  habits.  The  wisdom  of  thus  throwing  the 
control  of  a  feature  of  society,  that  is  of  much  more  moment 
than  is  commonly  supposed,  into  the  chapter  of  commercial 
accidents,  may  well  be  questioned. 

( To  be  continued.} 


OUR   DUTY. 

THE  generous  contributors  to  the  Fair  who  have  given  so 
freely  of  their  merchandise,  have  done  their  duty.  What  now 
is  ours?  Clearly  to  exercise  that  reciprocity  which  common 
citizenship  and  common  brotherhood  demand  ;  viz.,  to  buy,  and 
to  buy  freely.  "  Not  grudgingly,  nor  of  necessity,"  but  with 
that  cheerful  alacrity  which  springs  from  the,  purest  and  love 
liest  attributes  of  the  human  heart.  If  we  ever  did  discard 
the  pinching  spirit  of  trade  from  our  thoughts,  let  us  do  so 
now.  If  we  ever  did  become  oblivious  of  the  purse  under  the 
more  absorbing  influence  of  pity  and  sympathy,  let  us  forget 
it  now,  bearing  only  in  mind  what  need  there  is  for  our  charity, 
and  how  much  misery  we  assuage  and  anguish  we  relieve  by 
every  dollar  paid  out  in  aid  of  this  Fair. 


SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 


THREE  SONNETS. 

BY    MRS.    KEMBLE. 

LEST  any  one,  in  reading  the  following  noble  Sonnets, 
should  have  their  pleasure  marred,  though  but  for  a  moment, 
by  a  misconception  of  their  meaning,  a  word  of  explanation 
may  not  be  out  of  place. 

The  first  poem  is  intended  to  speak  for  the  "  conservative  " 
aristocracies — those  who  caught  up  and  echoed  the  jeering  cry 
of  the  London  Times,  "  The  Great  Republic  is  no  more !  " 

The  second  is  the  wail  of  those  true,  but  faint  hearts,  who, 
also  accepting  as  inevitable  the  ruin  of  this  country,  see  in  her 
going  down,  not  a  triumph,  but  the  quenching  of  that  "  star 
of  redemption  "  which  they  had  prayed  might  one  day  shine 
over  "  the  whole  earth,"  bringing  light  into  all  its  dark 
places. 

In  the  last,  the  writer,  like  another  Miriam,  takes  her 
"  timbrel  in  her  hand,"  and  answers  both  the  sneer  and  the 
despair. 

We  need  only  add  that  Mrs.  Kemble,  in  the  letter  enclos 
ing  her  verses,  says,  that  to  rise  to  the  occasion,  she  should 
"  need  the  pen  of  both  Milton  and  Wordsworth." 

FIRST    SONNET. 

She  has  gone  down  !     They  shout  it  from  afar, 
Kings,  Nobles,  Priests — all  men  of  every  race, 
Whose  lingering  clogs  Time's  swift  relentless  pace. 
She  has  gone  down  !     Our  evil-boding  star ! 

Rebellion,  smitten  with  Rebellion's  sword, 
Anarchy,  done  to  death  by  slavery — 
Of  Ancient  Right,  arrogant  enemy, 
Beneath  a  hideous  cloud  of  civil  war 

Strife  such  as  heathen  slaughterers  had  abhorr'd. 
The  lawless  band,  who  would  call  no  man  lord, 
Spurning  all  wholesome  curb,  and  dreaming  free 
Her  rabble  rule's  licentious  tyranny, 
In  the  fierce  splendor  of  her  insolent  morn, 
She  has  gone  down — the  world's  eternal  scorn  ! 

SECOND    SONNET. 

She  has  gone  down  !     Woe  for  the  world  !  and  all 

Its  weary  workers  looking  from  afar 

To  the  clear  rising  of  that  hopeful  star. 
Star  of  redemption  to  each  weeping  thrall 

Of  Pow'r  decrepid,  and  of  Rule  outworn  ; 

Beautiful  dawning  of  that  blessed  morn, 
Which  was  to  bring  leave  for  the  poor  to  live, 
To  work  and  eat,  to  labor  and  to  thrive, 
And  righteous  room  for  all  who  nobly  strive. 

She  has  gone  down  !     Woe  for  the  panting  world 

Back  on  its  path  of  progress  sternly  hurl'd. 
Land  of  sufficient  harvests  for  all  dearth, 
Home  of  all  highest  hopes — Time's  richest  birth  ; 
Woe  for  the  promised  land  of  the  whole  Earth  ! 

THIRD    SONNET. 

Triumph  not,  fools — and  weep  not,  ye  faint-hearted ; 
Have  ye  believed  that  the  divine  decree 


Of  Ileav'n  had  giv'n  this  people  o'er  to  perish  ? 
Have  ye  believed  that  God  would  cease  to  cherish 
This  great  New  World  of  Christian  liberty "? 
And  that  our  light  for  ever  had  departed  ? 
Nay — by  the  precious  blood  shed  to  redeem 

The  nation  from  its  selfishness  and  sin, 
By  each  true  heart  that  burst  in  holy  strife, 
Leaving  its  kindred  hearts  to  break  through  life ; 
By  all  the  tears  that  will  not  cease  to  stream 

For  ever,  every  desolate  home  within, 
We  will  return  to  our  appointed  place, 
First  in  the  vanguard  of  the  human  race  ! 

LONDON,  January  20(A,  1864. 


INDIA  RUBBER. 

AMONG  the  departments  of  trade  which  are  represented  at 
the  Fair,  none  are  of  greater  interest  than  that  devoted  to 
India  rubber. 

A  few  years  ago  the  only  use  known  for  this  article  was 
the  rubbing  out  of  pencil  marks — hence  its  name — and  now 
we  have  shoes,  coats,  canes,  pencils,  jewelry,  and,  as  every  one 
knows,  a  thousand  things  besides ;  even  pictures  are  painted 
upon  India  rubber,  and  at  the  Fair  may  be  seen  a  portrait  of 
Mr.  Goodyear,  the  inventor  of  the  process  of  hardening  India 
rubber,  which  is  painted  upon  this  substance  ;  while  the  room 
from  which  the  portrait  was  removed  to  be  brought  to  the 
Fair,  is  entirely  furnished  with  India  rubber  chairs,  tables,  and 
even  a  beautiful  secretary,  all  looking  like  ebony,  and  of  most 
beautiful  workmanship. 

Mr.  Goodyear's  invention  was  the  result  of  experiments 
which  he  pursued  with  indefatigable  perseverance,  with  but 
little  aid  or  sympathy  from  his  friends,  and  sometimes  in  the 
midst  of  the  greatest  destitution.  He  sometimes  made  articles 
for  his  own  wear  ;  and  he  was  once  described  to  a  gentleman, 
who  inquired  how  he  might  be  recognized,  as  "  a  man  who 
has  on  an  India  rubber  cap,  stock,  coat,  vest,  and  shoes,  with  an 
India  rubber  purse  without  a  cent  of  money  in  it." 

One  of  his  servants,  in  attempting  an  experiment  on  his 
own  account,  fell  into  a  ludicrous  predicament,  which  is  thus 
described  by  Mr.  Goodyear,  in  a  book  which  he  wrote  for 
private  circulation  a  short  time  before  his  death.  "  This  son 
of  Erin,"  he  says,  "  welcomed  his  master  one  morning  by 
showing  him  the  trousers  which  he  had  on,  which  he  had 
dipped  in  the  sap,  and  boasted  that  for  once  an  Irishman  had 
been  quicker  in  inventing  than  a  Yankee." 

"  Jerry  then  sat  down,"  says  Mr.  Goodyear,  "  to  his  labor 
of  mixing  gum  before  the  fire,  as  usual,  but  in  attempting  to 
get  up,  a  few  moments  after,  he  found  that  he  was  not  only 
cemented  to  his  seat,  but  that  his  legs  were  cemented  together. 
He  was  extricated  from  his  improved  trousers,  to  the  no  small 
merriment  of  the  by-standcrs,  and  afterward  manifested  no 
further  inclination  for  invention." 

In  the  course  of  these  investigations  Mr.  Goodyear  was 
often  disheartened  by  poverty,  which  was  so  extreme  as  to 
cause  his  more  than  once  being  sent  to  prison  for  debt ;  but  he 
never  despaired,  and  at  last  had  the  delight  of  completing  his 


SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


invention  to  his  own  satisfaction,  and  of  seeing  his  vulcanized 
or  hardened  India  rubber  recognized  and  appreciated  by  the 
world.  Since  that  day  the  forms  in  which  India  rubber  has 
appeared  have  multiplied  wonderfully,  and  specimens  of 
almost  every  variety  are  now  for  sale  at  the  Fair,  just  below 
the  picture  we  have  spoken  of;  many  articles  may  also  be 
seen  there  on  exhibition,  simply  as  curiosities,  and  which  are 
not  in  general  use.  The  very  last  invention  is  that  of  a  pad 
to  a  horse  shoe,  which  shall  prevent  the  falling  of  horses  on 
our  slippery  pavement. 


A  MORCEAU   FROM  METASTASIO. 

BY    W.    C.     BRYANT. 

METASTASIO,  in  writing  the  fluent  verses  of  his  operas,  was 
wont,  after  having  penned  what  seemed  to  him  a  more  than 
usually  fine  passage,  to  ask  his  friends  the  question  :  "  Si  pud 
dir  meylio  ?  "  Can  it  be  better  said  ]  The  well-known  lines 
beginning  with 

"  L'onda  dal  mar  divisa," 

are  a  sample  of  these  passages — a  pretty  thought  expressed  in 
clear,  transparent  Italian  verse,  so  easily  and  naturally,  that 
verse  might  almost  seem  the  poet's  natural  language,  and  as 
if  he  could  hardly  utter  himself  in  prose  if  he  tried.  I  have 
attempted  to  give  this  passage  an  English  dress,  and  find  that 
the  thought  runs,  with  an  almost  literal  fidelity  to  the  original, 
into  English  lines  of  nearly  the  same  measure  with  the  Italian. 
The  only  deviation  from  a  close  verbal  rendering,  is  in  the 
seventh  and  eighth  lines.  I  give  the  original,  that  they  may  be 
compared  : 

"  L'onda  dal  mar  divisa, 

Bagna  le  vallc  e'l  monte, 
Va  passagiera  en  fiume, 

Sta  prigionera  en  fonte. 
Mormora  sempre  e  geme, 

Finehe  non  torna  al  mar ; 
Al  mar  dov'  ella  nacque, 

Dov'  acquisto  gli  umori, 
Dove  da'  lunglii  errori, 

Spera  di  riposar." 

TRANSLATION  : 

"  The  wave,  divided  from  ocean, 

Goes  bathing  valley  and  mount, 
A  passenger  in  the  river, 

A  prisoner  in  the  fount. 
It  murmurs  and  moans  forever, 

Until  it  comes  to  the  main, 
Whence  first  it  rose  in  vapor 

To  fill  the  clouds  with  rain, 
And  where,  its  wanderings  over, 

It  hopes  to  rest  again." 

Dr.  Beattie  translated  these  lines ;  but  he  seems  to  have 
been  satisfied  with  a  very  general  resemblance  to  the  original. 
It  is  doubtful  whether  Metastasio,  even  if  he  had  been  quite 
familiar  with  English,  would  have  recognized  his  lines  in  this 
shape,  but  for  their  being  attributed  to  him  by  the  translator. 


"  Rivers,  from  the  ocean  born, 

Lave  the  valley  and  the  hill, 

Prisoned  in  the  fountain  mourn, 

Murmur  in  the  winding  rill. 

"  Still,  wherever  doemed  to  stray, 

Still  they  warble  and  complain, 

Still  pursue  their  downward  way, 

Till  they  seek  the  mighty  main. 

"  After  many  a  year  of  woe, 

Many  a  long,  long  wandering  past, 
Where  at  first  they  learned  to  flow, 
There  they  hope  to  rest  at  last." 


THE  ACROSTIC  ENIGMA 

Is  a  species  of  verbal  puzzle,  so  ingenious  and  so  much  in 
fashion  as  to  deserve  a  place  in  our  columns.  It  is  composed 
in  the  following  way  :  Two  words  are  selected  from  history, 
Scripture,  or  poetry,  which  have  an  equal  number  of  letters, 
and  bear  some  relation  to  each  other.  These  are  called  the 
head-words.  Other  words  are  chosen,  called  cross-words, 
such  that  the  first  letter  of  the  first  cross-word  is  also  the  in 
itial  of  the  first  head-word,  and  its  final  letter  the  initial  of  the 
last  head-word.  The  second  cross-word  has  for  its  first  letter 
the  second  letter  of  the  first  head-word,  and  ends  with  the 
second  letter  of  the  last  head-word.  The  third  cross-word 
begins  with  the  third  letter  of  the  first  head-word,  and  ends 
with  the  third  letter  of  the  last,  and  so  on.  A  line  or  two 
of  reasonably  obscure  description  is  given  for  each  word 
chosen,  and  the  puzzle  consists  in  discovering  all  the  words. 

An  extremely  beautiful  book  of  enigmas,  constructed  on 
this  plan,  with  exquisite  illuminated  borders,  is  among  the 
curious  elegancies  for  sale  at  the  Fair. 

Of  course,  if  all  the  cross  and  head-words  bear  some  rela 
tion  to  each  other,  and  if  the  whole  is  in  well-turned  verse,  the 
enigma  is  perfect.  Some  more  difficult  ones  are  so  combined 
that  three  head-words  are  reproduced  by  the  first,  middle,  and 
last  letters  of  each  cross-word.  An  illustration  will  be  clearer 
than  any  explanation : 

1,  A  river,  and  2,  a  bird,  and  a  bard  named  from  it. 

These  head-words  are  AVON  and  SWAN,  and  the  cross 
words  are  as  follows  : 

1.  The  mother  of  a  sisterhood,  AbbesS. 

2.  The  pledge  they  make  for  their  souls'  good,  V    o   W. 

3.  The  plea  most  urgent  in  their  prayers,  O    r   A. 

4.  The  sacred  name  that  each  one  bears,  N    u  N. 


ROOM   WANTED. 

"  SPACE,  give  us  space,"  Calista  cries. 
"  No  easier  task,"  Cynic  replies  ; 
"  Take  off"  your  hoops,  and  gain  at  once 
Space,  grace,  and  thanks." — "  The  man's  a  dunce  !  " 


10 


SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

(To  be  continued  daily.) 


FROM    THE    LADIES1    RECEIVING    DEPARTMENT. 


2  boxes  of  book*,  Charles  King,  Esq. 

1  oil  painting,  "  View  on  the  Passalc,"  T.  W.  Whitley, 

N.  J. 
1  oil  painting,  "  Tho  Grandmother,"  H.  I.  Ilaight,  the 

artist. 

I  box  fans  made  by  prisoners,  Mr.  Stelncr,  Washiog- 

ton,  D.  C.,  through  Miss  Collins. 

II  vols.  Hist.  Sanitary  Commission,  no  name. 
1  oil  painting,  It.  &.  J.  Townscnd. 

1  parcel  hosiery  and  glove?,  C.  Xussbaum. 

1  evening  dress,,  Misses  Virfolct. 

1  sachet,  Misses  Virfolet. 

1  ton  cannel  coal,  Lewis  \V.  Phillips. 

1  ton  furnace  coal,  Randolph  &  Skidmore. 

1  MX  pounder  cannon  ball,  Thomas  Gregory. 

1  Chinese  satin  spread,  Mrs.  W.  "\V.  Parkin. 

1  marble  bust,  Apollo,  Mrs.  Dan1!  Remsen. 

1  collection  autographs,  Austin  Abbot. 

1  work  basket,  Miss  Inches,  Boston. 

1  gilt  picture  frame,  Win.  Schaus, 

2  pieces  worsted  work,  MM,  Phillips. 
1  oil  picture,  Mr.  Nast,  artist. 

1  foot  stool,  Mrs.  A.  M.  F.  Davis. 

Hosiery,  &c.,  Alexander  Brothers. 

1  jiickc-t,  Jac'n  Blanquier. 

1  toilet  cushion,  Miss  Graham. 

1  silver-plated  call  bell,  Mrs.  Flack. 

1  box  needle  hooks,  &c.,  Mrs.  Dow. 

1  collection  toys,  C.  F.  A.  Heinrichs. 

1  photograph  of  Humboldt,  Pierre  Seroude. 

1  collection  fancy  article?,  B.  Eisig. 

Report  of  Committee  on  the  War,  Gov.  Morgan. 

2  chromo-lithographic  sketches,  Joseph  Kohtistamm. 
2  boxes  of  nets  and  headdresses,  M.  II.  Rosenfelil. 
Dry  goods,  A.  H,  Hcudder. 

Collection  of  dry  goods,  George  Keyes. 
1  picture  of  applet,  Charles  M.  Jenckes. 
Dry  goods,  T.  K.  Fletcher. 

1  oil  painting,  F.  A. 

2  Ibs.  culort-d  worsted,  J.  LUsner, 
1  bead  collar,  a  soldier. 

1  picture  strawberries,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Edwards. 

1  vase  wax  flowers,  Miss.  A.  M.  Fielde,  Astoria. 

2  vases  wax  flower*,  Adriatic  Fire  Ina.  Co. 
Dry  good?,  \V.  E.  Launer  &  Co. 

1  wax  doll,  Miss  Anna  C.  Ward. 

2  worsted  pincushions,  an  old  lady  a^cd  81  years. 
1  emb'tl  Canton  crape  shawl,  a  friend. 

1  castle,  2  picture*,  Albert  i  Co. 

Hoots,  G.  W.  M.   Brings. 

1  guimpe  and  1  cap,  Wm.  Baillard. 

1  Hist.  Louts  XI,  printed  1614,  H.  P.  K.,  Morrisania. 

200  doz.  spools  cotton,  John  &,  Hugh  Auchinckws. 

27$  yds.  pusher  lace,  Alexander  &  Eiwig. 

1  case  stuffed  birds,  Mrs.  Joseph  Studwell. 

Dry  goods,  A.  C.  Zabriskie, 

Men's  furnishing  good*,  M'Keon  &  Martin. 

1  lady's  bonnet,  Mrs.  Kirker. 

1  lady's  bonnet,  Messrs.  Fassin  &  Sons. 

House  furnishing  goods,  S.  Harrison  &  Son. 

Cabinet  furniture,  T.  J.  Blanck  &  Sons. 

Tin  and  hardware,  P.  Ward. 

Fancy  goods,  Pollak  Brothers. 

1  pair  slippers,  no  name. 

3  packages  fancy  bracelets,  James  Mooney. 

2  pictures,  John  D.  B;irrow. 

1  doz.  emh'd  hdkfs.,  Miss  Sarah  Gibbes. 

1  child's  bonnet,  Mme.  Sergeant. 

1  package  jewelry,  Messrs    Pachtmann  A:  Bro. 

1  Indian  feather  fan,  Mrs.  Frisbic. 

Various  articles,  Mr.  4;  Mrs.  Devens. 

Books,  Ac.,  W.  C.  Williams. 

4  bales  yarn,  John  Morrison  &.  Son. 

1  parian  statuette  Henry  Clay,  Messrs.  Miller  &  Coates. 

2  baskets  feather  flowers,  Mrs.  Jonathan  Edwards. 
1  headdress,  Miss  Haas. 

Dry  goods,  Adriance  &,  Strang. 
M  'i-lln  dre-ses,  dec.,  Adriance  &  Strang. 
20  Swiss  cottages,  Charles  H.  Bebee,  Jr. 
1  cone  basket,  Mr*.  Charles  Cothreu. 
1  sofa  cushion,  Mrs.  George  A.  Jones. 


1  box  lace  edgings  and  insertions,  Lake  &  McCreery. 

1  tarletan  evening  dress  and  box,  Mrs.  Donovan. 
Fishing  apparatus  and  hardware,  Andrew  Clark  &  Co. 

2  cone  bracket*,  Mrs.  Peele. 
Woollen  goods,  Mrs.  Stone. 

1  cradle  quilt,  Mrs.  Boonten. 
Dry  goods,  Holmes  &  Co. 
Medicines,  J.  M.  Becker. 

2  emb'd  tidies,  Miss  Hagler. 

Pewter  tea  and  coffee  sets,  Meisel,  Lampe  &  Co. 
1  Chinese  bracelet,  Levi  &  Gottlieb. 

1  package  laces  and  embroideries,  Levi  Oudkerk. 

2  decaleomanie  plates,  Mme.  Julie  Von  Peck. 

3  vols.  Pope's  Homer,  Mrs.  Nicholas  Sickles. 
1  flag,  J.  C.  Howe  &.  Co. 

1  ermine  collar  and  muff,  Adolphe  Laesall. 
1  opera  cloak  and  small  bag,  Mrs.  G.  Gay. 
Goods,  L.  B.  Binsse. 

1  emb'd  smoking  cap,  Mrs.  Chas.  Weekly. 

2  sets  gold  carved  ivory  jewelry,  II.  Joseph!  &  Co. 
1  dressed  doll,  Mme.  Grapanche. 

Woollen  good)*,  A.  Dann, 

1  knitted  woollen  jacket,  Mrs.  Smith. 

1  pair  emb'd  suspenders,  Miss  Warner. 

Pieces  of  music,  P.  A.  Wunderman. 

1  oil  painting,  no  name,  Providence,  R.  I. 

A  package  thermometers,  M.  A.  Finnell. 

1  tulle  cap,  Mrs.  Burgess. 

Fancy  goods,  Martin  Fox. 

Tin  toys,  Martin  Fox. 

Pii. cushion  and  needle  books,  Miss  E.  M.  Harrison. 

1  picture  and  Egyptian  curiosities,  Mr.  Edward  Crom- 

melin. 
Frames  and  comba,  William  Renfrew. 

2  vole,  poetical  pen  pictures,  Henry  Ilayward. 
2  crotchet  infants'  shirts,  A.  C.  Dubois. 
L'atcnt  Office  Report  and  M'Clellan's  Report. 
1  box  of  perfumery,  &LC.,  E.  Chabassol. 

1  box  army  relics,  Capt.  S.  Hoffman. 
Fancy  Goods,  Friend  Pitts. 
1  case  minerals,  New  London,  Ct. 
1  microscope,  H.  B.  Rover. 

1  case  perfumery,  Delluc  &  Co. 

Dry  goods  (special  donation  for  Dressmakers'  commit 
tee  besides  donation  in  money),  Lord  &  Taylor. 
Perfumery  and  fancy  bottles,  Jno.  W.  Jay. 
Fancy  goods,  Van  Blankenstein. 
Crochet  cap  and  mats,  Miss  Emily  Frolich. 
20  shells  and  salad  fork  and  spoon,  Mr.  Russell. 
Scrap  composition  engraving,  Mrs.  Dr.  Latimer. 
48  emery  strawberries,  Miss  Moore. 

2  drawings,  Mrs.  John  R.  Brodhead. 

1  pincushion  and  2  bead  collars,  Mrs.  Cogswell. 

2  boxes  laces  and  goods,  Richmond  &  Co. 
Decorated  China  coffee  cups  and  vases,  Peter  Williams. 
2  so'fu  cushions,  Miss  Jane  C.  Lynch. 

Minerals,  shells  and  fancy  articles,  anonymous. 
Fancy  lantern  or  candle  shade,  anonymous. 
Oil  picture,  **  Come  In,"  Miss  Anne  Ilayward. 
Fancy  soaps  and  perfumery,  Spangenberg  &  Fitz. 
2  comb  and  brush  baskets,  Mrs.  Nichols. 
80  pieces  music,  Thomas  Baker. 

I  mattress,  pillow  and  bolster,  Crondal. 

II  statuettes,  Mrs.  Aug.  Schermerhorn. 
1  broche"  tdiawl,  no  name. 

1  doz.  kitchen  heather  brooms,  Wm.  II.  Rouge. 
Gents'  furnishing  goods,  Abbot  &  Rathbun. 

1  doz.  bottles  tooth  wash,  II.  Van  Arsdale. 

10  packages  of  accordions,  E.  Fabriquette,  Jr. 

2  packages  of  books,  Mr.  Frank  Leslie. 
2  needle  books. 

1  child's  talma,  M.  C.  Clark. 

1  book,  Moses  Solomons. 

Fancy  China  articles,  Magnin,  Guedln  &  Co. 

1  bonnet,  Mme.  Barronne. 

1  portrait  of  Bal'n  P.  Chase,  Doroaa. 

Pincushions,  &c*.,  two  little  girls. 

1  electro-magnetic  machine.  Dr.  8.  B.  Smith. 

Stationery,  &c.,  Messrs.  Bowne  &  Co. 

Declaration  of  Independence,  Mr.  Henry  CcntHvre. 

1  doz,  hoop  skirts,  M.  FIshel  &  Co. 


2  old  newspapers  of  1763,  Miss  Morritt 

6  knit  smoking  caps,  Miss  E.  Stebbins. 

A  number  of  pincushions,  &c.,  Miss  K.  Stebbins. 

One  wagon  and  horses,  toy,  Mrs.  Green. 

5  pincushions,  the  Misses  Kingsland. 

1  cone  basket,  do.  frame,  infant's  shirt,  Mrs.  and  the 

Misses  Maxwell. 
1  walnut  desk,  S.  G.  Sellew. 

8  doz.  ruches,  Seymour  &  Lacy. 
1  dressed  doll,  Miss  Eliza  Dunn. 
1  model  gondola,  J.  W.  Curtln. 

4  specimens  yucca,  John  J.  Craven,  Surgeon,  XL  S.  A. 

1  pair  emb'd  slippers,  Miss  E.  Wood. 

1  painting  by  Mount,  Mrs.  S.  M.  Starr. 

1  painting  by  Baker,  Mrs.  S.  M.  Starr. 

1  box  of  flower  seeds,  Meehan,  Germantown. 

1  child's  tea-set,  no  name. 

1  package  silk  umbrellas,  Willet  &  Co. 

2  tidies,  2  worsted  capes,  Mrs.  Perry. 

1  baby's  wrapper  and  Clippers,  Mrs.  Baldwin. 

1  bonnet,  Mme.  Natalia  Tilman. 

1  box  child's  furniture,  Mrs.  M.  O.  Roberts. 

1  Swiss  cottage,  Mrs.  M.  O.  Roberts. 

30  pairs  men's  slippers,  T.  W.  Carey. 

1  silver  coin  bearing  date  1652,  Mr.  Moses  Solomon. 

2  shawls  and  3  p:iirs  slippers,  anonymous. 

6  needle  cases,  Mrs.  Cramer,  aged  70. 

3  copies  "Familiar  Letters,"  from  the  authoress,  Miss 

Powell,  Rochester. 
1  needle  book,  Miss  Palmer. 
1  box  fancy  articles,  E.  A.  M'Coy. 
1  bridle  and  martingale,  C.  Graham. 
1  needlework  shirt,  Miss  M.  S.  Maginnis. 
3  pairs  children's  hose,  and  dolls'  bonnets,  Miss  M.  A. 

Serrell. 

1  pair  slippers,  1  pincushion,  anonymous. 
6  watch  cases,  Antonie  Horwitz, 
1  pincushion,  Mary  Horwitz. 

A  number  of  fancy  articles,  Miss  Laura  F.  Carow. 
1  Shetland  wool  nubie,  Mrs.  M.  Jones. 
1  nubie,  Mrs.  M.  Stafford. 
1  worsted  basket,  Miss  II.  Nathan. 
1  emb'd  white  vest,  Mrs.  A.  Miller,  Westfleld,  S.  I. 

3  worsted  jackets,  Miss  Southmayd. 
1  bundle  old  linen,  anonymous. 

1  iced  plum  cake,  Mrs.  Chas.  Addoms. 

4  engravings,  Frank  I.  Bramhall. 
1  box  of  toys,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Mills. 

The  dying  bird,"  L.  Buffer. 

1  woman's  travelling  bag,  Henry  Tattersall. 
10  sets  little  books,  N.  H.  Kelly. 

2  doll  pincushions,  3  pair  slippers,  Miss  Drew. 

2  cases  arms  and  trophies,  Capt.  Hoffman,  Pulaski  and 

Charleston. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Elder. 
50  Ibs.  stella  vermilion,  Lillienthal. 
1  oil  painting,  "Peasant's  Family,"  Mrs.  Ford. 

3  baskets  fruit,  Mrs.  Simpson. 

1  child's  dress  and  cape,  Mrs.  Cavan. 
Fancy  articles,  "  a  email  contribution  for  the  Metro 
politan  Fair." 

1  Shetland  knit  shawl,  Miss  Celia  Curtis,  Stafford,  Conu.  ' 
1  sewing  chair,  A.  W.  Bogert. 
3  boxes  minerals,  through  Mrs.  Greenhough. 
3  oil  paintings,  Horstmann  Bros.  dc  Allien. 

9  boxes  woollen  goods,  French  &  Ward. 
1  water-color  drawing,  C.  M.  Doming. 

1  "Bird's    Nest,"  picture  cut   with  scissors,  George 

Schmidt. 

3  doz.  feather  dusters,  Phillips  &  Manning. 
25  copies  of  "  Husband  and  Wife,"  the  authoress. 
Honlton  and  Spanish  point  laces,  Ac.,  Emberson. 
1  pair  woollen  knit  drawers,  Miss  A.  E.  Smith. 
1  pair  braided  slippers,  Mrs.  Cooper. 
3  flower  baskets  Letz  dt  Eull. 
Map  of  Sanitary  Commission  Organization. 
1  doll,  Miss  Wheelwright. 

1  milk  pail,  1  tin  pan,  L.  Solomon  dc  Brothers. 

2  doz.  emb'd  hdkf*.,  K.  8.  Meehan. 
1  penknife,  Seb.  Fisher. 

15  yds.  fancy  velvet,  R.  &.  J.  Townsend. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


15 


THE  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 

A  WORD  of  explanation  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  misapprehension 
in  the  minds  of  such  of  our  readers  as  expect  to  find  in  our  columns  a 
fuller  report  of  the  daily  incidents  and  proceedings  of  the  METROPOLITAN 
FAIR,  than  that  presented  by  the  morning  and  evening  press  of  this  city. 
The  Committee  saw  from  the  outset,  that  such  a  competition  would  be  an 
impossibility,  and  chiefly  for  the  following  reasons :  1.  Want  of  space. 
It  was  their  intention  to  publish  a  paper  of  rare  literary  excellence,  con 
taining  original  poems,  essays  and  tales  by  the  best  authors  in  America, 
and  by  eminent  writers  in  the  Old  World.  This  at  once  circumscribed  the 
space  to  be  devoted  to  a  record  of  the  FAIR  ;  but  taking  into  consideration 
the  more  complete  organization,  and  the  greater  facilities  for  rapid  printing 
possessed  by  the  morning  and  evening  press  of  New  York,  the  amount  of 
space  at  their  disposal,  and  the  fact  that  twice  every  day  the  reading  public 
would  always  have  the  main  incidents  of  the  FAIR  spread  before  their 
eyes  in  these  ample  sheets,  the  Committee  thought  that  a  paper  of  the 
character  proposed  would  be  more  acceptable  to  their  readers  than  would 
a  miniature  imitation  of  one  of  our  great  dailies.  2.  In  consequence  of 
the  large  edition  which  we  are  compelled  to  strike  off  in  order  to  supply 
the  demands  of  the  reading  public,  we  are  obliged,  unless  we  would  sacri 
fice  something  of  the  typographical  elegance  of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR, 
to  send  each  number  very  early  to  press.  As  it  is  the  intention  of  the 
Committee  to  make  the  paper  in  appearance,  as  well  as  in  matter,  worthy 
of  permanent  preservation,  as  a  memento  of  the  FAIR,  they  are  confident 
that  their  readers  will  not  regret  the  decision  at  which  they  have  arrived. 

After  this  frank  disclaimer  of  any  intention  to  rival  the  New  York  daily 
papers  in  a  department  in  which  they  have  no  superiors  in  the  world,  wo 
may  be  pardoned  if  we  indulge  in  a  short  paragraph  of  egotism.  We 
look  with  pride  to  the  character  of  the  original  matter  which  adorns  the 
two  numbers  now  before  the  public ;  and  we  arc  happy  to  assure  our 
readers  that  this  is  but  a  foretaste  of  the  rich  feast  which  we  shall  spread 
before  them  from  day  to  day  during  the  continuance  of  the  Fair.  The 
interesting  papers  on  New  York  will  extend  through  several  numbers,  and 
will  be  succeeded  by  a  story  from  the  pen  of  Irving,  never  before  pub 
lished.  James  Russell  Lowell  has  contributed  an  exquisite  poem,  which 
will  appear  in  an  early  number ;  and  from  England  we  have  received  a 
series  of  beautiful  poems  from  (MONCKTON  MILNES)  LORD  HOUGHTON,  written 
expressly  for  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR.  An  exquisite  morceau  from  this 
series  will  appear  in  our  next  number.  Another  eminent  English  writer, 
the  author  of  Tom  Brown  at  Oxford,  contributes  a  letter  and  an  article, 
both  of  which  will  be  read  with  great  interest.  But  the  mere  enumeration 
of  the  names  of  our  contributors  would  occupy  more  space  than  we  can 
spare  to-day ;  and  we  will  only  add  that  many  of  them  stand  among  the 
highest  in  the  estimation  of  the  literary  world,  and  that  in  every  instance 
they  have  sent  us  first-rate  original  articles,  written  expressly  for  the 
SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 


THE    BUILDINGS. 

FOURTEENTH  STREET. 

THE  main  building  extends  along  Fourteenth  street  for  a  distance  of  more 
than  two  hundred  feet,  and  occupies  the  entire  space  between  Fourteenth 
and  Fifteenth  streets.  It  is  a  plain,  substantial  structure,  with  no  preten 
sions  to  architectural  beauty,  but  admirably  adapted  to  its  purpose.  The 
sidewalk  in  Fourteenth  street  has  been  covered  with  a  frame  building,  in  front 
of  which  a  wide  plank  sidewalk  has  been  laid  down.  A  large  number  of 
gas  lamps  erected  along  the  edge  of  this  walk  will  illuminate  that  portion 
of  the  street. 

The  building  has  three  entrances,  the  main  one  at  the  east  end,  toward 
Sixth  Avenue.  Over  it  is  painted,  in  large  black  letters,  the  inscription : 
NEW  YORK  SANITARY  FAIU.  There  are  two  entrances  fronting  directly  on 
Fourteenth  street,  one  in  the  centre  of  the  building,  the  other  at  the  west  end. 

UNION  SQUARE. 

The  structure  on  Union  Square  has  more  pretensions  to  architectural 
design  than  the  one  on  Fourteenth  street.  It  consists  of  two  main  buildings, 


the  dimensions  of  which  are  sixty  by  ninety  feet,  connected  by  a  narrower 
one,  which  is  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  feet  long  and  fifty-five  feet  wide. 
The  building  is  divided  into  four  departments:  The  KNICKERBOCKER 
KITCHEN,  and  the  INTERNATIONAL  DEPARTMENT,  the  CHILDREN'S  DEPART 
MENT,  and  the  MUSICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

ARRANGEMENTS    IN    CASE    OF    FIRE. 

Fire  Marshal  Baker  paid  a  visit  to  the  Fair  Buildings  last  week,  for 
the  purpose  of  ascertaining  what  measures  had  been  taken  to  guard  against 
fire ;  he  reported  that  very  complete  arrangements  had  been  adopted  for 
the  prevention  and  extinguishing  of  fires,  under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  W. 
N.  Wickham,  and  Mr.  J.  L.  Miller.  These  two  gentlemen  have  full  charge 
of  the  fire  department  in  the  buildings,  and  they  have  established  a  fire 
police  of  experienced  firemen,  whose  duty  it  is  to  watch  day  and  night,  and 
report  all  carelessness,  and  unsafe  hanging  of  drapery  near  the  gas-lights. 
The  fire  committee  have  also  introduced  six  fire  hydrants  into  the  build 
ing,  and  hose  is  constantly  attached  for  immediate  use  in  case  of  accident. 
A  fire  engine  is  also  placed  at  the  end  of  the  picture  gallery  on  Fifteenth 
street. 

All  the  arrangements  are  already  made,  and  the  public  may  be  assured 
that  every  precaution  will  be  taken  for  the  prevention  of  accident  from 

fire. 

POLICE  ARRANGEMENTS. 

The  Police  force  to  be  on  duty  daily  during  the  continuance  of  the 
Fair,  will  consist  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  men,  under  the  efficient 
command  of  Inspector  Leonard,  who  will  be  assisted  in  his  duties  by  Ser 
geants  Wilson  and  Garfield,  two  officers  well  known  to  our  citizens  for 
fidelity  and  industry  in  their  employment.  In  addition,  a  large  number  of 
detectives  will  be  scattered  through  the  buildings,  whose  duty  it  will  be  to 
keep  a  sharp  watch  on  all  light  fingered  explorers  of  other  people's 
pockets. 


THE  OPENING  CEREMONIES. 

THE  programme  for  the  grand  opening  ceremonies  of  the  METROPOLITAN 
FAIR  on  Monday  evening,  April  4th,  were  as  follows  : 

1.  Star  Spangled  Banner,  by  the  united  choirs  of  the  city  and  the  mili 
tary  band. 

2.  Prayer  by  Rev.  Dr.  Adams. 

3.  Army  Hymn,  by  0.  Dressel  (words  by  0.  W.  Holmes),  sung  by  Mr. 
S.  C.  Campbell,  accompanied  by  the  chorus  and  band. 

4.  Gen.  Dix,  on  behalf  of  the  Gentlemen's  Executive  Committee,  pres 
ented  the  contents  of  the  Fair  to  the  Ladies'  Committee. 

5.  Hallelujah  Chorus,  Handel.     Sung  by  the  united  choirs  of  the  city 
and  the  orchestra. 

6.  Mr.  Joseph  H.  Choate  responded  in  behalf  of  the  Ladies'  Committee. 

7.  Old  Hundred — chorus  and  band. 


EUROPEAN  DONATIONS. — In  our  present  number  we  commence  the  pub 
lication  of  a  list  of  contributions  from  Europe,  which  we  shall  continue 
from  time  to  time.  Many  articles  have  been  already  received,  and  have 
been  arranged  in  their  appropriate  departments ;  but  owing  to  some  un~ 
fortunate  delay  in  the  arrival  of  others,  the  arrangements  were  not  com 
pleted  for  the  opening  of  the  Fair. 

PERSONS  desirous  of  having  their  series  of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR 
bound  for  preservation  and  for  future  reference,  can  make  favorable 
arrangements  with  Messrs.  Appleton  &  Co.,  and  Messrs.  Miller  &  Matthews, 
corner  of  Eighth  street  and  Broadway. 


IMPOKTANT  NOTICE. 

THE  Chairmen  of  Committees  will  please  send  to  the  News 
paper  Committee  a  correct  list  of  the  articles  contributed  to  their 
departments,  which  are  not  included  in  the  lists  of  goods  re 
ceived  at  2  Great  Jones  street  and  by  the  agent  of  the  14th  street 
building,  for  publication  in  this  paper. 


1C 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


EUROPEAN  DONATIONS  TO  THE  FAIR. 

LETTERS   FROM    CHARLOTTE    CUSHMAN   AND  OTHERS. 

THE  following  articles,  contributed  by  American  citizens  resident  in 
Russia,  have  been  received  through  Henry  Bergh,  Esq.,  United  States  Sec 
retary  of  Legation  at  St.  Petersburg : 

Two  decorated  vases,  made  of  "felt,"  Russian  manufacture — Two 
dozen  photographs  of  Russian  costumes — Two  elegant  embroidered  smoking 
caps,  gold  and  silver — Three  pair  of  embroidered  slippers.  General  Clay 
contributes  the  following : — One  fine  gilt  bronze  of  a  water  carrier,  barrel, 
two  pails,  and  sled — One  bronze  water  sled — One  bronze  snow  sled,  for  re 
moving  snow  from  the  streets  of  St.  Petersburg — Bronze  model  of  the 
great  Bell  of  Moscow — Bronze  fancy  bell — Bronze  bell  representing  the 
Poud  or  pound  weight  of  Russia — Two  boxes  of  Russian  Flower  Tea,  very 
expensive,  costing  from  $75  to  £100  per  pound.  L.  Chandor,  Esq.,  con 
tributes  two  medals,  one  of  the  patron  saint  of  Russia,  and  one  of  Peter 
the  Great.  Mr.  Avery  sends  the  following : — One  Holy  Family,  or  "  Rus 
sian  Saint,"  such  as  is  seen  in  every  palace,  cottage,  house,  and  hovel — One 
porte-monnaie,  of  workmanship  peculiar  to  the  city  of  Moscow,  and  very 
expensive ;  smaller  samples  often  costing  $20  to  $26-Four  dozen  photographs 
of  the  Imperial  Family  and  other  distinguished  Russians — One  box  of  Rus 
sian  tobacco — One  Samovar.  This  article  is  universally  used  in  Russia. 
At  first  sight  it  appears  more  complicated  and  less  available  than  our  spirit 
kettle,  but  upon  close  acquaintance,  it  is  found  to  possess  qualities  which 
ours  does  not.  It  can  be  used  out  of  doors  when  the  wind  blows,  will  burn 
a  great  while,  and  when  the  chimney  is  removed,  anything  may  be  kept  hot 
by  being  placed  upon  it.  The  fuel  used  is  charcoal.  The  pattern  of  the 
Somovar  has  remained  unchanged  for  centuries. — Four  bottles  of  Kiiml, 
the  most  delicate  liqueur  manufactured,  and  very  costly — Two  copies  of 
La  Revue  Amusante,  containing  a  description  of  the  ball  given  by  General 
Clay,  on  the  anniversary  of  Washington's  birthday. 

In  a   letter    of  explanation  addressed  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bellows,    Mr. 

Bergh  says : 

LEGATION  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES, 
ST.  PETERSBURG,  February  29th,  1864. 

MY  DEAR  SIR  :  Although  not  personally  addressed  in  relation  to  the 
subject  of  your  late  communication  to  the  American  Minister  here,  I  nev 
ertheless  feel  too  envious  of  the  moral  distinction  of  being  useful,  in  how 
ever  humble  a  manner,  to  the  cause  with  which  you  have  so  nobly  identi 
fied  your  honored  name,  and  given  the  inestimable  benefit  of  your  untiring 
services,  to  spare  any  exertions  to  promote  its  pious  purposes. 

With  this  view  I  have  addressed  myself  to  several  loyal  Americans 
here,  and  I  am  happy  to  add  there  are  none  in  Petersburg  but  loyal  ones — 
who  have  generously  responded  to  my  application ;  by  placing  at  my  disposal 
sums  of  money,  which  they  have  desired  me  to  expend  along  with  General 
Clay's,  and  my  own,  in  such  manner  as  I  deemed  best. 

I  have  accordingly  purchased  such  articles  only  as  are  manufactured 
in  Russia,  and  which  I  know  to  be  rare  or  unknown  in  America. 

It  is  important  that  I  say  a  word  concerning  the  smallness  of  the  whole 
contribution. 

Winter  is  upon  us,  in  all  its  northern  rigors ;  the  communication  by 
water  with  the  western  world  is  wholly  cut  off,  and  even  by  land  is  ren 
dered  precarious  and  difficult.  Under  these  circumstances  a  number  of  large 
packages,  would — judging  by  my  past  experience — be  delayed  far  beyond 
the  period  when  they  could  be  turned  to  account. 

Fortunately  for  the  one  which  I  have  the  satisfaction  of  sending  now, 
I  have  availed  myself  of  the  return  of  Mr.  Phelps,  our  consul  here,  who  will 
deliver  it  to  the  Sanitary  Commission  in  person. 

The  number,  also,  of  the  contributors  is  small,  but  it  must  be  remem 
bered  that  our  countrymen  are  never  numerous  in  Russia,  and  more  es 
pecially  at  this  season  of  the  year. 

The  following  articles  were  sent  through  the  U.  S.  Consul  at  Smyrna, 
Julius  Bing : 

A  book  tray — four  card  cases — three  round  rules — two  flat  rules — a 
book  stand  (inlaid) — a  book  stand  (black) — two  glove  boxes — twelve  paper 
knives — three  little  barrels — two  dozen  of  colored  d'oyleys — two  dozen 
of  white  d'oyleys— four  little  bags — three  straw  baskets — two  straw  bas 
kets — six  little  baskets — two  little  straw  baskets — two  wax  baskets  and 
fruits — six  horse-hair  chairs — three  sprigs  of  feather  flowers — three 
Bets  of  collars  and  sleeves — two  sets  of  collars  and  sleeves — six  collars — 
one  collar. 

Messrs.  B.  &  W.  McDonald  &  Co.,  Hamburg,  have  already  forwarded 
the  articles  named  below,  and  other  contributions  may  be  soon  expected 
from  the  same  quarter.  The  N.  Y.  and  Hamburg  Steamship  Company 
brought  these  packages  free  of  charge : 

One  case  of  glassware,  from  Hon.  B.  R.  Wood,  Copenhagen.— One  case 
of  paintings,  Mrs.  Lomnitz. — One  case  hard  rubber  ware,  Mr.  U.  C.  Meyer, 
jr. — One  case  of  paintings,  Miss  B.  Ross. — One  package  of  books,  Miss 
Gorrissen.— Three  cases  of  paintings,  Mr.  J.  U.  Anderson.— Three  cases  of 


paintings.  Miss  Aga  Lehmann. — One  package,  Miss  Lomnitz. — One  pack 
age  of  glass  pictures,  Col.  Julian  Allen,  of  N.  Y.— Four  packages  of  glass 
pictures,  Mr.  J.  Anderson. — Two  packages  of  paintings  from  Hon.  Mr. 
Judd,  Berlin. 

Most  of  these  contributions  were  sent  by  residents  of  Hamburg. 

The  contributions  from  Rome  and  other  European  cities  will  be  duly 
noticed.  In  this  connection  the  following  letter  from  Miss  Charlotte  Cush- 
man  will  be  read  with  interest : 

ROME,  February  20th,  1864. 

DEAR  DR.  BELLOWS  :  From  the  European  Branch  of  the  Sanitary  Commis 
sion  there  has  been  an  appeal  to  the  American  residents  and  sojourners  in 
Rome,  to  make  up  a  table  for  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR  in  New  York. 

The  accredited  agent,  Dr.  Gould,  applied  to  me  among  others,  who 
love  their  country  well  enough  to  live  for  it,  and  I  have  been  glad  to  send  a 
very  valuable  book,  containing  the  engravings  of  all  Canova's  works. 

This  book,  which  is  much  too  large  for  any  private  library,  I  have 
always  intended,  at  some  time  or  other,  to  bestow  upon  the  "  Women's 
School  of  Design  "  in  New  York ;  but  it  now  seems  to  me  that  it  might  be 
made,  in  this  instance,  to  serve  a  double  purpose,  and  my  intentions  with 
regard  to  it  still  be  carried  out,  by  its  being  disposed  of  for  the  FAIR,  by 
a  lottery  or  raffle,  and  the  fortunate  winner  be  made  to  know  what  were 
the  original  wishes  of  the  donor,  that  he  or  she  might  have  the  pleasure  I 
intended  for  myself  of  placing  it  where  it  could  be  of  the  most  use  and 
good. 

However,  this  is  for  you  to  determine  ;  my  offering  is  made  without  re 
servation  and  in  full  confidence  in  your  judgment.     I  have  sent  a  mosaic  pa 
per  weight  with  a  patriotic  design,  among  the  articles  from  Rome. 
Wishing  you  the  greatest  success, 

I  am,  dear  Dr.  Bellows,  very  faithfully  yours, 

CHARLOTTE  CUSHMAN. 


CRIES  FOR  THE  FAIR. 

CHINA  and  Glass  !    China  and  Glass  ! 
Ladies  and  gents,  oh  !  do  not  pass : 
Our  space  has  much  to  tempt  the  eye, 
As  "  said  the  Spider  to  the  Fly." 
But  we've  no  webs,  or  wary  wiles, 
Save  country's  woes,  and  ladies'  smiles, 
Intent  as  spotless  as  our  china : 
Look,  and  see — it  couldn't  be  finer  ; 
As  pure  and  clear  as  glass  our  acts, 
You'll  find  with  us,  no  flaws  or  cracks  ; 
No  brittle  loyalty  abounds, 
And  nought  but  patriotic  sounds  : 
But  these  are  energetic  times, 
So  I  must  close  my  China  chimes. 
NBW  YORK,  March  30»,  1864. 


N.  P.  C. 


THE  REBELLION  RECORD. 

Mr.  G.  P.  PCTNAM  has  presented  to  the  Fair  a  set  of  this  invaluable 
work,  richly  bound.  Mr.  Frank  Moore,  the  editor  and  compiler,  unites,  we 
believe,  in  making  the  contribution,  the  cost  of  which  is  $350.  This  com 
pilation  of  events  antecedent  to  and  connected  with  the  war  is  regarded  so 
highly  here  and  abroad  that  a  number  of  our  citizens  have  united  in  pur 
chasing  fifty  sets  of  the  work,  which  have  been  elegantly  bound  by  Math- 
ews,  and  inscribed  with  the  names  of  the  individuals  and  societies  in  Eu 
rope  to  whom  they  are  to  be  presented.  The  Queen  of  England,  the 
Emperor  of  the  French,  the  Emperor  of  Russia,  and  the  King  of  Italy 
lead  off  the  list  of  recipients  ;  then  follow  such  names  as  Richard  Cobden, 
John  Knight,  John  Stuart  Mill,  Count  A.  Gasparin,  and  others  who  have 
not  only  professed,  but  proved  themselves  friends  of  the  Federal  Govern 
ment  during  this  struggle  for  national  existence.  "  The  Rebellion  Record  " 
has  been  compiled  with  such  painstaking  and  with  such  completion  of  de 
tail  that  it  will  probably  be  regarded  when  this  war  is  over  as  the  stand- 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


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ard  book  of  reference  with  regard  to  it.  It  is  well  to  disseminate  such  a 
record  through  all  the  readable  channels  of  the  Old  World  and  the  New. 

In  addition  to  this  contribution,  Mr.  Putnam  has  presented  the  full  se 
ries  of  IrTOg's  works  in  their  best  coats  of  morocco  and  calfskin. 

Messrs.  Appletons'  donation  and  those  of  our  other  public  spirited 
booksellers  and  publishers  will  be  noticed  elsewhere. 


DRAGOON'S    SONG. 

CLASH,  clash  goes  the  sabre  against  my  steed's  side, 
Kling,  kling  go  the  rowels,  as  onward  I  ride ; 
And  all  my  bright  harness  is  living  and  speaks, 
And  under  my  horse-shoe  the  frosty  ground  creaks ; 
I  wave  my  buif  glove  to  the  girl  whom  I  love, 
Then  join  my  dark  squadron,  and  forward  I  move. 

The  foe,  all  secure,  has  laid  down  by  his  gun ; 

I'll  open  his  eyelids  before  the  bright  sun. 

I  burst  on  his  pickets  ;  they  scatter,  they  fly ; 

Too  late  they  awaken — 'tis  only  to  die. 

Now  the  torch  to  their  camp  ;  I'll  make  it  a  lamp, 

As  back  to  my  quarters  so  slowly  I  tramp. 

Kiss,  kiss  me,  my  darling !  your  lover  is  here. 

Nay,  kiss  off  the  smoke-stains ;  keep  back  that  bright  tear ; 

Keep  back  that  bright  tear  till  the  day  when  I  come, 

To  the  low  wailing  fife  and  deep  muffled  drum, 

With  a  bullet  half  through  the  bosom  so  true, 

To  die,  as  I  ought,  for  my  country  and  you. 

GEOKGE  H.  BOKER. 


WHY  OUR  MEN  RE-ENLIST. 

BY    REV.    J.    P.    THOMPSON. 

THE  promptness  with  which  tens  of  thousands  of  our  veterans  have  re- 
enlisted  for  three  years  is  a  more  impressive  exhibition  of  patriotism  than 
was  the  spontaneous  rush  of  volunteers  at  the  opening  of  the  war.  The 
novelty  of  military  life  has  worn  off,  the  popular  enthusiasm  for  the  army 
and  the  flag  has  subsided  into  a  routine  of  spring  and  fall  campaigns ;  the 
fascinations  of  the  camp  have  given  place  to  the  realities  of  the  march,  the 
picket,  the  trenches,  the  battle,  the  hospital ;  all  that  war  is,  all  that  it  costs, 
is  understood  both  by  the  soldier  in  the  field  and  by  his  friends  at  home ; 
— and  yet  the  men  who  at  the  first  enlisted  by  a  common  impulse,  now  re- 
enlist  with  a  deliberate  earnestness  that  marks  perhaps  the  sublimest  phase 
of  the  war.  Why  is  it  ? 

It  is  easy  to  say  that  two  or  three  years  in  the  camp  have  created  a  dis 
taste  for  civil  life ;  yet  these  veterans  do  not  propose  to  take  up  perma 
nently  the  profession  of  arms.  They  do  not  enter  the  regular  army,  and 
at  the  close  of  the  war  they  will  return  to  their  business  and  their  homes 
without  restlessness.  It  is  easy  to  talk  of  the  habits  and  associations  of 
the  camp  as  having  a  fascination  for  a  class  of  minds  ;  but  the  men  who 
reiinlist  belong  to  no  one  class  mentally  or  socially,  and  once  the  rebellion 
is  fairly  crushed,  the  camp  could  offer  them  no  attractions. 

"  Oh,  but  the  bounty,"  you  say,  "  determines  them."  No  doubt  this  has 
its  influence — why  should  it  not  ?  Is  the  soldier  therefore  a  mercenary  ? 
Is  it  any  less  honorable,  less  manly,  less  patriotic  in  one  to  take  money  and 
go  to  the  war  than  for  another  to  pay  money  in  order  not  to  go  ?  But 
many  who  are  in  the  ranks  are  there  at  a  pecuniary  sacrifice.  They  could 
earn  more  at  home  by  their  handicrafts  or  upon  their  farms  than  they  are 
likely  to  save  from  army  wages  ;  not  a  few  of  our  soldiers  are  men  of 
sufficient  property  to  be  liable  to  home  taxes  accruing  for  their  own  boun 
ties  ;  and,  in  any  case  "  all  that  a  man  hath  will  he  give  for  his  life." 

The  key  to  this  generous  reenlistment  is  to  be  found  in  higher  and 
worthier  motives.  We  will  let  the  soldier  here  speak  for  himself. 
The  other  day,  in  a  rail  car,  a  passenger  who  savored  more  of  rum  than  of 
loyalty,  began  to  taunt  a  Maine  boy,  homeward  bound  on  furlough,  with  fight 
ing  for  money.  I  "  should  think,"  said  he,  "  you  fellows  down  there  on  the  Po 


tomac  had  got  enough  of  it  by  this  time,  without  enlisting  over  again ; — but 
there's  no  telling  what  a  feller  won't  do  for  money.  I  guess  the  bounty's 
what  fixed  you." 

Turning  upon  him  with  a  withering  manliness  in  look  and  tone,  the 
soldier  answered  :  "  Well,  I'll  not  pretend  to  be  indifferent  to  money.  But 
do  you  suppose  that  we  care  nothing  for  the  country  ?  Are  we  going  to 
leave  that  to  ruin  ?  After  all  that  we've  done  and  suffered  in  the  army  of 
the  Potomac  for  three  years,  do  you  think  we  would  give  up  and  come 
home  now  ?  Do  you  think  that  army  would  leave  everything  to  raw  re- 
cruita  ?  That's  what  Jeff.  Davis  wants.  That's  what  Lee  is  hoping  for. 
But  I  tell  you,  when  he  sees  these  same  old  boys  that  whipped  him  at  Get 
tysburg  standing  up  to  their  guns  again  for  another  three  years,  he'll  cave 
in!" 

Let  us  give  our  brave  veterans  the  credit  and  honor  they  deserve.  Let 
us  have  faith  enough  in  patriotism  to  believe  that  this  is  still  the  ruling 
passion  of  the  army,  and  faith  enough  in  the  country  to  believe  that  she 
still  commands  the  filial  devotion  of  her  sons. 


FREEDOM'S    RALLY. 

(To  a  German  Air.) 
WHAT  means  this  tramp  of  armies 

Poured  down  from  the  North  ? 
01),  Liberty  and  Justice 

Their  legions  send  forth. 
The  star-flag  is  flinging 

Its  folds  to  the  light, 
The  trumpet  is  singing  : 

"  For  God  and  the  Right ! " 

They're  flocking  to  the  standard, 

Our  manhood  and  youth, 
With  souls  a-glow  for  Freedom, 

For  Justice  and  Truth. 
From  mountain  and  valley, 

From  inland  and  coast, 
Strong-hearted  they  rally, 

Each  hero  a  host ! 

The  Lord  of  Hosts  is  with  them  ; 

For  His  is  the  fight : 
The  God  of  Truth  and  Justice 

Shall  prosper  the  right. 
To  Liberty's  banner 

The  vict'ry  He'll  bring  ; 
Her  grateful  hosanna 

From  millions  shall  ring  ! 


C.  T.  BROOKS. 


ROOM  No.  10,  Architectural  Ornaments,  under  the  care  of  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Coit,  contains  4  superb  Antique  Tapestries,  Scenes  in  Don  Quixote,  a 
present  from  the  King  of  Spain  to  a  noble  family  in  Mexico,  from  whose 
descendants  they  were  purchased. 

EVENING  CONCERTS. — We  are  requested  to  remind  visitors  to  the  Fail- 
that  a  Musical  Concert  takes  place  every  evening  in  the  Children's  Depart 
ment  of  the  Union  Square  Building,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Scharfenburg. 

THE  Managers  of  the  Hippotheatron  and  New  York  Cirque,  opposite 
the  Academy  of  Music,  in  14th  street,  have  liberally  offered  to  the  Fair  a 
handsome  percentage  upon  their  gross  receipts  during  its  continuance. 
The  performances  are  at  half  past  2  in  the  afternoon,  and  at  8  in  the 
evening.  

NOTICE. 

ALL  communications  having  reference  to  business  connected 
with  this  newspaper  should  be  left  in  the  letter  box  at  the  Stall 
of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR,  which  is  in  the  main  building,  14th 
street,  next  the  principal  entrance. 


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SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


SPIEIT  OF  TIIE  FAIE. 


NEW    YORK,    WEDNESDAY,    APRIL    6,    1864. 
NEW    YORK. 

BY    JAMES    FENIMORB    COOPEIt. 
(Continued.) 

SOME  crude  attempts  have  been  made  to  bring  the  circles 
of  New  York  within  the  control  of  a  code  prepared  and  pro 
mulgated  through  the  public  press.  They  who  have  made 
these  abortive  attempts  have  been  little  aware  of  the  power 
with  which  they  have  to  contend.  Napoleon  himself,  who 
could  cause  the  conscription  to  enter  every  man's  dwelling, 
could  not  bring  the  coteries  of  the  Faubourg  under  his  influ 
ence.  In  this  respect,  society  will  make  its  own  laws,  appeal 
to  its  own  opinions,  and  submit  only  to  its  own  edicts.  Asso 
ciation  is  beyond  the  control  of  any  regular  and  peaceful  gov 
ernment,  resting  on  influences  that  seem,  in  a  great  measure, 
to  be  founded  in  nature — the  most  inflexible  of  all  rulers. 
Tastes,  conditions,  connections,  habits,  and  even  prejudices, 
unite  to  form  a  dynasty  that  never  has  yet  been  dethroned. 
New  York  is  nearer  to  a  state  of  nature,  probably,  as  regards 
all  its  customs  and  associations,  than  any  other  well-estab 
lished  place  that  could  be  named.  With  six  hundred  thousand 
souls,  collected  from  all  parts  of  Christendom — with  no  upper 
class  recognized  by,  or  in  any  manner  connected  with,  the 
institutions,  it  would  seem  that  the  circles  might  enact  their 
own  laws,  and  the  popular  principle  be  brought  to  bear 
socially  on  the  usages  of  the  town — referring  fashion  and 
opinion  altogether  to  a  sort  of  popular  will.  The  result  is  not 
exactly  what  might  be  expected  under  the  circumstances,  the 
past  being  intermingled  with  the  present  time,  in  spite  of 
theories  and  various  opposing  interests ;  and,  in  many  instan 
ces,  caprice  is  found  to  be  stronger  than  reason. 

We  have  no  desire  to  exaggerate,  or  to  color  beyond  their 
claims,  the  importance  of  the  towns  of  Manhattan.  No  one 
can  better  understand  the  vast  chasm  which  still  exists  be 
tween  London  and  New  York,  and  how  much  the  latter  has  to 
achieve  before  she  can  lay  claim  to  be  the  counterpart  of  that 
metropolis  of  Christendom.  It  is  not  so  much  our  intention 
to  dilate  on  existing  facts,  as  to  offer  a  general  picture,  includ 
ing  the  past,  the  present,  and  the  future,  that  may  aid  the  mind 
in  forming  something  like  a  just  estimate  of  the  real  impor 
tance  and  probable  destinies  of  this  emporium  of  the  New 
World. 

It  is  now  just  three-and-twenty  years  since,  that,  in  another 
work,  we  ventured  to  predict  the  great  fortunes  that  were  in 
reserve  for  this  American  mart,  giving  some  of  the  reasons 
that  then  occurred  to  us  that  had  a  tendency  to  produce  such  a 
result.  These  predictions  drew  down  upon  us  sneers,  not  to 
say  derision,  in  certain  quarters,  where  nothing  that  shadows 
forth  the  growing  power  of  this  republic  is  ever  received  with 
favor.  The  intervening  period  has  more  than  fulfilled  our 
expectations.  In  this  short  interval,  the  population  of  the 
Manhattan  towns  has  more  than  trebled,  while  their  wealth 
and  importance  have  probably  increased  in  a  greatly  magnified 


proportion.  Should  the  next  quarter  of  a  century  see  this 
ratio  in  growth  continued,  London  would  be  very  closely 
approached  in  its  leading  element  of  superiority — numbers. 
We  have  little  doubt  that  the  present  century  will  bring  about 
changes  that  will  place  the  emporium  of  the  Old  World  and 
that  of  the  New  nearly  on  a  level.  This  opinion  is  given  with 
a  perfect  knowledge  of  the  vast  increase  of  the  English  capital 
itself,  and  with  a  due  allowance  for  its  continuance.  We  pro 
pose,  in  the  body  of  this  work,  to  furnish  the  reasons  justify 
ing  these  anticipations. 

Seventeen  years  since,  the  writer  returned  home  from  a  long 
residence  in  Europe,  during  which  he  had  dwelt  for  years  in 
many  of  the  largest  towns  of  that  quarter  of  the  world.  At 
a  convivial  party  in  one  of  the  most  considerable  dwellings  in 
Broadway,  the  conversation  turned  on  the  great  improvements 
that  had  then  been  made  in  the  town,  with  sundry  allusions 
that  were  intended  to  draw  out  the  opinions  of  a  traveller  on 
a  subject  that  justly  ever  has  an  interest  with  the  Manhat- 
tanese.  In  that  conversation  the  writer — his  memory  im 
pressed  with  the  objects  with  which  he  had  been  familiar  in 
London  and  Paris,  and  Rome,  Venice,  Naples,  etc.,  and  feel 
ing  how  very  provincial  was  the  place  where  he  was,  as  well 
as  its  great  need  of  change  to  raise  it  to  the  level  of  European 
improvement — ventured  to  say  that,  in  his  opinion,  speaking 
of  Broadway,  "There  was  not  a  building  in  the  whole  street, 
a  few  special  cases  excepted,  that  would  probably  be  standing 
thirty  years  hence."  The  writer  has  reason  to  know  that  this 
opinion  was  deemed  extravagant,  and  was  regarded  as  a  con 
sequence  of  European  rather  than  of  American  reasoning.  If 
the  same  opinion  were  uttered  to-day,  it  would  meet  with 
more  respect.  Buildings  now  stand  in  Broadway  that  may 
go  down  to  another  century,  for  they  arc  on  a  level  with  the 
wants  and  tastes  of  a  capital ;  but  none  such,  with  a  single 
exception,  existed  at  the  time  of  which  we  are  writing. 

In  these  facts  are  to  be  found  the  explanation  of  the  want 
of  ancient  edifices  in  America.  Two  centuries  and  a  half  are 
no  very  remote  antiquity,  but  we  should  regard  buildings  of 
that,  or  even  of  a  much  less  age,  with  greater  interest,  did  the 
country  possess  them.  But  nothing  was  constructed  a  century 
since  that  was  worth  preserving  on  account  of  its  intrinsic 
merits  ;  and,  before  time  can  throw  its  interest  around  them, 
edifice  after  edifice  comes  down,  to  make  way  for  a  successor 
better  suited  to  the  wants  and  tastes  of  the  age.  In  this 
respect  New  York  is  even  worse  off  than  the  other  ancient 
places  of  the  country — ancient  as  things  can  be  regarded  in 
America — its  great  growth  and  commercial  spirit  demanding 
sacrifices  that  Philadelphia  and  Boston  have  as  yet  escaped. 
It  is  quite  within  the  scope  of  probable  things,  that,  in  a  very 
few  years,  there  should  not  be  standing  in  the  old  town  a 
single  structure  of  any  sort,  that  was  there  previously  to  the 
Revolution.  As  for  the  new  towns,  Brooklyn,  Williams- 
burgh,  etc.,  they  had  no  existence  worth  alluding  to  anterior 
to  the  commencement  of  the  present  century.  If  any  dwelling 
is  to  be  found  within  the  limits  of  either,  that  can  claim  a  more 
remote  origin,  it  is  some  farmhouse  that  has  been  swallowed 
up  by  the  modern  improvements. 

That  which  is  true  of  the  towns,  in  this  respect,  is  equally 


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true  of  the  whole  country.  A  dwelling  that  has  stood  half  a 
century  is  regarded  as  a  sort  of  specimen  of  antiquity,  and 
one  that  has  seen  twice  that  number  of  years,  of  which  a  few 
are  to  be  found,  especially  among  the  descendants  of  the 
Dutch,  is  looked  upon  with  some  such  reverence  as  is  felt  by 
the  modern  traveller  in  gazing  at  the  tomb  of  Cecilia  Metella, 
or  the  amphitheatre  of  Verona. 

(To  be  continued.) 


1861. 


TWO  PICTURES— PEACE  AND  WAR. 
I. 

ATALANTA. 

WE  read,  in  classic  legends  old, 
Of  one  who,  fair  and  over-bold, 
Distanced  all  runners,  till  outrun  by  gold. 

Supple  in  limb,  and  fair  in  face, 

She  passed  the  swiftest  in  the  race, 

Till,  on  one  luckless  day,  she  lost  her  place. 

There  came  to  her  a  cunning  fellow, 
His  pockets  stufled  with  apples  mellow  ; 
Pure  gold  they  were,  of  California  yellow. 

Doffing  his  hat,  "  Fair  dame,"  said  he, 
"  They  say  thou  art  the  fastest  she 
That  ever  ran  a  rig — wilt  run  with  me  ? 

"  I  know  the  law  prescribed !  "  he  said : 
"  If  you  should  beat,  I  lose  my  head  ; 
But  if  you're  beaten,  you  and  I  must  wed." 

Away  his  hat  he  swiftly  twirls. 
The  fleetest  of  all  swift-limbed  girls 
Tosses  her  head  with  all  its  sunny  curls. 

Then,  one — two — three !     Away  they  fly. 

Together,  for  awhile,  they  ply 

Their  agile  feet.     Then  soon  she  passes  by. 

But  will  she  win  ?     A  ball  of  gold 

Hippomenes  has  deftly  rolled 

Along  the  course.     She  stoops.     Her  apron's  fold 

Contains  the  prize.     Another  ball 

Of  dazzling  value  he  lets  fall, 

And  yet  a  third.     She  stops  to  gather  all. 

So  Atalanta  lost  her  race 

And  single-blessedness,  to  chase 

Three  rolling  lumps"  of  metal  bright,  but  base. 

Xow  list,  Columbia,  to  my  moral. 

Thou  runnest  well.     Don't  stop  to  quarrel 

About  thy  baser  wealth.     Prefer  a  laurel. 

The  fleetest  in  the  race  are  lost, 
If  in  their  gold  alone  they  boast. 
Be  wiser,  thou — and  count  the  entire  cost. 

The  nations  feel  thee  great.     All  eyes 
Watch  thy  swift  motions  with  surprise, 
And  hail  thee  Herald  of  unclouded  skies. 

Be  great  in  soul,  as  great  in  power. 

Be  rich  in  minds — Heaven's  richest  dower. 

So  of  all  nations  thou  shall  be  the  flower. 

C.  P.  CRANCH. 


THE  following  is  an  extract  from  the  letter  of  the  Count  de 
Gasparin,  enclosing  the  article  published  below : 

*  *  *  "  You  will  find  on  the  third  and  fourth,  pages  of  my 
letter  some  lines,  of  which  you  may  make  use,  if  you  judge  it 
proper.  I  pray  God  to  bless  abundantly  your  efforts  in  favor  of 
the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers.  May  lie  grant  you  a  speedy  peace, 
the  abolition  of  slavery,  with  the  reSstablishment  of  the  Union !  " 

LES  VCEUX  D'UN  AMI. 

PAH   LE   CTE.   AGEXOE   DE   GASPAEIN. 

Voici  ce  que  je  vous  souhaite : 

Des  victoires  decisivcs  et  la  suppression  do  la  revolte ; 

Le  rejet  des  transactions  et  des  compromis ; 

La  conquOte  morale  et  k'galo  du  Sud,  sans  confiscations,  sans 
represailles  violentcs,  sans  occupation  prolongt-e ; 

Une  reconciliation  reelle  avec  des  compatriotcs  dont  il  faut  a  la 
fois  detester  le  crime  et  plaindre  I'egarement ; 

La  rentree  dans  1'Union  de  tous  les  etats  rebelles ; 

L'abolition  definitive  de  1'esclavage  dans  lo  Sud ; 

L'abolition  definitive  de  1'esclavage  dans  les  etats  frontieres ; 

Le  droit  commun  retabli  en  faveur  des  negres  libres;  ni 
mesures  d'exception  ni  reglemcntations,  ni  colonizations  plus  ou 
moins  forcees ; 

Beaucoup  de  personnes  de  couleur  dans  les  salons  du  President, 
et  beauconp  d'ensignes  d'officiers  sur  les  uniformes  des  soldats 
noirs;  beaucoup  de  citoyens  noirs  dans  les  dloctions,  dans  les 
eglises,  dans  les  omnibus,  sur  les  chemins  de  fer  et  sur  les  bateaux, 
aux  places  de  tout  le  monde ; 

La  reelection  de  M.  Lincoln  ; 

D'honnetes  gens  dans  tous  les  emplois  publics ; 

La  diminution  rapide  des  grandes  armees  et  des  gros  budgets ; 

Une  politique  qui  ecarte  les  conquOtes,  les  guerres,  et  les  que- 
relles  au  debors ; 

Une  reconstitution  du  pays,  qui  ecarte  le  regime  militaire,  et 
fasse  reparaitre  pleinement  aux  regards  du  monde,  les  Etats  Unis 
tels  que  nous  les  avons  aimes,  tels  qu'ils  etaient  autrefois,  a  la 
reserve  de  1'esclavage ; 

L'achevement  de  1'ceuvre  a  laquelle  s'est  consacre  un  grand 
peuple,  qui  doit  se  relever  par  la  liberte  et  par  la  justice ;  qui  doit, 
selon  le  precepte  evangelique,  surmonter  le  mat  par  le  lien; 

Enfin  et  surtout,  pour  que  ces  cboses  s'accomplissent,  un 
esprit  de  priere,  d'humilite,  do  confianco  filiale,  les  benedictions 
journalieres  de  notre  Dieu. 


An  RIVAGG,  20  Fevrier,  1864. 


A.  DE  GASI-AKIX. 


[TRANSLATION.] 
THE   WISHES   OF  A   FRIEND. 

I  most  ardently  wish  for  you  : 

Decisive  victories  and  the  speedy  suppression  of  the  revolt ; 

The  rejection  of  all  negotiation  or  compromise  ; 

The  moral  and  legal  conquest  of  the  South,  without  confisca 
tion,  violent  reprisals,  or  prolonged  occupation  : 

A  thorough  reconciliation  with  countrymen  whose  crime  you 
cannot  but  detest,  but  whose  delusion  you  must  also  pity  ; 

The  restoration  to  the  Union  of  all  the  rebellious  States ; 

The  final  abolition  of  slavery  in  the  South  ; 

The  final  abolition  of  slavery  in  the  Border  States ; 

The  guarantee  of  equal  rights  to  the  free  negroes— without 
measures  of  regulation,  qualification,  or  forced  colonization  ; 

Many  colored  soldiers  in  the  uniforms  of  officers;  the  free 
intermingling  of  persons  of  color  at  the  Presidential  receptions, 
at  the  polls,  in  churches,  omnibuses,  railroad  cars,  steamboats, 
and  in  all  places  of  public  assembly; 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


The  reelection  of  President  Lincoln  ; 

Honest  men  in  places  of  public  trust ; 

The  rapid  decrease  of  your  large  army,  and  of  the  "  Budget  of 
the  Exchequer ;  " 

A  policy  which  shall  repudiate  war,  conquest,  and  foreign 
quarrels ; 

A  reconstruction  of  the  Union,  which  shall  do  away  with  mil 
itary  rule,  and  shall  restore  to  the  eyes  of  the  world  the  United 
States  as  we  loved  them — changed  only  by  the  abolition  of 
slavery ; 

The  completion  of  the  work  to  which  a  great  people  has  con 
secrated  itself;  a  people  which  shall  build  itself  upon  Liberty  and 
Justice,  and  in  obedience  to  the  highest  Christian  precept,  "  over 
come  evil  with  good ;  " 

And  my  last  and  best  wish  is  that  a  spirit  of  prayer,  humility, 
and  filial  trust,  joined  with  the  daily  blessing  of  our  God,  may 

soon  crown  your  cause  with  sure  success. 

A.  BE  GASPARIN. 
February  20th,  18G4. 


AN  ENGLISH  HUMORIST. 

BY   E.    H.    DANA,  JR. 

AT  tea,  at  the  Athenamm  Club,  Landseer  introduced  me  to  a 
gentleman  by  the  name  of  Robinson,  who  had  a  singular  passion  for 
Nelson.  A  man  of  means  and  of  education,  of  some  literary  claims, 
a  bachelor,  lie  has  devoted  much  of  his  time  and  property  to  the 
collection  of  memorials  and  relics  of  his  favorite  hero.  Landseer 
told  him  I  was  a  lover  of  the  sea,  and  would  sympathize  with  his 
enthusiasm,  so  he  took  me  up  warmly.  It  ended  in  his  urging  me 
to  visit  him  in  his  bachelor  quarters  in  Cork  Street,  where  he 
kept  his  private  Nelson  museum.  I  was  to  leave  town  the  next  day, 
and  could  not.  Oh,  but  I  must,  and  he  would  light  it  up  for  me. 
It  had  never  been  lighted,  and  there  was  no  gas  in  it,  but  he  could 
get  candles,  and  I  must  come.  I  saw  he  really  desired  it ;  that  it 
would  gratify  him,  and  accepted.  He  would  go  directly  home  and 
get  his  ship  ready,  his  deck  cleared,  and  see  me  in  an  hour. 

At  the  end  of  an  hour  I  knocked  at  his  door  in  Cork  Street. 
An  old  sailor,  in  loose  duck  trousers,  blue  jacket,  open  collar, 
loose  neckerchief,  in  the  truest  possible  man-of-war  rig,  opened 
the  door,  and  rolled  along  the  entry  and  up  stairs,  and  let  me  into 
a  large  room,  occupying  the  whole  of  the  second  floor,  with  a  sky 
light  above.  A  few  candles  were  placed  about  the  room,  and  my 
host  sat  at  an  old  mahogany  table  that  had  been  one  of  Nelson's 
cabin  tables,  with  a  candle  on  a  capstan  that  came  from  one  of 
Nelson's  ships.  He  received  me  with  great  cordiality,  and  began 
to  show  me  his  strange  museum.  Ranged  round  the  room,  and 
scattered  over  it,  were  all  imaginable  memorials  and  relics,  every 
thing  illustrating  Nelson's  life  which  love,  entreaty,  or  money  had 
enabled  him  to  command. 

There  was  a  painting  of  every  battle  Nelson  had  fought,  and 
of  every  leading  event  of  his  life,  from  his  fight  with  a  Polar  bear 
on  the  ice,  when  a  midshipman  in  the  "  Sea  Horse,"  to  his  death 
in  the  cockpit  of  the  "  Victory,"  in  the  arms  of  Hardy.  There 
were  large  models  of  every  ship  in  which  he  had  sailed :  the 
"Sea  Horse,"  the  "Vanguard,"  the  "Agamemnon,"  the  "Vic 
tory,"  and  all,  with  pieces  of  their  masts  or  keels,  and  some  can 
non,  muskets,  pistols,  and  swords  taken  from  them.  Then  there 
were  relics  of  a  more  personal  character :  an  admiral's  coat,  with 
its  tarnished  buttons  and  orders  and  motheaten  cloth,  a  cocked 
hat  and  sword,  all  which  Nelson  had  worn  ;  a  bound  volume  of 
original  letters,  and  letters  from  Lady  Hamilton  ;  and  one  start 
ling  thing  :  opening  suddenly  a  door,  there  stood,  before  me,  the 


igure  of  Nelson  himself — that  pale,  thoughtful,  melancholy  coun- 
enance,  the  drooping  lid,  the  one  eye  closed,  the  vacant  sleeve 
>inned  to  the  coat,  the  very  clothes  he  had  worn  in  life,  coat,  hat, 
ihoes — all,  his  straight,  thin,  light  hair  falling  over  his  brow,  to  the 
ife  ;  it  seemed  as  if  I  had  trodden  within  the  circle  of  witchcraft, 
and  the  hero  had  been  called  up  to  confront  me.  This  figure  had 
been  made  in  wax,  by  a  young  lady,  niece  of  the  artist  who  paint 
ed  the  best  portrait  of  him.  The  artist  asked  Nelson's  permission 
to  allow  his  niece  to  take  it  while  he  was  sitting  for  the  portrait, 
and  the  tradition  is,  that  when  it  was  done,  Nelson  said,  "  I  was 
never  taken  larboard  and  starboard  at  the  same  time  before."  It 
was  very  well  done,  and  produces  none  of  the  painful  effect  of 
wax  figures  generally,  the  pale  yellow  hue  of  the  wax,  at  least  as 
seen  by  caudle  light,  suiting  well  with  the  known  complexion  of 
the  man.  Having  exhausted  the  curiosities,  I  told  my  host  an 
anecdote  of  a  relative  of  mine  in  command  of  a  ship  in  the  Med 
iterranean,  at  night  making  a  light,  then  another,  then  another, 
then  seeing  them  dancing  all  about  him,  then  a  gun,  then  a  hoarse 
hail  from  ahuge  line-of-battle  ship,  rolling  up  her  sides,  and  showing 
dim  lanterns  through  her  portholes — how  he  went  on  board,  was 
taken  in  a  boat  through  the  fleet  to  the  flagship,  and  down  into 
the  cabin,  where  sat  Nelson  at  a  table  covered  by  a  chart,  under 
the  dim  swinging  lamp  of  the  cabin,  and  how  he  told  him  that  he  had 
seen  the  French  fleet  in  the  morning  before,  and  how  Nelson  took 
from  him  his  courses  and  distances  since,  and  the  bearing  and 
course  of  the  fleet,  and  the  wind  at  the  time,  and  traced  them  on 
his  chart,  thanked  him,  offered  him  the  usual  glass  of  grog,  and 
sent  him  back  in  his  own  boat  to  his  ship,  through  the  mysterious 
black  hulks,  rolling,  hailing,  and  showing  their  lights. 

This  anecdote  interested  him  mightily,  and  he  said  he  would 
look  up  Nelson's  log  to  see  if  there  was  a  note  of  it.  I  rose  to  go. 
"  No,"  said  he,  "  Nelson  always  invited  his  visitors  to  take  a  glass 
of  grog  before  they  left  his  cabin,  and  this  is  my  cabin,  so  grog  it 
must  be.  Tom !  "  Tom  rolled  in,  hitching  up  his  trousers. 
"Grog,  Tom!  "  So  Tom  steered  out,  and  navigated  back  among 
the  relics,  bringing  two  glass  tumblers  of  genuine  navy  grog, 
which  he  set  on  the  capstan. 

My  host  seemed  as  delighted  as  surprised,  that  I,  an  American, 
should  enter  so  heartily  into  his  Nelson  humor.  After  some 
further  pleasant  talk,  I  took  my  departure,  leaving  Tom  and  his 
master  to  put  out  the  lights,  and  close  up  the  curious  odd  old 
room.  It  was  singular  ;  a  gentleman  of  property  and  education, 
never  at  sea  himself,  giving  his  house,  the  best  part  of  it,  and 
spending  so  much  of  his  time  and  money  on  this  enthusiasm. 

But  probably  England  has  many  such  humorists,  if  we  knew 
where  to  find  them. 


AHASUERUS. 

THE  STEAM  SPIRIT. 

THAT  tourist  malgre  lui,  the  Wandering  Jew, 
Weary  with  journeying  for  the  sublime 
And  picturesque,  through  every  age  and  clime, 

Into  the  sea  his  deathless  body  threw. 

Dissolved  in  emerald  drops  of  briny  dew, 
His  spirit  weeps,  in  floods  of  tears,  its  crime. 
'Mid  the  inventions  of  this  later  time 

Man  finds  the  spell  to  raise  his  soul  anew. 
Evoked,  a  spectre,  by  the  fiends  of  fire, 

From  his  moist  grave  in  vapory  wreaths  he  steals, 

And,  pent  'mid  sterner  tortures  than  before, 
And  struggling  with  a  penance  yet  more  dire, 

Doomed,  like  Ixion,  to  drive  restless  wheels, 

Circling  the  globe,  sweeps  earth  and  ocean  o'er. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


21 


THE  RIGHT  TO  MARRY ! 

THE  WIDOWED,  THE  BACHELOR,  AND  THE  OLD  MAID  RENDERED 
COMFORTABLE  AND  HAPPY  !  ! 

THE  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Useful  Marriages,  having  fully  per 
fected  its  organization,  is  prepared  to  commence  operations,  and  solicits 
the  patronage  of  the  unwedded  public. 

It  offers  the  following  advantages  over  all  other  plans : 

The  certainty  of  wedded  bliss ! 

A  comfortable  maintenance ! 

The  guarantee  of  the  Company  of  the  statements  of  both  parties  as 
to  property  ! 

No  anxiety  as  to  result  of  courtship ! 

Nor  wear  and  tear  of  feeling  during  that  period. 

No  hypocritical  conciliation  of  relations  and  friends. 

A  great  -  saving  of  time,  money,  and  ingenuity  in  petits  xouis  and  in 
bouquets ! 

The  business  will  be  conducted  upon  a  strictly  cash  basis — a  long  expe 
rience  having  satisfied  the  Directors  that  expectations  are  only  a  delusion 
and  a  snare. 

No  tenders  will  be  admitted  from  Bachelors,  Spinsters,  or  Relicts  who 
have  not  their  money  in  their  own  right. 

A  great  preference  will  be  shown,  and  much  easier  rates  allowed,  to 
parties  no  having  near  relations — as  Adam  and  Eve,  the  typical  couple,  had 
no  fathers  or  mothers-in-law. 

Moneyed  orphans  will  command  a  high  premium  ! 

No  one  should  hesitate  to  apply  on  account  of  advanced  years.  The 
Company  offers  its  services  to  all  times  of  life,  and  will  insure  a  suitable 
partner  to  the  aged,  at  reasonably  enhanced  rates. 

Elegantly  furnished  drawing  rooms  have  been  provided  for  private 
interviews,  if  such  are  desired. 

Arrangements  have  been  made  by  which  ladies  of  extreme  delicacy 
and  shrinking  modesty  may  receive  sealed  proposals  ! 

Terms  moderate  in  all  cases  ! 

The  Clergyman  and  Photographer  of  the  Company  always  in  attendance. 


ODDITIES  OF  ADVERTISING. 

SOME  ingenious  tradesman  offers  mourning  jewelry  of  India  rubber. 
It  seems  like  stretching  a  point  to  include  the  adornment  of  woe  among 
the  uses  of  that  substance,  though  its  waterproof  nature  makes  it  a  safe 
and  apt  embellishment  of  tears.  Perhaps  the  virtue  of  these  ornaments 
is  to  mitigate  grief  by  speedily  erasing  the  memory  of  the  departed.  Yet 
one  would  think  caoutchouc  might  be  more  in  demand  for  setting  off  elas 
ticity  than  despondency  of  spirits.  There  may  be  cases,  indeed,  where 
the  extinguished  life  has  left  an  odor  not  wholly  of  sanctity,  where  doubts 
mingle  with  regrets,  and  in  which  the  sulphurous  whiffs  peculiar  to  their 
fabric,  when  vulcanized,  should  breathe  a  not  inappropriate  reminder. 

But  why  limit  the  decorative  uses  of  this  material  to  mourning  ?  There 
are  many  people  who  would  appreciate  the  virtues  of  a  wedding  ring  that 
would  press  loose  or  tight  at  pleasure.  Official  badges  made  of  it  would 
happily  indicate  an  expansive  conscience  in  the  bosoms  of  those  who  wore 
them.  These  are  a  sort  of  pendants  and  bracelets  in  which  sea  bathers 
and  such-like  mermaids  may  safely  disport  themselves.  And  its  cheap 
ness,  exceeding  that  of  gold  of  the  Hebrews,  stretches  the  range  of  vani 
ty,  by  bringing  jewelry  within  the  reach  of  all.  A  father  of  a  family  may 
set  up  his  daughters  with  a  cast-off  mackintosh,  or  a  prudent  lover  turn 
his  old  overshoes  into  a  pretty  parurc.  This  happy  fabric  has  for  a  long 
time  pressed  with  its  elastic  clasp  the  rounded  graces  of  regions  that 
thought  dares  not  invade — why  should  it  have  its  usefulness,  heightened  by 
the  new  invention,  and  refuse  to  beam  upon  the  brow  of  beauty  too  ? 


A  MARCH  THOUGHT. 
"  DOWN  with  the  dust ! " 

Said  a  cit.  to  Inspector  Boole. 
"  'Tis  you  who  must 

Do  that,"  he  replied,  "  you  fool ! " 


ACROSTIC  ENIGMA.— No.  I. 

I'M  sometimes  strong,  and  sometimes  weak 

And  wavering,  I  own ; 
The  hardest  work  of  the  world  I  do, 
Often  for  good,  but  for  evil  too, 

As  hath,  alas !  been  shown. 

This  is  the  house  in  which  I  dwell, 

It  may  be  large  or  small, 
If  ever  I  forsake  it,  oh ! 
What  fearful  misery  and  woe 

Must  that  poor  house  befall  ! 


Pretty,  airy,  graceful  creature, 
Fitting  theme  for  poet's  lay, 

Mirth  and  glee  in  every  feature, 
Let  me  be  thy  subject,  pray  ! 

One  of  seven  combinations, 

Blended  in  such  harmony, 
That  to  point  out  their  gradations, 

Is  a  task  'twere  vain  to  try. 

Ever  by  the  streamlets  straying, 
By  the  fountains  in  the  glade, 

In  their  limpid  waters  playing 

As  they  flow  through  light  and  shade. 

Listen  to  the  streams  ascending, 

Strains  of  sweetest  melody, 
While  from  open  casement  bending, 

Sits  the  lady  pensively. 


CHARADES.— No.  I. 

FEW  things  are  darker  than  my  first, 

Or  heavier  than  my  second, 
And  swifter,  brighter  than  my  whole, 

Not  many  can  be  reckoned. 

My  last  exults  in  sheer  caprice, 

My  first  in  ample  cause, 
My  whole,  born  free  as  dew,  submits 

Its  course  to  leaden  laws. 

My  first  rings  clear  the  country  through, 
My  last  in  towns  must  reign  ; 

My  whole  springs  bright  hi  rustic  haunts, 
And  falls  by  ways  profane. 

My  first  more  straight  than  arrows  flies, 
My  last  no  wings  could  raise, 

My  whole,  descended  from  the  skies, 
Dies  choked  in  dusty  ways. 


OLD  (PROVERBIAL)  FRIENDS  WITH  NEW  FACES. 

THERE  is  honor  among  Aldermen. 

When  the  Legislature  falls  out  honest  men  come  by  their  own. 

Set  an  editor  on  horseback  and  he'll  ride  to  Washington. 

Judge  McCunn  knows  no  law. 

Needs  must  when  Jeff.  Davis  drives. 

Money  makes  the  Mayor  and  Corporation  go. 

(And  they  make  it  go  too. — Printer's  Devil.) 


SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

(To  be  continued  daily.) 


FROM    THE    LADIES7    RECEIVING    DEPARTMENT. 


1  oil  painting,  "  Knitting,"  A.  D.  Bcechor. 
1  water-color  sketch,  W.  II.  Miller. 

I  oil  painting,  R.  M.  Pratt. 

II  pairs  gaiter  boots,  Thos.  Reynolds. 
l>ry  goods,  Doremus  &:  Nixon. 

1  pair  Marseilles  gaiters,  II.  I.  Samek. 

1  box  moss  birds'  nests,  &c.,  Victoria  E.  E.  Willlinms,  6 

years  old,  Delta,  N.  Y. 
1  swansdown  cape  and  cuffs,  Miss  Harley. 
1  Mexican  plant,  Chas.  II.  Jaquelin. 
60  hospital  drawers,  Employment  Society  of  the  Holy 

Communion. 

1  jewel  box,  E.  Cabot,  Esq.,  Boston. 

2  hats,  Mrs.  E.  A. .Honeywell. 

4  "  La  Gavlota,"  2  Congress'l  Directory,  Mrs.  II.  Fish. 

2  boxes  and  a  package  of  flowers,  Straus,  Bianchi  &  Co. 

3  pincushions,  Carrie  Maria  Riggs. 
Knitted  articles,  Mra.  Grenville  Weeks. 

0  knitted  shirts,  6  bibs,  Mrs.  Dr.  Cyrus  Weeks. 

2  dressed  dolls,  2  dolls'  dresses,  Miss  Kate  Burnsidc. 

1  "  Old  Fort  Putnam"  in  pencil,  by  R.  A.  Blakeloek. 
Fancy  goods,  Gust,  Autenrieth  &  Co. 

1  sofa  cushion,  Mrs.  J.  II.  Lane,  jr. 

6  children's  sacks,  &c.,  and  2  "Morris's  Poems." 

1  patent  sleeping  head-rest,  Prof.  Hamburger,  French's 

Hotel. 

1  pair  worked  slipper?. 
1  lady's  night  dress,  1  infant's  robe,  Richard  Brown. 

1  picture,  "  In  the  Woods,"  A.  B.  Insley. 

3  albums,  Charles  Becker. 

Various  articles,  Mrs.  George  Douglas. 

2  plates  and  specimens  of  "  Algie." 

1  oil  painting,  ''Sunrise,"  M.  S.  Bidwell,  jr 

1  bunch  of  flowers  in  water  colors,  framed,  Miss  Annie 

McGay. 
1  pair  knitted  mittens,  1  worsted  eonntais,  Louisiana 

Lawrence. 

1  pincushion,  Mrs.  Mason. 

1  very  handsome  baby's  dress,  in  box,  Mrs.  Edwards. 
1  bead  mat,  Miss  Strong. 

1  rigoletto,  Miss  Johnson. 

2  China  figures,  Sigismund  Edinger. 

1  emb'd  infant's  blanket,  Miss  H.  W.  Holton. 
1  emb'd  infant's  blanket,  Miss  M.  M.  Prall. 
1  pincushion,  1  mat,  Miss  M.  Crook. 

3  crotchet  tidies,  Mrs.  Richards. 

1  picture,  "October   in  the  Highlands,"  Miss  E    W 

Cook. 
Pickles,  sugar,  and  Rhine  wine,  A.  Luhrs. 

1  net  Bancroft's  History,  with  autograph,  George  Ban- 

croft,  Esq. 

2  white  aprons  for  children,  Mrs.  Watkins. 

1  doz.  littlo  muffs  filled  with  bonbons,  Mrs.  Fry. 
1  child's  worsted  sack,  Miss  Fry. 
Knit  articles  and  1  Chinese  basket,  Mrs.  8.  S.  Gilpin. 
1  doz.  flan,  shirts,  and  2  pair  stockings,  Mrs.  II.  Fish. 
Knit  and  crocheted  articles,  Miss  Coggeshall. 

1  pair  potichomanie  vases,  Mrs.  Dr.  Batchelder. 

2  worsted  and  bead  table  covers,  Mrs.  John  Haseltine 

Philadelphia. 

5  oil  paintings,  L.  T.  Voigt. 

1  case  worsted  articles,  Edward  C.  Jenkins. 

2  pincushions,  1  apron,  7  neck  ties,  A.  Grasmuk. 

6  pens,  Mrs.  Jones. 

"  A  Quilting  Party,"  Ladies'  Aid  Society,  Newport. 
1  new  inhaler,  3  inflation  tubes,  G.  Bastion  &  B.  Segnitz. 

1  child's  emb'd  flannel  shawl,  Miss  Sarah  Smith. 
Valuable  autograph  letters,  loaned  by  Mr.  Doty. 

3  vols.    Gregory's  Dictionary,   Rev.   T.   S.   Robertson, 

Baugerties. 
Various  articles  of  children's  dress. 

2  pictures,  II.  L.  Helliger,  Jersey  City. 
1  pair  game  carvers,  Charles  M.  Smith. 
Various  articles,  the  girls  of  the  House  of  Refuge. 

1  piece  of  original  music,  V.  R.  Antoine. 

2  vaaes  of  flowers,  Mrs.  F.  C.  Dominlck. 
1  sketch,  Granvillo  Perkins. 

1  silk  quilt,  Mrs.  Geo.  F.  Oakley. 

1  emb'd  infant's  dress  and  sack,  1  iH't  shawl,  1  cap,  Mrs 
and  Miss  Beebe. 


Pincushion  and  mats,  Mies  Vamlevoort. 

1  bracelet,  boots,  books,  music,  &c.,  Mrs.  Hilliard. 

1  self-rocking  cradle,  G.  Sweden. 
Perfumery  and  cologne,  J.  Jc  I.  Coddington. 

Wax  flowers,  baby's  basket,  Annie  Rutherford  Morgan. 
Mats,  emb'd  band,  infant's  blanket,  Mrs.  M.  II.  Htne. 
31  feather  dusters,  anonymous. 

2  needle  books,  Mrs.  Dodge. 

Tapestry  and  sheep«Cin  rug,  Mrs.  Wm.  Lee. 
Cushion  and  afghan,  M.  W.  Nothe  &  C.  Wayland. 
Old  woman  in  her  shoe,  Mrs.  Morgan. 
1  infant's  cap  and  lady's  night  dress,  Mme.  Frank. 
[  picturej  scene  from  Falstafl',  J.  H.  Lazarus. 
L  cushion,  Kate  Finch. 

10  copies  Purim  Quadrille,  W.  I.  Isaacs. 

1  drawing,  "The  Chime  Tower,"  Rev.  H.  F.  Roberts. 

2  children's  waterproof  coats,  Mr.  Sturtevant, 

1  pair  boots,  Henry  Heckman. 
Various  curiosities,  Mrs.  D.  McGowan. 

2  infants'  shirts,  Mit-s  II.  J.  Cummings. 
2  child's  afghan,  Miss  Augustus  Craven. 

entlemen's  furnishing  goods,  Lewis  &.  Seaeord. 
1  gilt  and  satin  chair,  1  chess  table,  Mr.  Julius  Dessoir. 
1  knit  breakfast  shawl,  Miss  Porter. 
1  crayon  hunting  sketch,  no  name. 
Rabyhouee  furniture,  the  Misses  Bogcrt. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Moore. 
1  child's  bedstead,  Mrs.  W.  James. 
L  comb  box,  anonymous. 
Fancy  articles,  A.  Miller  &  Co. 

1  knit  shawl,  Mrs.  N.  E.  Russell. 

Worsted  slippers,  ncedlebooks,  &c.,  Miss  Farrand. 

2  crochet  worsted  shawls,  Miss  Ostrander. 
2  mouchoir  cases,  Mrs.  Peter  Morris. 

2  mouchoir  cases  nnd  2  sachels,  anonymous. 
Lithograph  "  Yankee  Robinson,"  F.  L.  Robinson. 
L  bead  collar,  Mrs.  Hewlett . 
2  sofa  pillows,  shawl,  slipper?,  &,c.,  ladies  of  Fairfield, 

Conn. 
hildren's  clothing  and  worsted  work,  ladies    of  the 

Frothingham  Relief  Association. 
L  worsted  shawl,  Miss  Shaw. 
6  needlebooks,  anonymous. 
Flowers  and  butterflies,  D.  Lefcvre. 
Package  of  books  addressed  Mra.  Lieber. 
Stationery,  Slote  &  Janes. 
1  pincushion,  Mrs.  Deutsch. 
1  oil  painting,  "  Grapes,"  Chas.  A.  Needliam. 

1  pastel,  "Schooldays  "  George  G.  Fish. 
Sacks,  aprons,  &c.,  Mrs.  Newton. 

2  pair  slippers,  1  pincushion,  the  Misses  Lemon. 

011  painting,  "Autumn  Scene,"  bedquilt,  Sewing  Soc. 
Pros.  Church,  Cairo. 

Knit  shawl,  5  doz.  emery  bags,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Curtis, 

Stratford. 
Worsted  article?,  Mrs.  Jane  C.  Smith. 
Worsted  goods,  gloves,  &c.,  Thos.  Denham. 

5  books,  Henry  Cummins. 

29  flannel  shirts,  Miss  E.  W.  Mulford,  Staatsburgh. 

3  pieces  worsted  work,  2  pairs  slippers,  a  lady. 
3  books,  E.  H.  Shelley,  Rome,  N.  Y. 
Cravats,  Wm.  Van  Arsdale. 

1  child's  afghan,  1  cushion,  6  pairs  eocke. 
Various  articles,  Mrs.  Alder. 

6  children's  knit  shirts,  Mrs.  Webster,  Stockbridge. 
Socks  and  worsted  article*,  Mrs.  Wainwright  and  Mrs. 

Hudson. 

1  card  pressed  flowers,  Cornelia  Belknap. 
1  cone  frame,  with  photograph,  Mrs.  Waldron. 
1  bead  cushion,  Miss  Lizzie  Bostwltk. 
1  rosewood  table,  several  books  for  soldiers,  Josiah  A. 

Lane. 
48  rebels'  swords,  captured  off  Charleston,  Messrs.  A. 

Lester  &  Co. 

Lot  of  corsets,  Wm.  G.  Bell. 
1  sketch  for  album,  Mrs.  M.  F.  Goldbcck. 
1  miniature,  on  exhibition,  Mrs.  M.  F.  Goklbeck. 
Goods  to  the  amount  of  $300.87,  G.  A.  Witthaus  &  Co. 
1  tidy,  Miss  Wehlo, 
1  picture,  cut  out  of  paper  by  a  man  with  one  arm,  Mr*. 

Wilson. 


1  sword,  on  exhibition,  James  Fairman. 

Collection  of  mosses,  Mrs.  Salter. 

Hardware,  Mr.  Hartwick. 

Toy  table,  representing  a  fair,  Miss  Laura  Magee. 

7  bead  mate,  Mrs.  Torrey. 

3  doz.  boxes  dentifrice,  cash  $6,  Mr.  Thos.  Bailey. 
Stationery  goods,  Lawrence,  Cohen  &  Co. 

6  dressed  dolls,  Mrs.  F.  Robinson. 

1  model  patent  wagon  box,  Jas.  II.  Stevens,  East  Dur 
ham. 
1  bead  pincushion,  Mrs.  Wm.  S.  Carr. 

1  oil  pidnting,  "  The  High  Bridge,"  Robert  O'Brien. 
G  pincushions,  Miss  G.  Ashburner,  Cambridge. 

2  emb'd  yokes,  Mrs.  Chandler  White,  Cambridge,  M:ins. 
Perfumery,  E.  Miannay. 

10  boxes  fancy  goods,  John  C.  Henderson. 
1  pincushion,  Mn*.  Stiles. 

Various  articles,  Soldiers'  Aid  Society,  Depos't,  N.  Y. 

Socks  and  embroidery,  Mrs.  Miller,  Chnpequa,  X.  Y. 

Wax  fruit  and  French  flowers. 

Package  seeds,  John  W.  Gibbs,  Germantown. 

1  afghan,  1  sofa  cushion,  Mrs.  Barton. 

Gents'  furnibhing  goods,  J.  Parrish. 

1  pair  worsted  mats,  Miss  Ada  Marsh. 

2  pairs  worsted  reins,  Miss  Mary  Morris. 
Donation  of  toys,  Strasburger  &  Nuhn. 
Fancy  articles,  M.  McConnell. 

1  carved  walnut  chair,  Mrs.  J.  Winchester,  Frothingh:in 

Association. 
1  doll's  easy  chair,  and  other  articles,  a  friend. 
1  book,  Miss  8.  C.  Marshall. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  C.  Marshall. 

4  infants'  dresses,  and  2  small  tables,  Mrs.  B.  R.  Mcll- 

vain. 

Hardware,  John  Chatillon. 
Boots  and  shoes,  Joseph  Beasley. 
Various  articles,  Mrs.  Huggins  and  Miss  Wood. 
Various  articles,  Ladies'  Aid  Society,  Manchester,  aad 

Clark's  Mills,  Oncida  Co. 
1  pair  embrdtdcred  slippers. 
1  sofa  cushion,  Miss  Valentine. 
1  knitted  hood,  a  friend. 
1  worsted  tidy,  Mrs.  John  Babcock. 
Chinese  curiosities,  Mrs.  Richard  P.  Dana. 
1  carved  walnut  chair,  Mrs.   J,  Winchester,   Ladies' 

Frothingham  Association. 
1  doll's  easy  chair,  2  pen  wipers,  &,c.,  a  friend. 
1  book,  Miss  S.  C.  Marshall. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  C.  Marshall. 
4  infants'  dresses,  and  2  small  tables,  Mrs.  B.  B.  Mcll- 

vaine. 

Hardware,  John  Chatillon. 
Boots  and  shoes,  Joseph  Beesley. 
Miscellaneous  articles,  Mrs.  Huggins  and  Miss  Wood. 
Miscellaneous  articles,  Ladies'  Aid  Society,  Manchester, 

Oneida  Co.,  $187.61. 

1  pair  emb'd  slippers. 

Sofa  cushion,  Miss  Valentine. 

White  knitted  hood,  a  friend. 

Worsted  tidy,  Mrs.  John  Babcock. 

Miscellaneous    articles,    Sanitary    Com'n,    Middletown 

Point,  N.  J. 
Testaments,  left  by  the  Rebels  under  Bragg  on  their 

retreat  from  Stone  River. 
6  children's  aprons,  a  friend. 

2  bead  nets,  B.  Dachmann. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Barton  and  Mrs.  Roberts,  Clinton, 
Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Landscape,  Sepia,  Ladies'  Frothingham  Relief  Asso 
ciation. 

1  basket  eggs,  9  yards  plaid  muslin,  Miss  C.  Callett. 

1  pair  wristlets,  a  poor  friend  of  the  soldiers. 

Knives,  forks  and  spoons  for  Knickerbocker  Kitchen, 
Mr.  Wm.  Burns  and  Mr.  Sam'l  Cornell. 

011  painting,  "  Kate  Kearney  on  the  banks  of  Killar- 
ney,"  Mrs.  Eliza  Greutorex. 

Fancy  articles,  Soldiers'  Aid  Society,  White  Plains. 
Sunbonnets,  slippers  and  stockings,  Mrs.  Gordon. 
Copy  of  Guide's  Dying  Cleopatra,  by  Mazzollnl,  Rome, 

Mrs.  Wm.  Dana. 
A  drawing  in  a  passo  partout,  Miss  Porter. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


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GENERAL    DESCRIPTION    OP    THE    FAIR    AND 
GUIDE  TO  THE  DEPARTMENTS. 

THE  Main  Entrance  is  on  Fourteenth  street,  through  the  tempo 
rary  building  erected  in  front  of  the  armory  of  the  22d  N.  Y.  State 
National  Guards. 

ON  THE  EIGHT  of  the  Main  Entrance  is  the  Indian  Department : 
ON  THE  LEFT  is  the  Department  of  Arms  and  Trophies. 

On  entering  the  main  building  by  the  central  door,  the  follow 
ing  is  the  order  of  departments  and  tables. 

SOUTH  SIDE— EIGHT  OF  MAIN  ENTRANCE. 
Jacob's  Well. 

Boom  No.  3 — Hardware  and  Furnishing  Goods. 
Stall  44— Children's  Clothing. 
Room  No.  2 — Treasurer's  Department. 
Stall  43 — Broadway  Tabernacle. 
Room  No.  1 — Lingeries  and  Trimmings. 

SAME  SIDE— LEFT  OF  MAIN  ENTEANCE. 
Stall  for  the  sale  of  the  Spirit  of  the  Fair  newspaper. 
Room  No.  4 — Stationery  and  Printing. 
Stall  47 — Surgical  and  Optical  Instruments. 
Room  No.  5 — Sewing  Machines. 
Stall  48— Soda  Fountain. 
Executive  Committee  Room. 
Card  Printing. 

NORTH  SIDE— FIFTEENTH  STREET 

(Beginning  at  "West  end). 

1st  Entrance  to  Machinery  and  Shipbuilder's  Department. 
Stall  36— Boots  and  Shoes. 
Stall  37 — Harness,  Bridles,  and  Leather  Goods. 
2d  Entrance  to  Machinery  Department. 
Stall  38— Dry  Goods. 
Stall  39— India  Rubber  Goods. 
3d  Entrance  to  Machinery  Department. 
Clothes-Wringing  Machine. 

EAST  WALL 
(Beginning  at  North  end). 
New  York  Fire  Department,  extending  half  the  length  of  the 

wall. 

Stall — Roman  Department. 

Entrance  to  Carriage  and  Agricultural  Department  and  Mathe 
matical  Instruments. 
Stall — Jewelry  and  Silver  Ware. 
Entrance  to  Wholesale  Departments  of 

Tobacco  and  Liquors, 
Paints,  Drugs  and  Perfumeries, 
Oils,  Soaps  and  Candles, 
Wholesale  and  retail  Groceries. 
These  conduct  to 

THE  RESTAURANT. 
From  which  two  nights  of  stairs  lead  to 

THE  DINING  SALOON. 
THE  CENTRE  OF  THE  MAIN  BUILDING 
is  occupied  by 

Floral  Temple,  and  Flower  Department. 
LIST  OF  TABLES  ON  MAIN  FLOOR. 
No.  1— N.  Y.  Turnverein. 
2 — Furs,  Hats,  and  Caps. 
3— Porcelain  and  Glass. 
4— Episcopal  Church  of  Resurrection. 
5 — Rev.  Mr.  Gantz's  Church. 
6— St.  Matthew's.  Lutheran. 
7— Baptist. 
8— Buffalo. 
9 — Owego. 


10— New  Bedford. 

11— 7th  Precinct  Police. 

12— Ohio. 

13— Staten  Island. 

14— Welsh  Church. 

15 — Hastings  on  Hudson. 

16— Norwalk. 

17— Welsh  Church. 

18 — Westchester. 

19— Harlem. 

20— Methodist  Church. 

21— Wholesale  Fancy  Goods. 

22— English  Cloths. 

23—    Do.        do. 

24 — Fancy  Goods  and  Waxwork. 

25 — Retail  Perfumery  and  Drugs. 

26 — Presbyterian  Church. 

27—        Do.  do. 

28— Dutch  Reformed. 

29 — Fancy  Goods — "Excelsior."' 

30— Children's  Clothing. 

31 — Parisian  Fancy  Goods. 

THE  PICTURE  GALLERY 

extends  along  the  West  end  of  the  main  building.     The  entrance 
is  from  Fourteenth  street,  the  most  Westerly  door.     At  one  end  is 

THE    GALLERY    OF    PHOTOGRAPHS    AND    ENGRAVINGS. 

THE  SECOND  STORY  MAIN  BUILDING 
is  reached  by  the  staircase  near  the  Picture  Gallery,  and  is  divi 
ded  into  the  following  Departments : 

Room  No.  11 — Ladies'  Executive  Committee  Room. 

"        "    10 — Architectural   Ornaments,  Stained    Glass,  and 

Tapestries. 
"        "      9— Library  and  Book  Store. 

"7  and  8— Old  Curiosity  Shop. 
"        "     6 — Millinery  and  Dressmaking. 
Rooms  beyond — Furniture  and  Upholstery  Department. 
74 — Ladies'  Hair  Dressing  Department. 
73 — Mineral  Department. 

Dress  Cutting  Department. 

DOOR  TO  DINING  SALOON. 

The  floor  above  is  occupied  by  the  Photographic  Department. 


PLAN  OF  THE  UNION  SQUARE  BUILDING. 
The  main  entrances  are  on  the  South  side  of  the  two  wings  ad 
joining  the  Park. 

THE  EAST  WING  is  occupied  by 

THE  CHILDREN'S  DEPARTMENT. 

(Exhibition  in  this  department  each  day.) 
THE  CENTEAL  DIVISION  consists  of 

THE  MUSICAL  INSTRUMENT  DEPARTMENT 

(Two  Concerts  daily), 
and  the 

KNICKERBOCKER  KITCHEN. 
THE  WEST  WING  contains  the 

INTERNATIONAL   DEPARTMENT, 

containing  contributions  from  various  quarters  of  the  world.     In 
the  centre  of  this  building  is  a  fountain. 

THE  CATTLE  SHOW  connected  with  the  Fair  is  situated  in 
Fifteenth  street,  near  Seventh  avenue.  Among  the  Contributions 
of  Stock  will  be  found 

A  White  Ox  from  Livingston  county,  weighing  3602  pounds — 
an  Alderney  Cow — a  Durham  Bull — Sheep — Shetland  Ponies  and 
Horses,  &c.,  &c. 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by  AUGUST™  R.  MiCDONouon,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  U.  S.,  for  the  Southern  Dist.  of  N.Y. 


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1  P  I  R  I  T     OF     THE     FAIR. 


RELICS  AND  CURIOSITIES  AT  THE  FAIR. 

THE  DEPARTMENT  OP  ARMS  AND  TROPHIES  will  astonish  every  one  who 
gives  it  an  attentive  examination.  Tiic  wealth  of  historic  associations 
which  cling  around  the  articles  contained  in  the  limited  space  allotted  to  it 
is  wonderful.  A  full  account  of  its  flags,  and  weapons,  and  trophies  would 
be  a  history  of  our  country,  as  history  is  generally  treated,  where  wars 
and  contests  Gil  pages,  while  peaceful  progress  is  passed  over  in  a  few  lines. 
Over  five  hundred  of  the  articles  in  this  Department  belong  to  the  collec 
tion  of  the  State  of  New  York,  deposited  in  the  Bureau  of  Military  Sta 
tistics  at  Albany.  They  have  been  collected  through  the  zeal  of  Col.  L. 
L.  Doty,  the  Chief  of  that  Bureau,  and  have  been  loaned  by  him  for  the 
purpose  of  exhibition.  He  sent  with  them  his  own  assistant,  Dr.  Haugh, 
who  has  superintended  their  artistic  arrangement.  We  feel  sure  that  our 
people  will  be  surprised  that  so  large  a  collection  should  have  been  brought 
together  at  Albany  in  so  brief  a  time,  and  that  this  fact  will  stimulate  all 
to  contribute  to  its  increase. 

On  the  south  wall  of  the  same  Department,  near  the  cast  end,  is  a  small 
collection  of  relics  from  the  battle  field  of  Solferino,  which  are  donated  for 
sale.  Among  them  are  a  hussar's  hat,  ornamented  with  a  ghastly  hole, 
suggestive  of  damage  to  the  brain  of  the  wearer ;  a  watchman's  rattle, 
marked  with  the  name  of  a  French  Zouave,  and  an  embroidered  handker 
chief  with  a  paper  pinned  to  it,  on  which  are  some  German  lines  from  a 
soldier,  bidding  farewell  to  his  sweetheart,  while  on  the  other  side  is  a 
rude  water-color  drawing  of  her  home. 

In  the  collection  from  the  Bureau  of  Military  Statistics  at  Albany,  which 
forms  so  important  and  interesting  a  portion  of  the  Department  of  Arms 
and  Trophies,  is  the  uniform  coat  of  Commodore  \V.  F.  Lynch,  of  the  Rebel 
Navy,  whose  explorations  of  the  Dead  Sea  gave  him  an  extended  reputa 
tion.  The  coat  is  apparently  the  one  he  wore  when  he  was  a  loyal  officer 
and  before  he  became  a  traitor.  It  was  captured  at  Elizabeth  City,  after 
the  battle  of  Roanokc  Island,  by  the  gunboat  Commodore  Barney,  com 
manded  by  Lieut.  Charles  A.  Flussen,  of  Kentucky.  The  flotilla  had  been 
sent  in  pursuit  of  the  rebel  vessels,  and  finally  found  them  at  Elizabeth 
City ;  no  time  was  lost  in  chasing,  and  when  within  hailing  distance,  Lieut. 
Flussen  hailed  to  know  what  vessel  that  was.  The  reply  was  that  it  was 
"  the  Confederate  vessel  Sealnrd,  Commodore  Lynch  commanding."  "  Tell 
the  Commodore  to  get  out  his  fenders — I'm  coining  alongside,"  was  the  an 
swer  ;  and  suiting  theaction  to  the  word,  the  Commodore  Barney  put  on  full 
steam  and  struck  the  Seabird  amidships,  and  sunk  her;  Commodore  Lynch 
had,  however,  previously  made  his  escape. 

There  is  a  singular  history  connected  with  the  rusty  sabre,  numbered 
1 1 2  in  the  catalogue  of  this  department.  It  has  on  its  blade  the  inscription 
"  Capt.  F.  J.  Porter,  Company  C,  1st  Metropolitan  Light  Cavalry."  Cap 
tain  Porter  was  taken  prisoner  at  Port  Hudson,  and  threw  his  sword  down. 
The  ground  was  soon  after  occupied  by  our  troops,  and  the  sword  was  picked 
up  by  some  one,  who  sent  it  to  the  Bureau  of  Military  Statistics  at  Albany. 
This  sword,  with  others  in  that  interesting  collection,  was  exhibited  at  the 
late  fair,  at  Albany,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Sanitary  Commission.  Among 
the  visitors  was  Capt.  Porter  himself,  who  was  astonished  at  discovering  his 
sword. 

THE  FIRST  BOWIE  KNIFE. — On  the  south  wall  of  the  Department  of 
Arms  and  Trophies,  hangs  a  long,  savage-looking  knife  with  a  horn  handle, 
numbered  807  in  the  Catalogue.  This  is  the  original  Bowie  Knife,  the 
progenitor  of  a  numerous  family.  It  was  forged  in  a  common  blacksmith 
shop  on  the  Red  River,  by  James  Bowie,  who  subsequently  lost  his  life  at 
Alamo,  Texas,  in  1836.  It  was  used  by  him  in  the  celebrated  running 
fight  at  Natchez,  in  1828,  where  half  a  dozen  persons  were  hacked  to  pieces, 
and  this  savage  instrument  literally  cut  in  twain  the  heart  of  one  of  the 
combatants,  Dr.  Wright.  It  was  given  by  Bowie  to  its  present  possessor  in 
gratitude  for  kindness  done  him  when  wounded. 

THE  NKW  BEDFORD  MARINE  TABLE,  No.  10,  presents  a  rich  and  strik 
ing  display  of  articles  contributed  to  the  FAIR  by  the  citizens  of  that 
wealthy  and  patriotic  town.  The  value  of  the  articles  is  about  fifteen  hun 
dred  dollars. 


THE  Swiss  TABLE. — Boxes  of  curious  articles  of  Swiss  manufacture 
arrived  yesterday  from  Zurich,  and  are  now  unpacking  for  the  Swiss  Table, 
presided  over  by  Mrs.  Rusch,  at  the  17th  street  building.  These  contribu 
tions  are  remarkable  both  for  value  and  singularity,  comprising  gold  and 
silver  watches,  carved  toys,  laces,  a  collection  of  Swiss  dolls,  fully  dressed 
in  the  costumes  of  the  different  cantons,  and  a  number  of  watch  move 
ments,  in  packages  of  the  different  parts,  of  exquisite  finish  and  nicety. 

THE  following  articles  were  sent  for  exhibition  by  Governor  Parker,  of 
New  Jersey : 

Eleven  Rebel  Flags,  captured  in  various  battles  by  the  1st,  3d,  4th,  7th, 
and  9th  New  Jersey  regiments.  One  of  these  flags  is  made  from  an  India 
shawl,  sacrificed  by  a  southern  lady  to  the  cause  of  the  Rebellion — The 
battle-rent  colors  of  Co.  E,  1st  New  Jersey  Cavalry — Arms  taken  from  the 
Hessians  at  the  battle  of  Trenton,  and  others  captured  from  the  Rebels 
during  the  present  war — Indian  bow  and  quiver  of  arrows,  taken  from  a 
Camanche  warrior — A  curious  Sword,  taken  by  the  1st  New  Jersey  Cavalry 
in  the  raid  made  in  the  rear  of  the  enemy  at  Fredericksburg — A  handsome 
Mexican  Saddle,  silver-mounted,  which  Commander  Boggs  presents  to  the 
bravest  New  Jersey  volunteer — A  very  handsome  State  flag — A  beautiful 
battery  color — National  and  regimental  flags — A  remnant  of  the  Hessian 
flag  captured  at  the  battle  of  Trenton — A  cannon  ball  shot  by  Washington 
at  the  same  battle. 

DECREE  FOR  SUPPRESSING  THE  BACCHANALIA. — A  fac  simile  of  this  de 
cree,  from  the  bronze  tablet  on  which  it  was  engraved,  will  be  found 
among  the  literary  curiosities  for  sale  at  the  FAIR.  The  history  of  this 
ancient  relic  is  one  of  peculiar  interest. 

In  the  year  186  B.C.  the  Roman  government  found  it  necessary  to  sup 
press  the  disorderly  gatherings,  known  as  the  Bacchanalia.  A"  Senate 
decree  (Senatus  consultum)  was  enacted  for  that  purpose,  forbidding  such 
assemblies,  under  the  severest  penalties.  This  decree,  it  was  ordered, 
should  be  inscribed  on  a  bronze  tablet.  A  full  and  minute  account  of  this 
transaction,  and  of  the  circumstances  which  led  to  it,  is  given  by  tlie  Roman 
historian  Livy  (Book  39.  chaps.  8-18),  who  quotes,  at  the  close  of  chap. 
18,  the  substance  of  the  decree,  nearly  in  the  terms  of  the  decree  itself. 

In  the  year  1040,  the  bronze  tablet,  containing  the  original  decree,  was 
found  buried  in  the  earth,  in  a  village  of  Calabria,  by  laborers  digging  for 
the  foundations  of  a  house.  In  1727,  its  possessor,  Giovanni  Battiste 
Cigala,  gave  it  to  the  Emperor  Charles  VI. ,  and  it  passed  into  the  royal 
library.  It  is  now  in  the  Royal  Museum  of  Vienna,  and  is  carefully  pre 
served  in  a  case,  as  one  of  the  most  interesting  remains  of  antiquity. 

The  inscription  has  been  copied  several  times,  with  more  or  less  accu 
racy,  the  transcripts  differing  from  each  other  in  certain  points.  A  more 
reliable  copy  of  it  was  given  to  the  public  in  1836,  when  a  fac  simile  of 
the  inscription  was  published  by  Endlieher,  in  his  catalogue  of  the  Latin 
MSS.  of  the  Royal  Library  of  Vienna. 

A  copy  of  this  fac  simile  was  presented  to  Mr.  Niles,  then  residing,  as 
diplomatic  agent  from  our  Government,  at  Vienna.  Mr.  Niles  has  caused 
it  to  be  photographed,  by  Messrs.  Whitney  &  Paradise,  of  this  city,  for 
the  benefit  of  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR. 


THE  RESTAURANT. — The  Fair  Restaurant,  extending  along  the  east  end  of 
the  building  from  Fourteenth  to  Fifteenth  streets,  is  a  substantial  building, 
two  stories  high,  containing  two  dining  rooms,  affording  an  area  of  about 
seven  thousand  square  feet.  These  rooms  are  neatly  and  tastefully  decor 
ated.  The  lower  room  contains  about  fifty  small  iron  tables,  with  white 
marble  tops.  Here  can  be  obtained  at  all  times  ice  cream,  confectionary, 
oysters,  coffee,  tea  and  chocolate. 

The  upper  room  will  seat  about  four  hundred  and  sixty  persons  at  a 
time.  From  one  to  three  o'clock  each  day  there  will  be  a  table  d'/tote ; 
but  persons  wishing  to  dine  a  la  carte  during  those  hours  can  do  so.  From 
five  to  six,  table  d"  h6te.  ;  after  which,  until  the  time  of  closing,  visitors  will 
be  served  exclusively  a  la  carte.  The  entire  department  has  been  placed 
under  the  charge  of  Mr.  A.  Stetson. 


NOTICE. 

THE  Chairmen  of  Committees  will  please  send  to  the  News 
paper  Committee  a  correct  list  of  the  articles  contributed  to  their 
departments,  which  are  not  included  in  the  lists  of  goods  re 
ceived  at  2  Great  Jones  street  and  by  the  agent  of  the  14th  street 
building,  for  publication  in  this  paper. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


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HOW  I  CAME  TO  BE  A  NURSE.— No.  I. 
THE  LAUNCH. 

IT  is  odd  how  one's  fancies  as  a  child  come  to  be  one's  grown  up  pre 
dilections.  When  I  was  a  little  girl,  and  believed  strongly  in  dolls,  I  was 
selected  by  the  other  children  as  the  family  physician  to  the  whole  row  of 
pink-cheeked  rag  babies.  Skeletons  were  my  passion.  I  owned  a  large 
print  Peter  Parley  book  of  instruction  on  simple  physiological  and  ana 
tomical  facts  for  youth,  illustrated  here  and  there  with  woodcuts — being 
one  or  two  bunches  of  hearts  and  lungs,  an  arm  bone,  a  leg  bone,  so  piling 
on  the  agony  bone  by  bone  till  they  culminated  in  a  full  grown  skeleton  on 
the  last  page. 

At  this  stage  of  my  professional  studies,  having  graduated  on  the  skel 
eton,  I  was  fully  prepared  to  open  a  shop  and  put  out  say  sign  ;  and  so 
commenced  business  in  a  small  way  in  the  nursery  closet,  with  little  boxes 
of  sugar  and  bottles  of  liquorice  and  water.  Here  the  dolls  were  brought 
by  their  dear,  anxious  little  mammas,  and  were  seriously  dosed,  after  con 
sultation  with  Peter  Parley,  and  their  kid  arms  carefully  vaccinated  with  a 
clover  leaf  and  penknife,  subsequent  to  a  close  study  of  the  full-grown 
skeleton. 

Now  I  seriously  believe  that  it  was  the  remembrance  of  my  success 
with  the  dolls  that  emboldened  me  so  many  years  afterward  to  be  a  nurse. 
It  was  hard  work,  though,  getting  myself  acceptable  and  accepted.  What 
with  people  at  home,  saying  "  Goodness  me  !  a  nurse  !  "  "  All  nonsense  !  " 
"  Such  a  fly-away  !  "  and  what  with  the  requisites  insisted  upon  by  the 
grave  committees,  I  came  near  losing  my  opportunity  and  stifling  forever 
the  skeleton  in  my  breast,  cherished  since  the  time  of  dolls. 

First,  one  must  be  just  so  old,  and  no  older ;  have  eyes,  and  a  nose, 
and  mouth  expressing  just  such  traits,  and  no  others  ;  must  be  willing  to 
scrub  floors,  if  necessary,  etc.,  etc.  Finally,  however,  by  dint  of  taking 
the  flowers  out  of  my  bonnet,  and  the  flounce  off  my  dress,  by  toning 
down,  or  toning  up,  according  to  the  emergency,  I  succeeded  in  getting 
myself  looked  upon  with  mitigated  disapprobation,  and  was  at  last  sat 
upon  by  the  Committee  and  passed  over  to  the  Examining  Board.  The 
Board  was  good  to  me.  It  had  to  decide  upon  my  physical  qualifications ; 
and  so,  having  asked  me  who  my  grandfather  was,  and  whether  I  had  had 
the  measles,  it  blandly  put  my  name  down,  leaving  a  blank,  inadvertently, 
where  the  age  should  have  been,  and  I  was  launched,  with  about  twenty 
other  neophytes,  into  a  career  of  philanthropy  more  or  less  confused. 

Then  began  serious  business.  Armed  with  a  blue  ticket,  I  presented 
myself  with  the  others  at  the  door  of  a  hospital  and  was  admitted  for 
instruction.  "  Follow  me,"  said  our  guide,  and  we  followed  in  procession. 
"  This  will  be  your  ward ;  you  will  remain  here  under  so  and  so,  and  learn 
what  you  can ;  and  this,  yours ;  and  this,  yours."  That  was  mine  !  I  shall 
never  forget  the  hopeless  state  of  my  mind  at  this  exact  point.  To  be  left 
standing  in  the  middle  of  a  long  ward,  full  of  beds,  full  of  sick  men — it 
was  appalling.  I  seized  another  nurse,  and  refused  to  be  abandoned.  So 
they  took  pity,  and  we  two  remained.  If  they  hadn't,  Peter  Parley's  arm- 
bones  might  have  crooked  themselves  in  vain.  I  should  have  closed  my 
eyes  to  their  bony  belongings. 

But  there  we  two  were  ;  and  were  expected  to  use  our  eyes  and  time 
to  the  advantage  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  which  was  to  be.  So  we 
took  off  our  bonnets  and  went  to  work.  Such  a  month  as  we  had  of  it, 
walking  round  from  room  to  room,  learning  what  we  could — really  learning 
something  in  the  end,  till  finally,  what  with  writing  down  everything  we 
saw,  and  making  elaborate  sketches  of  all  kinds  of  bandages  and  the  ways 
of  applying  them,  and  what  with  bandaging  everybody  we  met,  for  prac 
tice,  we  at  last  made  our  "reverses"  without  a  wrinkle;  and  at  the  end  of 
the  month  were  competent  to  any  very  small  emergency,  or  very  simple 
fracture. 


MEETING  OF  AMERICANS  IN  GENOA. 

OCR  absent  countrymen  rallying  for  freedom  and  Union ! 

DEAR  EDITOR,— At  a  large  and  enthusiastic  meeting  held  exclusively by 
Americans  in  Genoa,  having  had  the  honor  of  being  elected  by  a  great 
majority  to  forward  to  your  paper  the  following  resolutions,  unanimously 


adopted  thereat,  I  preface  the  results  of  this  important  issue  with  a  statis 
tical  report  of  the  representatives  of  America  in  Genoa. 

Census  of  American  population,  1803,  in  Genoa,  Italy: — Adults,  three 
females,  one  male.  Infants,  three  males.  Census  of  population,  1864: — 
Adults,  three  females,  one  male.  Infants,  three  males,  one  female.  Float 
ing  population,  one  male. 

Resolved,  That  we  greet  you. 

Resolved,  That  we  fully  approve  of  the  great  Fair. 

Resolved,  That  we  sympathize  with  the  sick  soldier. 

Resolved,  That  we  sympathize  with  the  slave. 

Resolved,  That  the  rebellion  must  and  will  be  suppressed. 

The  meeting  opened  with  prayer  by  the  reverend  male  adult ;  appro 
priate  remarks  followed  ;  the  resolutions  were  then  read,  and  each  one  re 
ceived  with  deafening  cheers  and  waving  of  handkerchiefs.  A  vote  of 
undying  nationality  was  then  passed.  Yankee  Doodle  sung  by  the  infants, 
broken  by  the  sobs  of  the  floating  population,  and  the  meeting  closed  with 
prayer. 


ULRIC    DAIILGREN. 

DY  II.  T.  TUCKERMAN. 

When  circled  by  the  fond  and  fair, 

We  saw  thee  maimed  and  pale, 
With  that  heroic,  gentle  air, 

Before  which  cowards  quail ; 
So  radiant  in  the  grasp  of  pain, 

So  meek  with  valor's  crown, 
Our  swelling  hearts  could  not  refrain 

To  bless  thy  young  renown. 
Youth's  artless  cheer  with  manhood's  thought 

In  word  and  glance  o'erflow, 
As  if  thy  life  had  newly  caught 

Thy  blood's  ancestral  glow ; 
The  spirit  of  old  Sweden's  king 

Which  mien  and  accent  bore, 
In  every  pulse-beat  seemed  to  spring 

Intrepid  as  of  yore. 
It  nerved  thy  arm  in  wild  foray, 

And  round  thy  martyr's  bed, 
Where  love  and  faith  still  watch  and  pray, 

Angelic  patience  shed. 
Vain  the  base  ambush  from  whose  lair 

The  murderer's  bullet  came, 
And  vain  the  slander  that  would  tear 

The  glory  from  thy  name : 
0,  Ulrie,  brutal  hate  will  pine 

All  impotent  to  sear 
The  laurels  that  thy  country's  shrine 

Forever  shall  endear. 


PRIVATE  PICTURE  GALLERIES. — Visitors  in  the  City  during  the  contin 
uance  of  the  Fair  are  offered  unusual  facilities  for  viewing  the  best  works 
of  art  which  New  York  possesses.  Besides  the  Art  Gallery  of  the  Fair, 
particular  notice  of  which  we  make  in  our  columns,  Mr.  Belmont's  private 
collection  of  modern  European  pictures  will  be  open  to  the  public.  These 
paintings  were  selected  by  their  owner  in  Europe  as  representatives  of 
the  different  schools  they  illustrate,  and  are  of  the  highest  order  of  art. 
Mr.  Belmont's  gallery  is  in  Fifth  avenue,  corner  of  18th  street.  Mr.  Aspin- 
wall,  whose  gallery  of  old  masters  is  in  University  Place,  corner  of  Tenth 
street,  also  opens  his  collection  to  the  public  during  the  continuance  of  the 
Fair. 


THERE  will  soon  be  no  "fugitives  from  labor"  in  this  country,  except 
office  seekers. 

MINERVA  taught  Diomedes  how  to  distinguish  gods  from  men.  If  she 
would  only  be  kind  enough  to  give  us  a  lesson  or  two  ! 


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SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 


NEW    YORK,    THURSDAY,    APRIL    7,    1864. 


NEW   YORK. 

BY   JAMES   FEXIMOKE   COOPER. 
( Continued.) 

THE  world  has  had  a  striking  example  of  the  potency  of  com 
merce  as  opposed  to  that  of  even  the  sword,  in  the  abortive  policy 
of  Napoleon  to  exclude  England  from  the  trade  of  the  Continent. 
At  the  very  moment  that  this  potentate  of  unequalled  means  and 
iron  rule  was  doing  all  he  could  to  achieve  his  object,  the  goods 
of  Manchester  found  their  way  into  half  of  his  dependent  provin 
ces,  and  the  Thames  was  crowded  with  shipping  which  belonged 
to  states  that  the  emperor  supposed  to  be  under  his  control. 

As  to  the  notion  of  there  arising  any  rival  ports,  south,  to 
compete  with  New  York,  it  strikes  us  as  a  chimera.  Xew  Orleans 
will  always  maintain  a  qualified  competition  with  every  place  not 
washed  by  the  waters  of  the  great  valley ;  but  New  Orleans  is 
nothing  but  a  local  port,  after  all— of  great  wealth  and  importance, 
beyond  a  doubt,  but  not  the  mart  of  America. 

New  York  is  essentially  national  in  interests,  position,  and 
pursuits.  No  one  thinks  of  the  place  as  belonging  to  a  particular 
State,  but  to  the  United  States.  The  revenue  paid  into  the  treas 
ury,  at  this  point,  comes  in  reality,  from  the  pockets  of  the  whole 
country,  and  belongs  to  the  whole  country.  The  same  is  true  of 
her  sales  and  their  proceeds.  Indeed,  there  is  very  little  political 
sympathy  between  the  places  at  the  mouth  of  the  Hudson,  and  the 
interior — the  vulgar  prejudice  of  envy,  and  the  jealousy  of  the 
power  of  collected  capital,  causing  the  country  to  distrust  the 
town. 

We  are  aware  that  the  governing  motive  of  commerce,  all  over 
the  world,  is  the  love  of  gain.  It  differs  from  the  love  of  gain  in 
its  lower  aspects,  merely  in  its  greater  importance  and  its  greater 
activity.  These  cause  it  to  be  more  engrossing  among  merchants 
than  among  the  tillers  of  the  soil :  still,  facts  prove  that  this  state 
of  things  has  many  relieving  shades.  The  man  who  is  accustomed 
to  deal  in  large  sums  is  usually  raised  above  the  more  sordid  vices 
of  covetousness  and  avarice  in  detail.  There  are  rich  misers,  cer 
tainly,  but  they  are  exceptions.  We  do  not  believe  that  the  mer 
chant  is  one  tittle  mpre  mercenary  than  the  husbandman  in  his 
motives,  while  ho  is  certainly  much  more  liberal  of  his  gains. 
One  deals  in  thousands,  the  other  in  tens  and  twenties.  It  is  sel 
dom,  however,  that  a  failing  market,  or  a  sterile  season,  drives 
the  owner  of  the  plough  to  desperation,  and  his  principles,  if  he 
have  any,  may  be  preserved ;  while  the  losses  or  risks  of  an  invest 
ment  involving  more  than  the  merchant  really  owns,  suspend  him 
for  a  time  on  the  tenter-hooks  of  commercial  doubt.  The  man 
thus  placed  must  have  more  than  a  common  share  of  integrity,  to 
reason  right  when  interest  tempts  him  to  do  wrong. 

Notwithstanding  the  generally  fallacious  character  of  the  gov 
erning  motive  of  all  commercial  communities,  there  is  much  to 
mitigate  its  selfishness.  The  habit  of  regarding  the  entire  country 
and  its  interests  with  a  friendly  eye,  and  of  associating  themselves 
with  its  fortunes,  liberalizes  its  mind  and  wishes,  and  confers  a 
catholic  spirit  that  the  capital  of  a  mere  province  does  not  possess. 
Boston,  for  instance,  is  leagued  with  Lowell,  and  Lawrence,  and 
Cambridge,  and  seldom  acts  collectively  without  betraying  its 
provincial  mood ;  while  New  York  receives  her  goods  and  her 
boasted  learning  by  large  transhipments,  without  any  special  con 
sciousness  of  the  transactions.  This  habit  of  generalizing  in 


interests  encourages  the  catholic  spirit  mentioned,  and  will  account 
for  the  nationality  of  the  great  mart  of  a  great  and  much  extended 
country.  The  feeling  would  bo  apt  to  endure  through  many 
changes,  and  keep  alive  the  connection  of  commerce  even  after  that 
of  the  political  relations  may  have  ceased.  New  York,  at  this 
moment,  contributes  her  full  share  to  the  prosperity  of  London, 
though  she  owes  no  allegiance  to  St.  James. 

The  American  Union,  however,  has  much  more  adhesiveness 
than  is  commonly  imagined.  The  diversity  and  complexity  of  its 
interests  form  a  network  that  will  be  found,  like  the  web  of  the 
spider,  to  possess  a  power  of  resistance  far  exceeding  its  gossamer 
appearance — one  strong  enough  to  hold  all  that  it  was  ever 
intended  to  inclose.  The  slave  interest  is  now  making  its  final 
effort  for  supremacy,  and  men  are  deceived  by  the  throes  of  a 
departing  power.  The  institution  of  domestic  slavery  cannot  last. 
It  is  opposed  to  the  spirit  of  the  age  ;  and  the  figments  of  Mr.  Cai- 
houn,  in  affirming  that  the  Territories  belong  to  the  States,  instead 
of  the  Government  of  the  United  States ;  and  the  celebrated  doc 
trine  of  the  equilibrium,  for  which  we  look  in  vain  into  the  Con 
stitution  for  a  single  sound  argument  to  sustain  it,  are  merely  the 
expiring  efforts  of  a  reasoning  that  cannot  resist  the  common  sense 
of  the  nation.  As  it  is  healthful  to  exhaust  all  such  questions,  let 
us  turn  aside  a  moment,  to  give  a  passing  glance  at  this  very  ma 
terial  subject. 

At  the  time  when  the  Constitution  was  adopted,  three  classes 
of  persons  were  "  held  to  service  "  in  the  country — apprentices, 
redemptioncrs,  and  slaves.  The  two  first  classes  were  by  no  means 
insignificant  in  1789,  and  the  redemptioners  were  rapidly  increas 
ing  in  numbers.  In  that  day,  it  looked  as  if  this  speculative  im 
portation  of  laborers  from  Europe  was  to  form  a  material  part  of 
the  domestic  policy  of  the  Northern  States.  Now  the  negro  is  a 
human  being,  as  well  as  an  apprentice  or  a  redemptioner,  though 
the  Constitution  does  not  consider  him  as  the  equal  of  either.  It 
is  a  great  mistake  to  suppose  that  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States,  as  it  now  exists,  recognizes  slavery  in  any  manner  what 
ever,  unless  it  be  to  mark  it  as  an  interest  that  has  less  than  the 
common  claim  to  the  ordinary  rights  of  humanity.  In  the  appor 
tionment,  or  representation  clause,  the  redemptioner  and  the 
apprentice  counts  each  as  a  man,  whereas  five  slaves  are  enumer 
ated  as  only  three  free  men.  The  free  black  is  counted  as  a  man, 
in  all  particulars,  and  is  represented  as  such,  but  his  fellow  in 
slavery  has  only  three  fifths  of  his  political  value. 

This  is  the  celebrated  clause  in  which  the  Constitution  is  said 
to  recognize  slavery.  To  our  view  the  clause  is  perfectly  immate 
rial  in  this  sense,  making  the  simple  provision  that  so  long  as  a 
State  shall  choose  to  keep  a  portion  of  her  people  in  this  subordi 
nate  condition,  she  shall  enjoy  only  this  limited  degree  of  repre-1 
sentation.  To  us,  it  appears  to  be  a  concession  made  to  freedom, 
and  not  to  slavery.  There  is  no  obligation,  unless  self-imposed, 
to  admit  any  but  a  minority  of  her  whites  to  the  enjoyment  of 
political  power,  aristocracy  being,  in-  truth,  more  closely  assim 
ilated  to  republicanism  than  democracy.  Republicanism  means 
the  sovereignty  of  public  things,  instead  of  that  of  persons ;  or 
the  representation  of  the  common  interests,  in  lieu  of  those  of  a 
monarch.  There  is  no  common  principle  of  popular  sway  recog 
nized  in  the  Constitution.  In  the  government  of  the  several 
States  monarchy  is  denounced,  but  democracy  is  nowhere  pro 
claimed  or  insisted  on.  Marked  differences  in  the  degrees  of 
popular  control  existed  in  the  country  in  1789  ;  and  though  time 
is  lessening  them,  are  still  to  be  found  among  us. 

The  close  consideration  of  all  these  facts,  we  feel  persuaded 
will  give  a  coloring  to  some  of  the  most  important  interests  of  the 
country,  differing  essentially  from  those  that  have  been  loosely 


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adopted  in  the  conflicts  of  parties,  and  many  heresies  appear  to  us 
to  have  crept  into  the  political  creed  of  the  Republic,  purely  from 
the  struggles  of  faction.  When  men  have  a  specific  and  important 
purpose  in  view,  it  is  but  natural  they  should  bend  most  of  its 
collateral  connections  to  the  support  of  their  own  objects.  "We 
conceive  that  the  Constitution  has  thus  been  largely  misinter 
preted,  and  they  who  live  at  the  epoch  of  the  renowned  "  equi 
librium  "  and  of  the  "  rights  of  the  people  of  the  Sovereign 
States,"  will  have  seen  memorable  examples  of  the  truth  of  this 

position. 

(To  be  continued.} 


TWO  PICTURES— PEACE  AND  WAR. 
II. 

MINERVA. 

So  lightly  rhymed  I  once,  and  did  not  know, 
0  Daughter  of  the  West,  the  day  so  nigh, 

When  thou  thy  life,  thy  gold,  thy  all,  wouldst  throw 
On  Freedom's  altar,  pledged  to  save  or  die  1 

As  when  the  arni'd  goddess  from  the  Thunderer's  brain 
Sprang  eager  to  subdue  the  usurper's  might, 

Thine  was  the  wisdom  born  in  throes  of  pain, 
Thine  the  stern  courage  to  uphold  the  Right, 

When  Treason  stabbed  at  thee,  and  all  amazed 
Thou  stoodst  a  moment,  doubting  if  'twere  true ; 

Then  like  a  meteor  flame  thy  form  up  blazed, 
And  flashed  thy  electric  call  the  country  through. 

0  grand  it  was  to  see  thy  freemen  come, 

Leaving  their  desks,  their  firesides  and  their  farms, 

The  loom  and  anvil  for  the  barbarous  drum, 
Facing  strange  death  with  unaccustomed  arms. 

0  grand  to  see  the  men  in  ease  long  lulled, 

Bend  forward  to  the  cannon's  fiery  kiss ; 
Mid  ghastly  bayonet  thorns  Death's  roses  culled, 

Red  on  their  hearts !     There  was  no  way  but  this. 

No  other  way.     For  them  the  gun-match  lit, 

For  them  the  furious  charge — the  rampart  steep — 

The  falling  ranks— the  miry  rifle-pit, 

Where  the  balls  sang  them  to  their  sudden  sleep. 

No  other  way.     Too  self-indulged  thou  hadst  been, 
Too  prone  to  barter  Right  for  ease  and  wealth  ; 

The  canker  worm  fed  on  the  laurels  green 

Upon  thy  brows — poisoning  thy  youth  and  health. 

The  Power  whose  aims  we  strive  in  vain  to  mar 
Impelled  thy  soul  to  bear  the  rugged  cross, 

Frown  down  illusive  Peace,  and  welcome  War, 
The  fiery  blast  that  melts  away  our  dross. 

Stern  teachers  deal  with 'us.     The  texts  we  fold 
Upon  our  hearts  were  scorned  in  prosperous  days. 

Even  the  poor  slave  whose  chains  we  stooped  to  hold, 
Is  called  to  aid  us  through  the  battle's  blaze. 

No  Union  as  it  was,  when  treachery  swarmed 

Like  venomous  flies  in  the  air !  No  league  with  death  ! 

No  tolerance  for  the  vipers  that  were  warmed 
Upon  our  hearths,  to  blight  us  with  their  breath ! 

No  smile  for  feudal  lord  and  haughty  dame 

Who  fatten  while  their  tortured  bondsmen  cower. 

No  truce  with  robbery,  murder,  fraud,  and  shame ; 
No  friendship  for  the  tyrant's  lust  of  power ! 


1862. 


Ours  be  the  duty  to  lift  off  the  yoke 

That  galls  alike  the  Southern  white  and  black. 

So  Destiny,  that  smiles  above  the  smoke 
Of  battle,  like  blue  day  above  the  rack, 

Shall  wait  for  us — shall  crown  us  great  and  strong : 
Strong — having  struggled  bravely  for  the  Right : 

Great — flinging  off  the  serpent  folds  of  Wrong, 
And  opening  all  our  land  to  liberty  and  light ! 

C.  P.  CRANCII. 


THREE  PARABLES   ILLUSTRATED   BY   MILLAIS. 

BY    EUGENE   BEXSON. 

THE  parables  of  Jesus,  household  stories  in  every  family,  associated  in 
our  mind  with  what  is  most  divine  and  cherished,  and  existing  as  pictures 
in  words,  the  completes!  and  most  touching  that  we  know,  have  been  made 
the  occasion  of  twenty  little  drawings  on  wood  by  John  Everett  Millais,  the 
celebrated  English  painter.  These  drawings  are  of  various  degrees  of 
excellence.  But  few  of  them  are  adequate  as  illustrations  of  the  parables. 
All  of  them,  however,  are  positive,  singular,  full  of  interest,  and  some  of 
them  are  profound  in  feeling  and  very  significant.  Not  confining  himself 
to  the  most  literal  illustration,  but  accepting  certain  passages  in  the  para 
bles  as  the  motive  of  his  design,  Mr.  Hillais  has  been  enabled  to  offer  seve 
ral  little  drawings  expressive  of  his  fine  and  thoughtful  mind,  and  of  the 
spiritual  force  and  meaning  lurking  in  the  plain  facts  of  common  life. 

We  propose  to  write  a  few  words  about  three  of  these  illustrations. 
The  first  is  the  parable  of  the  tares :  "  But  while  men  slept,  his  enemy 
came  and  sowed  tares  among  the  wheat  and  went  his  way."  These  simple 
and  pregnant  words  are  illustrated  by  a  forcible  and  imaginative  picture 
which  represents  the  Evil  One  sowing  tares.  On  an  open  field,  under  a 
dark  and  portentous  sky,  which  we  behold  glow  lurid  between  rifts  of 
blackest  cloud,  walks  the  old,  scowling,  wicked  and  unresting  One.  He 
looks  back,  as  he  sows  the  tares,  with  a  malignant  expression,  at  the  far-off 
cottage  where  the  good  husbandman  rests  or  prays,  while  his  little  candle 
breaks  the  black  darkness  of  night.  As  fitting  accessories  to  the  Evil  One, 
vipers  with  beady  eyes  crawl  after  him  in  the  gloom,  and  a  howling  hyena 
also.  The  action  of  every  moving  thing  in  the  picture  is  sympathetic  and 
intensely  expressive.  The  half  crouched  and  shuffling  figure  of  the  hate 
ful  Old  Man  of  Sin,  the  noiseless  and  fascinated  movement  of  the  vipers, 
and  the  singular  break  in  the  thick  drifting  clouds,  combine  to  make  an 
impression  which  is  at  once  strong  and  significant  of  the  evil  work  that  is 
being  done.  This  picture,  as  imaginative,  as  intense  as  Dore's,  is  also  as 
original  and  bold  in  conception. 

Our  next  example  is  the  illustration  of  the  parable  of  the  Wicked  Hus 
bandmen.  It  is  tragic  and  painful.  The  picture  spoken  of  above  em 
bodies  the  spirit  of  hate  and  evil  under  the  form  of  the  Evil  One  himself; 
but  this  of  the  Wicked  Husbandmen  represents  wickedness  in  familiar 
forms,  and  is  therefore  more  dreadful. 

Outside  of  the  vineyard,  under  neglected  and  luxuriant  vines,  we  be 
hold  the  dishonored  body  of  the  son  and  heir  who  was  sent  unto  the  hus 
bandmen.  There,  dead,  with  a  rope  about  his  neck,  with  blackened  face, 
lies  the  poor,  unoffending  son.  On  his  unmoving  robe  a  slimy  toad 
stretches  its  loathsome  body.  Beside  him  a  poor  dove,  symbol  of  his  inno 
cence,  lies  dead  also,  probably  killed  with  the  stones  which  were  thrown 
upon  him.  In  the  shadow  of  the  wall  in  the  middle  ground  are  seen  the 
whispering  husbandmen,  who  conspired  against  the  lives  of  the  son  and 
servants  of  the  householder.  Beyond  is  the  tower  mentioned  in  the  para 
ble.  What  we  must  admire  in  this  most  tragic  work  is  the  disordered 
look,  as  if  violence  had  been  done,  which  the  artist  has  rendered,  and  also 
the  seemingly  unconsidered  disposition  of  the  corpse  half  hidden  by  the 
rank  vines  and  weeds  growing  beside  the  fence.  The  wickedness  of  men 
is  awfully  real,  and  this  illustration  of  the  husbandmen's  violence  is  a  most 
tragic  example  of  it.  It  is  a  relief  for  us  to  turn  to  that  good  Samaritan 
whom  we  have  remembered  with  love  from  earliest  days.  Mr.  Millais 
shows  him  to  us  stooping  with  tenderest  and  affectionate  solicitude,  and 


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about  to  lift  the  poor  injured  man  who  fell  among  thieves  and  murder 
ers,  while  afar  off  the  priest  continues  his  selfish  journey.  This  picture  is 
drawn  truthfully  and  with  feeling.  The  hair  and  beard  of  the  Samaritan 
are  examples  of  beautiful  and  close  rendering  of  nature.  The  landscape 
background  is  well  managed  and  fitting  in  character.  The  growth  of  cedars 
in  the  distance,  dark  and  various  in  form,  add  to  the  poetic  sentiment, 
while  the  gentle  and  complacent  donkey,  and  the  action  of  the  good  Sama 
ritan,  unite  to  express  to  us  the  inoffeusiveness  and  goodness  that  is  in  the 
world.  Goodness  is  so  beautiful,  looks  so  beautiful  in  Mr.  Millais's  illus 
tration  of  the  immortal  Samaritan,  that  it  must  make  us  all  in  love  with  it 
for  its  own  sake.  We  do  not  remember  any  picture  more  appropriate  to 
typify  the  purpose  and  action  of  our  people  for  the  benefit  of  the  sick  and 
wounded. 

In  conclusion  we  remark  that  Mr.  Millais  has  not  illustrated  with  the 
most  perfect  or  consummate  skill  the  parables  of  Jesus.  He  has  taken 
certain  parts  and  made  them  the  occasion  of  pictures  full  of  truth,  charged 
with  meaning,  but  faulty  in  relation  of  light  and  dark,  childish  or  wilfully 
wrong  in  composition.  For  example,  many  of  them  look  like  segments 
of  large  and  complete  works.  But  every  one  is  so  remarkable  in  expression, 
so  unusual  in  fineness  and  delicacy  that,  had  they  no  other  excellence 
they  would  be  entitled  to  our  respect  and  admiration.  In  regard  to  the  j 
absence  of  certain  facts  and  the  presence  of  some  incongruities,  we  must 
forgive  Mr.  Millais  because  of  the  spiritual  and  real  meaning  of  that  which 
he  has  given  us. 

In  every  strong  genius  there  is  more  or  less  of  wilfulness.  Sir.  Millais's 
illustrations  of  the  parables  point  the  remark.  But  his  designs  make  us 
think,  help  us  to  deeper  insight,  and  remain  in  our  memory  as  limited  in 
purpose,  but  peculiar  and  remarkable.  And  whether  we  look  at  his  ren 
dering  of  the  unavailing  efforts  of  the  distracted  and  foolish  virgins,  or 
Lazarus  on  the  steps  of  the  rich  man's  palace,  we  must  recognize  that 
these  designs  are  from  no  common-place  mind  and  no  unskilful  hand. 


STANZAS. 

BKYOXD  the  vague  Atlantic  deep, 
Far  as  the  farthest  prairies  sweep, 
Where  forest  glooms  the  nerve  appal, 
Where  burns  the  radiant  western  fall, 

One  duty  lies  on  old  and  young : 
With  filial  piety  to  guard, 
As  on  its  greenest  native  sward, 

The  glory  of  the  English  tongue. 

That  ample  speech,  that  subtle  speech, 
Apt  for  the  need  of  all  and  each — 
Strong  to  endure,  yet  prompt  to  bend, 
Wherever  human  feelings  tend — 

Preserve  its  force,  expand  its  power ; 
And  through  the  maze  of  civic  life, 
In  letters,  commerce,  even  in  strife, 

Forget  not  it  is  yours  and  ours. 


IIoi'GiiTON. 


A  MEDITATION  ON  TRIMMINGS. 

IF  I  was  asked  to  define  the  difference  between  the  manly  and  the  womanly 
mind  in  one  word  ; — I  should  say :  Trimmings.  Let  his  raiment  be  of  plain 
color  and  good  material ;  well  cut  and  provided  with  the  necessary  com 
plement  of  buttons  and  buttonholes  in  the  proper  places  ;  and  a  man  is  con 
tent.  He  does  not  perceive  the  aesthetic  deficiencies  of  his  attire,  but  puts 
it  on — and  then  dismisses  it  from  his  mind  until  the  half-yearly  memoran 
dum  from  his  tailor  recalls  to  him  one  of  the  most  painful  duties  of  life. 
But  with  a  woman,  the  great  question  is  :  How  shall  she  trim  it  ?  Material 
and  shape  are  considerations,  important  indeed,  but  altogether  secondary. 
A  dress  is  only  a  canvas  upon  which  she  lays  bits  of  warm  color  and  em 
broiders  graceful  designs.  It  is  indispensable  that  the  combinations  should 
be  becoming ;  if  they  are  original,  so  much  the  more  signal  the  triumph. 


Great  is  the  strain  upon  her  fancy,  and  often,  we  fear,  upon  her  finances. 
For  luckily,  it  is  not  the  mere  necessaries  of  life  which  are  expensive,  but 
the  luxuries,  the  trimmings.  With  women  of  taste,  the  result  is  charming, 
as  we  all  know,  and  worth  the  money  and  the  time — but  alas !  the  instinct 
is  inherent  ha  all  women ;  it  will  display  itself  under  all  circumstances,  be 
they  easy  or  pinched  ;  and  does  not  wait  for  the  refining  influence  of  taste 
to  break  out.  Daily  we  see  unfortunate  female  persons  stuck  over  with  tags 
of  lace  and  ribbon,  beads,  bugles  and  mock-jewelry,  that  look  as  if  sprin 
kled  upon  them,  here,  there,  or  anywhere,  indiscriminately,  without  reason 
or  method.  The  wearers  do  not  seem  to  know  that  the  effect  is  grotesque 
instead  of  becoming ;  they  do  not  appear  to  care.  They  have  obeyed  a 
law  of  their  being,  and  are  satisfied  ;  go  to  and  fro  like  that  funny  little 
crab  in  the  Aquarium,  who  adorns  his  head  and  shoulders  with  bits  of  sea 
weed  or  of  any  other  stuff  within  his  reach,  and  paddles  about  his  tank,  self- 
satisfied  and  ridiculous. 

It  is  amusing  to  observe  how  this  instinct  will  out  under  the  most  un 
favorable  conditions.  As  a  bee  must  make  honey,  even  if  he  has  to  go  to  a 
corner  grocery  for  sweets  ;  as  a  spider  will  spin  his  web,  if  you  incarcerate 
him  in  a  box,  so  a  woman  will  trim  everything  and  everywhere.  She  can 
not  help  it.  Grandmamma  blossoms  again  in  the  pink  flowers  and  stream 
ers  of  her  best  cap.  The  domestic  scrub  adorns  her  calico  and  ashes  with 
a  faded  ribbon  or  a  soiled  rag  of  imitation  lace.  One  would  suppose  that 
no  endeavors  could  redeem  a  bathing  dress  from  its  sea  monster  ugliness  of 
material  and  shape.  But  the  ladies  think  that  there  is  a  chance  of  salva 
tion  for  the  most  abandoned  costume.  They  sew  little  strips  of  red  or  of 
blue  on  this  one ;  they  even  make  oil  silk  ruffles  for  their  oil  silk  hoods. 
And  talking  of  ruffles,  I  am  told  that  the  nuns  themselves  cannot  help 
trimming  their  nightcaps  with  them. 

When  that  wise  woman  came  from  the  West,  preaching  to  her  sisters 
that  one  of  their  lost  rights  was  to  dress  like  men ;  and  Bloomers  appeared 
in  the  streets  for  a  short  time ;  it  was  amusing  to  see  this  irrepressible  instinct 
in  them  struggling  against  the  new  fashion  they  had  adopted.  They  short 
ened  their  petticoats  a  little,  and  there  was  the  end  of  it.  Their  shoes  were 
no  stouter  nor  easier.  They  wore  a  something  on  their  heads  uglier  than 
a  bonnet,  and  no  better  a  protection  against  sun  and  wind.  They  made 
their  jackets  and  trouserettes  of  the  same  flimsy  stuffs  as  before,  and  over 
all  were  scattered  trimmings,  mixed  after  the  glaring  and  confused  man 
ner  of  the  West ;  superabundant,  incongruous,  and  unsuitable.  Yet  all 
their  concessions  to  Nature  did  not  suffice  to  keep  Bloomerism  alive.  Re 
forming  ladies  soon  turned  their  energies  to  some  other  right  which  de 
manded  less  self-abnegation. 

This  instinct  shows  itself  in  rhetoric  as  well  as  in  millinery.  Women 
write  so  much  more  amusing  letters  than  men,  because  they  set  forth  the 
naked  facts  in  a  lively,  cheerful  dress,  and  trim  them  with  amusing  details, 
giving  them  an  altogether  different  aspect.  And  here  I  may  add,  parenthet 
ically,  that  the  wild  superlatives  of  every-day  feminine  talk,  such  as  splen 
did  !  delicious  !  fascinating ! — or  odious  !  shocking  !  awful !  are  only  con 
versational  trimmings  in  very  bad  taste.  Trimmings ! — the  word  is 
trivial ; — smacks  perhaps  of  vulgarity : — but  in  it  we  catch  a  glimpse  of 
the  truth  of  two  lines  in  a  chorus  of  Faust :  Gonhe's  not  Gounod's. 

— das  Nature!  der  Fraucn 
1st  BO  nah  mit  Kunet  verwandt. 

"  Woman's  nature  is  so  near  akin  to  Art,  "  says  that  great  German  who 
knew  a  great  deal  about  women.  Think  a  moment,  and  you  will  find  that 
every  woman  you  know,  is  a  bit  of  an  artist.  A  woman  comes  into  a  house 
as  the  warm  spring  sun  comes  upon  the  frozen  earth.  The  cold  white 
walls  become  bright  with  color.  Graceful  furniture,  rich  draperies,  pretty 
little  objects  of  art,  plants,  flowers  spring  up  in  the  empty  rooms,  where 
previously  mere  chairs  and  tables  had  sufficed  for  the  daily  wants  of  exis 
tence.  All  women  have  not  the  best  taste  ;  but  I  never  saw  one  who  did 
not  attempt  to  decorate  herself  and  her  home. 

We  are  taught  that  woman  is  younger  and  nearer  to  nature  than  man. 
This  is  why,  perhaps,  she  loves  better  the  gay  colors  and  the  beautiful  forms 
with  which  Mother  Earth  trims  her  skies  and  her  fields  hi  summer  and  au 
tumn.  She  was  superadded  to  Adam's  clayey  nature  as  a  trimming  to 
adorn  and  to  spiritualize  the  dull  routine  of  common  life.  That  is  woman's 
mission,  in  spite  of  Abby  Kelley  and  of  Mrs.  Swisshelm. 


!  P  I  R  I  T    OF    THE    FAIR. 


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OLD    SAWS    WITH    NEW    READINGS  — No.   I. 
"  A  BAD  BEGINNING  MAKES  A  Goon  ENDING." 

SOME  men,  wise  enough  to  make  proverbs,  have  said  that  those  we 
now  have — miniature  philosophies  and  pocket  compends  of  ethics  as  they 
are — have  come  down  to  us  as  relics  of  a  grand  system  of  wisdom  that 
lived  before  song  and  printing,  and  perished  for  the  want  of  them — pebbles 
polished  by  daily  use,  like  the  detritus  of  a  worn-out  mountain.  Scattered 
through  all  nations,  and  apt  for  every  condition,  they  are  therefore  but 
particles  or  half-aspects  of  truth.  Each  is  unsafe  to  generalize  upon,  and 
wants  correction  by  some  other.  They  utter  only  partial  counsels,  for 
special  human  needs  and  states. 

There  is  a  sneaking  and  cowardly  class  of  proverbs,  fit  to  mislead 
blunderers,  and  ensnare  the  weak.  Who  else  ever  needed  the  assertion, 
or  invented  the  belief,  that  "a  bad  beginning  makes  a  good  ending  ?" 
What  has  education  to  say  to  this  ?  Is  the  street-sweep  already  on  the 
road  to  paradise,  or  not  rather  to  the  state  prison  ?  Rarey's  worst  subjects 
were  those  whose  training  had  to  be  forgotten  and  begun  again.  A  savage 
is  in  more  hopeful  progress,  all  untaught,  than  a  city  pariah  of  much  bad 
knowledge.  We  know  the  schoolboy  who  learned  his  letters  upside  down  ; 
but  the  teacher  had  to  turn  him  often  in  the  same  way,  before  the  right 
end  could  be  reached.  This  little  oracle  must  be  bounded  in  its  use,  or 
that  other  held  false,  that  "just  as  the  twig  is  bent,  the  tree's  inclined." 

'Tis  a  poor  way  to  induce  caution  and  foresight.  Shall  we  deny  the 
natural  order  of  things,  in  which  a  sequence  of  success  crowns  prudence 
at  the  outset  ?  Not  so  thought  Davy  of  the  West,  with  his  "  first  be  sure 
you're  right,  then  go  ahead."  It  is  hard  enough,  as  human  nature  is,  to 
bring  a  good  beginning  to  a  good  ending,  without  stumbling  at  the  start 
over  a  bad  one.  This  is  the  mere  apology  of  rashness,  and  lure  to  the 
headlong. 

That  was  a  cunning  shipwright  who  was  minded  to  crush  his  sailor's 
superstition  by  flying  in  its  face  with  a  bad  beginning.  Yet  his  vessel, 
though  named  "  The  Friday,"  begun  and  launched  on  Friday,  and  setting 
sail  on  Friday,  was  never  heard  of  again,  on  Friday  or  any  other  day.  He 
did  but  confirm  the  foolish  belief,  by  disproving  the  proverb. 

Think  of  a  man's  setting  out  to  win  another's  friendship  by  an  ill  turn. 
Raleigh  neglected  this  bit  of  wisdom,  when  he  flung  his  cloak  down  for  the 
royal  steps,  instead  of  leading  them  deeper  into  the  mire.  If  this  saying 
must  be  heeded,  then  the  point  at  which  regard  flushes  into  affection  is  not 
to  be  hinted  by  a  verse  or  flower,  but  marked  by  some  offence.  The  lover 
shall  stammer  his  young  passion  with  sneers  instead  of  sighs,  and  hug  him 
self  upon  rejection,  in  the  certainty  that  it  will  lead  to  his  triumph.  What 
cross  purposes  in  courtship  would  follow,  and  in  married  life  no  less !  Who 
would  waste  the  fair  commencement  of  a  compliment,  if  rudeness  is  of 
better  augury  ?  Yet  Petruchio  meets  fewer  Katharines  in  the  world  than 
Biancas.  Faith  in  this  saw  hails  the  entrance  of  poverty  at  the  door,  as 
barring  the  window  against  the  flight  of  love.  For  the  man  who  believes 
it  believes  that  by  trying  the  worst  possible  beginning  in  marrying  upon 
nothing  at  all,  he  bespeaks  prosperity,  and  makes  sure  of  domestic  peace. 

He  has  read  history  backward,  who  draws  this  experience  from  it,  and 
takes  Cain  for  an  example.  Shall  we  be  wiser  than  the  wise  men  of  old,  who 
asked  from  the  flight  of  birds  a  lucky  sign  upon  their  plans  ?  What  city 
was  ever  built,  or  war  waged,  or  great  enterprise  set  on  foot,  except  in 
defiance  of  this  saying?  And  in  our  day,  the  aim  of  statesmen  and  the 
end  of  science  is  to  give  it  the  lie  in  the  practical  conduct  of  life. 

Rebellion  wants  no  better  lever  than  this  error.  This  was  its  trust 
when  it  fled  to  ills  it  did  not  know  of,  rather  than  bear  the  good  it  had. 
But  it  was  with  real  tears  and  not  with  a  hopeful  smile  that  its  leader  turn 
ed  his  back  upon  the  Senate.  And  its  good  ending  neither  followed 
swiftly  nor  is  approaching  afar  off.  You  have  seen  the  painting  of  that 
murderer  clutching  the  bag  of  gold  to  his  bosom,  who  rushes  madly  on  in 
the  darkness,  while  an  awful  shape  with  drawn  sword  floats  above  and  close 
after  him  ?  It  was  not  the  truth  of  this  proverb  that  the  ancients  expressed 
bv  Nemesis. 


CHARADE.— No.  II. 

A  GENEROCS  ally  of  nature  my  first. 
Not  a  tuber  could  start,  not  a  beanpod  could  burst, 
If  my  premier  (unlike  those  of  England  and  France) 
Did  not  give  to  a  struggling  new  growth  a  chance. 
Did  not  strike  with  a  will  each  confederate  weed, 
That  strove  the  bright  growth  of  a  flower  to  impede. 

Far  other  my  second,  his  impulses  tend 
Like  South  Carolina,  the  fabric  to  rend ; 
No  fate  is  too  high,  no  reed  is  too  low, 
If  he  touches  at  all,  his  touch  is  a  blow ; 
One  grace  alone  has  he,  his  friends  to  inspire, 
We  think  of  him  kindly  beside  a  wood  fire. 

My  whole !  if  you  guess  me,  why  then  I'm  no  more, 

No  character  stands  on  so  sliding  a  floor, 

It  is  when  I  am  not,  that  I  am,  don't  you  see  ? 

I've  no  constitution  and  no  history, 

If  you  guess  me,  I'm  gone,  I  shall  not  live  a  minute, 

But,  meanwhile,  if  there  w  any  doubt,  I  am  in  it. 


A  SOCIAL  EXCHANGE. 

A  MINE  of  wealth  lies  unopened  at  our  very  feet.  It  is  strange  that 
society,  in  adopting  so  many  hints  from  commercial  life,  should  have  failed 
to  develop  a  scheme  that  would  unite  the  activity  of  an  exchange  with  the 
convenience  of  a  post  office,  and  effect  an  immense  saving  of  that  time 
which  in  the  present  state  of  the  gold  market  is,  more  than  ever,  money. 

As  the  city  extends,  mere  space  and  numbers  make  social  observances 
so  difficult  that  their  neglect  is  almost  excusable.  Who  now  goes  up  town 
to  a  reception  ?  Who  has  not  docked  or  dropped  his  list  of  New  Year's 
calls?  Who  does  not  wonder  why  people  ever  give  small  parties,  and 
sigh  over  the  visit  assigned  by  courtesy  as  the  penalty  for  having  been 
asked  to  one  ?  Let  a  bold  conception  save  both  the  time  and  the  credit 
of  the  victims  to  our  present  social  inconveniences. 

In  some  central  place— as  a  department,  perhaps,  of  Stewart's,  with  a 
branch  at  Delmonico's,  in  William  street — let  a  Social  Exchange  be  estab 
lished.  There  let  every  woman  and  man  who  is  within  the  charmed  circle 
of  good  society  have  her  or  his  numbered  box.  Here,  on  the  way  to  bus 
iness  or  to  shopping,  people  will  deposit  packets  of  cards  and  invitations, 
addressed  to  the  acquaintances  to  whom  they  are  due,  and  will  receive  iu 
return  those  intended  for  them.  At  the  end  of  every  month,  let  the  ac 
counts  be  adjusted,  and  a  new  deal  of  cards  be  made  to  those  entitled. 
What  a  saving  of  time  and  vexation  would  be  gained.  Pasteboard  civili 
ties  would  be  reduced  to  that  mere  formality  which  they  deserve  to  follow ; 
we  could  card,  without  seeing,  people  whom  we  personally  don't  care  to 
see,  and  could  reserve  our  real  visits  for  real  friends,  without  neglecting 
what  are  facetiously  called  the  duties  of  Society.  And  the  reunions  to 
which  people  will  be  invited  need  not  really  be  given — at  a  great  expense 
and  worry. 

A  proper  President  for  such  an  establishment  will  at  once  occur  to  eve 
ry  one's  mind — a  man  of  weight  and  gravity,  acceptable  to  all  parties,  and 
experienced  in  the  ordering  of  social  life — an  indispcns.ble  out  door  man 
ager  under  our  present  system,  whenever  a  wedding-ring  or  a  hearse  is 
the  centre  of  attraction.  And  the  place  of  secretary  under  him  would  be 
eagerly  sought  by  young  men  of  inexperience  who  could  thus  become  fa 
miliar  with  all  good  names  and  circles,  and  with  their  relations,  and  might 
in  time  even  be  allowed  to  have  a  box  to  themselves. 

Anything  may  now  be  had  from  the  Legislature ;  and  that  man  will 
|  benefit  his  race  and  line  his  pocket  who  shall  first  hurry  to  Albany  for  a 
charter,  organizing  an  Institution  on  the  plan  here  sketched. 


CLEVERNESS,  like  a  picture,  shows  to  better  advantage  in  a  gilt  frame. 
IN  a  Frenchman's  paradise  we  observe  an  unfortunate  preponderance 
of  Magdalens. 


CERTAIN  leading  Copperheads,  like  Milton's  fallen  angels, 

" apart  sat  on  a  hill  retired 

In  thoughts  more  elevate,  and  reasoned  high 
Of  constitutions,  laws,  and  human  rights, 
And  found  no  end,  in  wandering  mazes  lost." 


34 


1PIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

(To  be  continued  daily,) 


FROM    THE    LADIES'    RECEIVING    DEPARTMENT. 


A  Rebel  dagger,  with  sheath  and  belt. 

Pincushions,  &c.,  Mrs.  Richard  Brown. 

Valuable  old  books,  Mr.  Lamson. 

A  child's  dross,  Miss  Bird. 

1  set  coral,  necklace,  pin,  earrings  and  comb,  Messrs. 

Bishop  &  Rein. 

Crayon  drawing,  Italian  girl,  Mrs.  \V.  Harland. 
Arms  and  trophies,  from  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
1  basket  artificial  flowers,  Mrs.  Harris. 
1  chemise  yoke,  E.  J.  H. 
An  oil  painting,  Miss  A.  C.  Mycr. 
1  bedstead,  J.  Starkey. 
Needles,  Mr.  R.  Richards. 

1  water-color  painting,  Mrs.  Charles  Crandall. 
Watch  cases,  mats,  slippers  and  sachets,  Mrs.  Simpson, 

West  Farms. 

2  children's  hats,  Myers  &  Co. 
Drugs  and  perfumery,  Qeo   Hunter. 

150  copies  of  "  The  Angel's  Bong,"  C.  A.  Hunger. 

1  knit  worsted  hood,  Mrs.  Charles  Furvlance. 

1  Shetland  hood,  knit  by  an  old  lady  of  78  years  of  age, 

a  friend. 
Boots  and  slipper?,  T.  Mumford  Seabury,  Newport. 

5  pairs  slippers  for  soldiers,  Mrs.  C.  Dodge,  Great  Xeck 

L.  I. 

1  sack,  plneiubion,  dressing  gown  and  slippers,  Mrs    A 

S.  Baldwin. 

2  pair  slippers,  1  pair  boots,  Mme.  Prevost. 

1  sewing  chair  and  small  table,  the  Ladies'  Union  Relief 

Society,  Rhinebeck. 

A  quantity  of  worsted  articles,  Miss  M.  M.  Bird. 
1  hoop  skirt,  Mrs.  II.  G.  McKenna. 

1  crochet  tidy,  E.  S.,  Fairmount,  Westchester  Co. 

2  boxes  from  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  Miss  Btoddard,  Secretary 

of  Commission,  $425.72. 

3  pair  men's  slippers,  Miss  Williman. 

3  large  clouds,  1  small  one,  Mrs.  Shaw. 

1  book,  G.  C.  Brown. 

A  box  of  moss,  Mrs.  Mooro,  Trenton  Falls. 

A  basket  of  artificial  flowers,  A.  A.  Burr. 

A  tidy,  a  friend. 

A  child's  embroidered  bonnet,  Mrs.  Henry  Harrison. 

Afghan,  pincushion,  basket  and  doll,  Mrs.  S.  Blatch- 

ford. 

14  worsted  pelerines,  Mrs.  Logee,  $103. 
A  communion  service  for  the  sick,  and  3  shell  snuff 

boxes,  silver-mounted,  Girardus  Buyce. 
A  child's  sack,  A.  Lane. 

39  colored  photographic  leaves,  through  Mrs.  Lane,  $329. 
A  hoop  skirt,  Princess  Clotilde  Manufacturing  Co. 
A  package  of  shoes,  S.  Cantrell,  $100. 
12  doll  pincushions,  Mrs.  John  Morris. 
A  box  of  goods,  Mrs.  Hasbrouck,  Kingston,  X.  Y. 

3  boys'  suits  of  clothes,  Amos  Clark. 
1  large  Bible,  Mrs.  Bradish. 

1  foot  stool,  Miss  Bradish. 

1  box,  containing  pincushions,  &c.,Sanquoit,  OneidaCo. 

One  case  of  wine,  John  B.  Pierce. 

6  worsted  hoods,  2  pincushions,  2  bags,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Ver- 

planck,  Fishkill. 
1  doz.  cravats,  T.  L.  Harding. 

4  mosses  framed,  Mrs.  B.  D,  Harris. 

4  mosses  framed,  Miss  Helen  Hollister. 

4  mosses  framed,  Mrs.  Pease. 

1  pincushion,  worked  by  the  donor,  E.  A.  Cummins,  5 

years  old. 
1  doz.  dolls'  socks,  3  pairs  mitt  en  P,  knit  and  given  by  a 

crippled  soldier. 
1  pair  mats,  and  1  infant's  jacket,  Mary  F.  Shelton,  and 

a  lady  of  Port  Cheater. 

I  straw  bonnet,  dressed  doll,  and  four  lace  sets,  A. 

Phillips. 

5  pair  shocB,  Henry  C.  Setzinger. 

Men's  and  youths'  furnishing  goods,  T.  S.  Lowery  &  Co., 

1277.29. 

CO  cushions,  friend  Dorcas. 
Globe  and  gold  flsh,  Mrs.  Crawley,  Astoria. 

II  glass  eyes,  A.  Hawley  Heath,  M.  D. 
Autograph  letters,  E.  F.  Sise,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

1  lady's  travelling  case,  Miss  C.  A.  Loring,  Gt.  Barring- 
ton. 


1  box  paper  weights,  Mrs.  Plympton,  Cambridge. 

8  cases,  marked  L.  K.  &  Co.  and  W.  P. 

1  smoking  cap,  Mrs.  Kirby. 

1  antique  dress  on  exhibition,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Brown. 

Mats  and  doll,  Mrs.  G.  S.  Porter,  Utica. 

Baby-house,  Mrs.  Ray. 

Baby-house,  Mrs.  Gentil,  $150. 

1  doll  in  fancy  dress,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Mott,  $100. 

1  child's  embroidered  skirt,  Mrs.  Jessup. 

3  bark  baskets,  Mrs.  Dr.  Hogeboom,  Castleton,  Rens- 

selear  Co. 
Articles  of  virtu,  and  a  Chinese  satin   dress,  Louis 

Anrich. 
Bedsteads,  doll,  bags  and  *hawl,  Mrs.  B.  W.  Bull. 

1  sofa  cushion,  Mrs.  Green. 

Nut  pincushions  and  emeries,  Gco.  Brown. 

2  peasants'  waists,  Mesdaraes  Virfolet. 
6  doll  pincushions,  Miss  Brown. 

Chinese  banner  on  exhibition,  Mrs.  H.  S.  Brown. 
1  gilt  picture  frame,  Rev.  Jacob  Abbott. 

I  oil  painting,  James  Fainnan. 

12  bottles  Calisaya  bark,  C.  Seidel. 

Marble  bust  of  Washington,  Americans  in  Genoa. 

Comb  basket,  combs  and  brushes,  anonymous. 

II  yards  calico,  watch  cases  and  pincushion,  Mrs.  G.  H. 

Wheeler,  Wllliamsburgh. 

1  afghan,  children  of  the  Hebrew  Orphan  Asylum. 

1  tidy,  Miss  Elizabeth  Smith. 

1  lady's  cloth  riding  jacket,  Meterio  &  Russell. 

1  afghan,  Misses  Comstock,  Jersey  City. 

1  box,  containing  various  articles,  Mrs.  Nathan  Ander 
son,  Rondout. 

1  package  books,  W.  C.  Bryant,  Esq. 

1  box  maple  sugar,  Antoinette  Dubois,  New  Paltz. 

2  bonnets,  Mrs.  Hopkins. 

Drawing  books  in  six  parts,  Sigismund  Schuster. 

1  pair  men's  slippers,  and  3  pairs  shoes,  John  Walter. 
Perfumery  and  fancy  articles,  John  Fabcr. 

3  packages  from  Paris,  addressed  to  Mrs.  MeKvers. 

2  kegs  imitation,  Mr.  John  V.  Kennedy. 
1  pair  bouquets,  G.  "W.  Bassford. 

1  centennial  celebration  address,  a  friend. 

20  checkerboards,  Win.  Schlingloft'. 

100  pieces  music,  Chas.  W.  Warren. 

1  pair  worked  slippers,  and  2  pairs  stockings,  Mrs.  D. 

H.  Olmstead. 

8  1-3  doz.  kites,  Thos.  M.  McNair. 
1  China  bust  of  Plato,  2  curious  maps,  E.  Crommeliu. 

3  work  baskets,  1  box  of  pincushions,  no  name. 
8  head  nets,  Lawrence,  Griggs  &.  Kingsbury. 

A  moss  cottage,  Aid  Society,  Deposit. 
3  cases  and  1  bundle,  St.  Timothy's  Church,  $156.35. 
3  barrels,  Mrs.  Taintor. 

1  box  by  IT.  S.  and  Canada  Express,  and  $4  in  money, 
Mrs.  Sam'l  W.  Malone. 


1  basket  of  shells,  Master  Alfred  Mangan. 

1  footstool,  Mrs.  Charles  Townsend. 

2  book  marks,  1  pincushion,  a  friend. 

2  braided  sacks,  3  child's  dresses,  Mi^s  llntchinson. 

2  child's  calico  waists,  Miss  Banker. 

2  work  baskets,  St.  Pnilip's  Aid  Society,  Highlands. 

1  bonnet,  Mme.  Heep  Flamme. 

2  footstools,  L.  Marcotte  &  Co. 

1  case  surgical  instruments,  Otto  &  Reynder. 
1  pair  braided  slippers,  Mrs.  M.  L.  Callender. 

I  cusnion,  Miss  Mary  Hovey. 

Piece  of  porcelain  tower,  Nankin,  China,  Mr.  Leland, 
Occid'l  Hotel,  San  Francisco. 

II  boxes  feather  flowers,  &c.,  Miss  Sanford. 

Articles  for  soldiers'  use,  young  ladies  in  Juv.  Di'p't  of 

the  12th  street  school,  $328.25. 
4  pairs  soldiers'  socks,  Miss  Dean. 
1  crochet  tidy,  Mrs.  Downs. 
Child's  camp  stool,  mats,  lithographs,  a  f  rip.  id  to  the 

Sanitary  Commission. 

1  pair  candelabra,  1  pair  vases,  Mitchell,  Vance  &  Co. 
1  brioche,  Mrs.  John  Morris. 

1  pincushion,  Miss  Bella  Gunn. 

2  pencil  sketches  on  wood,  A.  C.  Warren. 
1  small  footstool,  no  name. 

19  pincushions,  16  watch  cases,  38  pen  wipers,  Mrs.  K. 

De  Freest. 

Watch  cases,  pincushions,  &e.,  Miss  Post. 
22  sea  mosses,  Miss  St.  John  Page. 

1  gentleman's  overcoat,  John  Johnson. 

2  pincushions,  1  tidy,  6  pen  wipers,  Mrs.  A.  W,  Brown. 


Articles,  and  $10  in  money,  Mrs.  U.  L.  Farnham,  Silver 
Creek. 

1  package  tropical  balsam,  Carreno  Brothers  &  Co. 

2  infants'    dresses,  and    other   articles,    Frothingham 

Relief  Society. 

12  napkin  rings,  Mrs.  Crawford,  Brattleboro'. 
Various  fancy  articles,  Miss  "Williams,  Bloomingdale. 
Dolls,  pincushions,  &c.,  Miss  Budd. 

1  hlack  walnut  chair,  Mr.  Ira  Campbell. 

3  Chinese  umbrellas,  5  Japanese  brooms,  1  stone  adze, 

2  fans,  Sandwich  Islands,  S.  S.  E.,  through  M.  S. 
Bidwell,  jr. 

Tuberose  roots,  Indian  slippers,  &c.,  Mrs.  Strong,  New- 
town,  L.  I. 

2  doz.  cocoa  soap,  John  Rudolphy. 

3  boxes,  containing  curtains,  children's  dresses  and  fancy 

articles,  Mrs.  Henschel  and  friends. 

2  moss  mats,  2  doz.  dressed  dolls,  Miss  Hattie  M.  Con 
stable. 

1  package  music,  Mr.  Franz  Schlotter. 

1  work  table  from  Paris,  addressed  to  Mrs.  Lyman. 

5  boxes  fancy*  and  useful  articles,  Mrs.  Stetson. 

1  braided  merino  child's  dress,  Mrs.  G.  M.  Harpel. 

5  hoop  skirts,  Miss  C.  Stoppelkam. 

1  child's  double  gown,  Mrs.  Trabor. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Clark  and  Miss  Andrews. 


1  sofa  cushion,  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Lee. 

1  pair  slippers,  Miss  Fanny  Bunce. 

2  sofa  cushions,    1    pincushion.  Ladies'   Frothingham 

Relief  Association. 
Fancy  articles,  8.   E.  B.  S.  and   Miss    Southard  and 

friends. 

1  child's  afghan,  a  lady. 
1  pair  slippers,  Grace  Ada  Beven. 

3  bead  collars,  Miss  Jenny  Racey. 

1  group  of  lilies,  1  cushion,  Mrs.  Lambert. 
1  worsted  tidy,  Mies  Lambert. 
1  embroidered  cushion,  Miss  Lizzie  Getty. 
1  pincushion,  8  needle  books,  Miss  M.   B.    Ronwick, 
Portchester. 

1  pincushion,  Celia  J.  Jones,  Portchester. 

2  pairs  worsted  leggings,  Mrs.  Philips. 

Slavery  and  its  consequences,  an  engraving,  Fritz  Meyer. 
1  pair  boots,  1  pair  balmorals,  1  pair  ties,  Henry  Lux. 
1  bundle  old  newspaper?,  relics,  Middletcwn,  Conn. 
1  box  fancy  worsted  articles,  the  Chegaray  Institute, 

$125.25. 
1  couteau  <le  chasse,  1  Algerine  dagger  and  officer's 

sword,  Henry  E.  Pierrepont,  Esq.,  Brooklyn. 
1  French  flag,  Mme.  Gauldree  Boillau. 
Collection  cameos,  agates  and  mosaics,  M.  Fox  &  Co. 

1  bronze  picture,  J.  G.  Wheret. 

2  boxes  fancy  articles,  Children  of  the  N.  Y.  Orphan 

Asylum,  $160. 
8  bath  mittens,  2  pairs  mats,  Miss  Cleveland. 

1  pair  slippers,  Mrs.  E.  R.  Peaslee. 

2  boxes  of  books,  Geo.  R.  Lockwood. 

15  autograph  letters,  E.  F.  Sise,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

2  pincushions,  Miss  S.  Brown  and  F.  Curtis. 

2  boxes  flowers,  R.  K.  Bright. 

11  pairs  socks,  old  ladies  of  St.  Luke's  Home. 

2  flower  baskets,  and  2  watch  cases,  Miss  Marian  C. 

Dana. 

1  child's  bonnet,  Mme.  Elise  Veil. 
1  wax  vase,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Lloyd. 
1  box  dry  goods,  J.  H.  Diggles,  $503.85. 
1  afghan,  and  1  knit  shawl,  Miss  Miller. 
7  boxes  flowers  for  decoration,  J.  H.  Tucker. 

3  pincushions,  Miss  Josephine  Cnllahan. 
68  pairs  bows  for  shoes,  J.  II.  Weller. 

24  pairs  bows  for  shoes,  E.  M.  Demurest. 
1  afghan,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Woodward. 
10  doz.  scarfs,  L.  W.  II.  Ward. 

1  gold-mounted  cane,  Mr.  Vernon. 

2  punch  ladles,  Mr.  Charles  Weeks. 
1  pair  worked  slippers,  no  name. 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


GENERAL    DESCRIPTION    OF    THE    FAIR    AND 
GUIDE  TO  THE  DEPARTMENTS. 

THE  Main  Entrance  is  on  Fourteenth  street,  through  the  tempo 
rary  building  erected  in  front  of  the  armory  of  the  22d  N.  Y.  State 
National  Guards. 

ON  THE  RIGHT  of  the  Main  Entrance  is  the  Indian  Department: 
ON  THE  LEFT  is  the  Department  of  Arms  and  Trophies. 

On  entering  the  main  building  by  the  central  door,  the  follow 
ing  is  the  order  of  departments  and  tables. 

SOUTH  SIDE— BIGHT  OF  MAIN  ENTRANCE. 
Jacob's  Well. 

Room  No.  3 — Hardware  and  Furnishing  Goods. 
Stall  44 — Children's  Clothing. 
Room  No.  2 — -Treasurer's  Department. 
Stall  43 — Broadway  Tabernacle. 
Room  No.  1 — Lingeries  and  Trimmings. 

SAME  SIDE — LEFT  OF  MAIN  ENTRANCE. 
Stall  for  the  sale  of  the  Spirit  of  the  Fair  newspaper. 
Room  No.  4 — Stationery  and  Printing. 
Stall  47 — Surgical  and  Optical  Instruments. 
Room  No.  5 — Sewing  Machines. 
Stall  48— Soda  Fountain. 
Executive  Committee  Room. 
Card  Printing. 

NORTH  SIDE— FIFTEENTH  STREET 

(Beginning  at  "West  end). 

1st  Entrance  to  Machinery  and  Shipbuilder's  Department. 
Stall  36— Boots  and  Shoes. 
Stall  37 — Harness,  Bridles,  and  Leather  Goods. 
2d  Entrance  to  Machinery  Department. 
Stall  38— Dry  Goods. 
Stall  39— India  Rubber  Goods. 
3d  Entrance  to  Machinery  Department. 
Clothes-Wringing  Machine. 

EAST  WALL 
(Beginning  at  North  end). 
New  York  Fire  Department,  extending  half  the  length  of  the 

wall. 

Stall — Roman  Department. 

Entrance  to  Carriage  and  Agricultural  Department  and  Mathe 
matical  Instruments. 
Stall — Jewelry  and  Silver  Ware. 
Entrance  to  Wholesale  Departments  of 

Tobacco  and  Liquors, 
Paints,  Drugs  and  Perfumeries, 
Oils,  Soaps  and  Candles, 
Wholesale  and  retail  Groceries. 
These  conduct  to 

THE  RESTAURANT. 
From  which  two  flights  of  stairs  lead  to 

THE  DINING  SALOON. 
THE  CENTRE  OF  THE  MAIN  BUILDING 
is  occupied  by 

Floral  Temple,  and  Flower  Department. 
LIST  OF  TABLES  ON  MAIN  FLOOR. 
No.  1 — N.  Y.  Turnverein. 
2 — Furs,  Hats,  and  Caps. 
3 — Porcelain  and  Glass. 
4 — Episcopal  Church  of  Resurrection. 
5 — Rev.  Mr.  Gantz's  Church. 
6— St.  Matthew's,  Lutheran. 
7 — Baptist. 
8— Buffalo. 
9 — Owego. 


10— New  Bedford. 

11 — 7th  Precinct  Police. 

12— Ohio. 

13 — Staten  Island. 

14 — Welsh  Church. 

15 — Hastings  on  Hudson. 

16 — Norwalk. 

17— Welsh  Church. 

18 — Westchester. 

19— Harlem. 

20— Methodist  Church. 

21 — Wholesale  Fancy  Goods. 

22— English  Cloths. 

23—    Do.        do. 

24 — Fancy  Goods  and  Waxwork. 

25 — Retail  Perfumery  and  Drugs. 

26 — Presbyterian  Church. 

27—        Do.  do. 

28 — Dutch  Reformed. 

29 — Fancy  Goods— "  Excelsior." 

30— Children's  Clothing. 

31 — Parisian  Fancy  Goods. 

THE  PICTURE  GALLERY 

extends  along  the  West  end  of  the  main  building.     The  entrance 
is  from  Fourteenth  street,  the  most  Westerly  door.    At  one  end  is 

THE    GALLERY    OF    PHOTOGRAPHS    AND    ENGRAVINGS. 

THE  SECOND  STORY  MAIN  BUILDING 
is  reached  by  the  staircase  near  the  Picture  Gallery,  and  is  divi 
ded  into  the  following  Departments: 

Room  No.  11 — Ladies'  Executive  Committee  Room. 

"        "    10 — Architectural   Ornaments,  Stained    Glass,  and 

Tapestries. 

"        "     9— Library  and  Book  Store. 
"        "     7  and  8— Old  Curiosity  Shop. 
"        "     6 — Millinery  and  Dressmaking. 
Rooms  beyond — Furniture  and  Upholstery  Department. 
74 — Ladies'  Hair  Dressing  Department. 
73 — Mineral  Department. 

Dress  Cutting  Department. 

DOOR  TO  DINING  SALOON. 

The  floor  above  is  occupied  by  the  Photographic  Department. 


PLAN  OF  THE  UNION  SQUARE  BUILDING. 
The  main  entrances  are  on  the  South  side  of  the  two  wings  ad 
joining  the  Park. 

THE  EAST  WING  is  occupied  by 

THE  CHILDREN'S  DEPARTMENT. 

(Exhibition  in  this  department  each  day.) 
THE  CENTRAL  DIVISION  consists  of 

THE  MUSICAL  INSTRUMENT  DEPARTMENT 

(Two  Concerts  daily), 

and  the 

KNICKERBOCKER  KITCHEN. 
THE  WEST  WING  contains  the 

INTERNATIONAL  DEPARTMENT, 

containing  contributions  from  various  quarters  of  the  world.     In 
the  centre  of  this  building  is  a  fountain. 


THE  CATTLE  SHOW  connected  with  the  Fair  is  situated  in 
Fifteenth  street,  near  Seventh  avenue.  Among  the  Contributions 
of  Stock  will  be  found 

A  White  Ox  from  Livingston  county,  weighing  3602  pounds — 
an  Alderney  Cow — a  Durham  Bull — Sheep — Shetland  Ponies  and 
Horses,  &c.,  &c. 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by  AUOOTTCT  E.  MAODONOCGH,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  U.  8.,  for  the  Southern  Pist.  of  N,  Y. 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


ITEMS  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  FAIR. 

THE  ART  GALLERY,  notwithstanding  the  additional  charge  for  admission, 
has  been  crowded  every  day  and  evening  since  the  opening  of  the  FAIR. 
Its  popularity  is  well  deserved.  A  finer  collection  of  paintings  was  never 
before  brought  together  in  an  American  gallery ;  and  there  are  pictures 
there  which  would  do  honor  to  the  most  celebrated  collections  in  Europe. 
The  NIAGARA  and  the  HEART  OF  THE  ANDES,  by  Church,  and  the  ROCKY 
MOUNTAINS,  by  Bierstadt,  which  with  other  admirable  landscapes  adorn 
the  walls  of  our  Gallery,  are  alone  sufficient  to  show  that  in  this  Depart 
ment  of  art  America  is  already  far  in  advance  of  Europe.  We  have  not 
space  for  a  detailed  description  of  this  fine  collection,  which  does  so  much 
honor  to  the  art-taste  of  New  York,  but  we  shall  publish  in  a  day  or  two 
an  interesting  article,  from  a  competent  pen,  on  several  of  the  most  note 
worthy  pictures. 

An  object  of  interest  in  the  gallery  is  the  flag  which  is  to  be  presented  to 
Maj.-Oen.  Dix.  It  is  of  blue  silk,  and  in  the  centre  is  a  patriotic  device 
designed  by  Leutze,  around  which  is  embroidered  the  famous  order — which 
will  be  forever  memorable  in  our  annals  for  its  contrast  with  the  imbecile 
and  cringing  spirit  which  characterized  the  measures  of  the  national  ad 
ministration — "If  any  man  dares  to  haul  down  the  flag,  shoot  him  on 
the  spot ! "  Two  other  flags  exhibited  at  the  same  place  are  interesting 
mementoes  of  this  order,  one  of  them  being  the  flag  of  the  revenue 
cutter  McClelland,  in  reference  to  which  the  order  was  issued,  the  other 
the  Rebel  flag  found  on  board  the  cutter  when  she  was  recaptured  by  Ad 
miral  Farragut  at  New  Orleans. 

In  front  of  the  stand  where  these  flags  are  displayed  is  a  table  on  which 
lies  a  book  containing  the  autographs  of  President  Lincoln,  the  Vice- 
President,  the  Members  of  the  Cabinet,  Members  of  Congress,  Generals 
Fremont,  Burnside,  McClellan,  and  of  many  other  distinguished  gentlemen 
in  civil  and  military  life. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  departments  of  the  FAIR  is  the  one  which 
Mr.  Webb  has  fitted  out  with  so  much  taste  and  elegance.  The  superb 
model  of  the  Russian  frigate  General  Admiral  attracts  much  attention  by 
its  beautiful  finish  and  the  perfection  exhibited  in  all  the  details.  It  is  one 
of  the  most  complete  models  ever  constructed.  The  section  of  the  iron 
clad  Dunderberg  excites  the  curiosity  of  all  visitors.  Even  the  model  has 
a  formidable  look ;  and  we  fancy  that  when  the  actual  ship,  completely 
armed,  takes  possession  of  the  sea,  she  will  find  few  rivals  willing  to  dis 
pute  her  right. 

FLAGS  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ARMS  AND  TROPHIES. — Colonel  Hawkins, 
besides  the  credit  of  the  tasteful  arrangement  of  the  articles  in  the 
Arms  and  Trophies  Department,  is  entitled  to  the  greater  credit  of 
rescuing  from  obscurity  some  seventy  flags  intimately  associated  with 
the  history  and  glory  of  our  country.  They  are  principally  flags  cap 
tured  by  our  Navy  during  the  War  of  1812.  They  were  found  boxed 
up  at  the  Naval  Academy,  of  New  York.  How  long  they  had  been  in  that 
condition,  we  cannot  say,  but  the  ravages  of  the  moths  which  have  nearly 
destroyed  some  of  them,  show  that  they  have  long  been  neglected. 

The  first  captured  of  these  flags,  is  that  of  the  French  frigate,  L'lnsur- 
gcnte,  of  forty  guns,  captured  by  the  Constellation,  under  Commodore 
Truxton,  on  February  9,  1799,  after  an  hour's  contest,  the  first  serious 
naval  contest  after  the  close  of  the  Revolution.  The  Insurgent  subse 
quently  passed  into  our  Navy. 

The  Tripolitan  flag  of  the  Philadelphia,  reminds  us  of  the  accident  by 
which  she  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Tripolitans,  and  the  daring  manner 
in  which  she  was  captured  and  burned,  in  the  harbor  of  Tripoli,  in  Febru 
ary,  1804,  by  Decatur,  who  there  laid  the  foundation  of  the  fame  he  sub 
sequently  acquired.  Cooper  in  his  Naval  History  says  of  this  capture 
In  whatever  light  we  regard  this  exploit,  it  extorts  our  admiration  and 
praise ;  the  boldness  in  the  conception  of  the  enterprise  being  even  sur 
passed  by  the  perfect  manner  in  which  all  its  parts  were  executed.  This  flag 
was  the  sole  relic  preserved  of  that  noble  frigate.  The  flag  of  the  Alert 
(No.  (J61),  marks  the  opening  of  the  war  of  1812,  that  vessel  of  twenty 
guns  having  been  the  first  vessel  of  war  captured  in  1812..  She  was 
captured  by  the  Essex,  under  Captain  Porter,  in  the  summer  of  that  year. 
Next  in  point  of  time  comes  the  flag  and  pennant  of  the  Guerriere,  captured 
by  the  Constitution,  under  Hull ;  then  the  flag  of  the  Frolic,  captured  by 


the  Wasp,  under  Jones,  in  the  famous  contest  in  which  the  guns  literally 
touched  each  other ;  that  of  the  Macedonian,  taken  by  the  United  States, 
under  Decatur ;  that  of  the  frigate  Java,  prize  to  the  Constitution,  under 
Bainbridge ;  of  the  Peacock,  captured  by  the  Hornet,  under  Lawrence,  after 
a  brief  contest,  which  left  her  in  a  sinking  condition  ;  that  of  the  Boxer, 
captured  by  the  Enterprise,  in  the  first  successful  contest  our  navy  had 
after  the  loss  of  the  Chesapeake. 

Besides  these  there  are  the  flags  of  the  Reindeer  and  the  Avon,  both 
captured  by  the  Wasp ;  the  Epervier,  captured  by  the  Peacock,  which  had 
herself 'been  a  prize.  Other  flags  will  be  mentioned  hereafter. 

NEW  JERSEY  DEPARTMENT. — A  visitor  to  "  Cockloft  Hall,"  or  the  "  Sun- 
nyside  Booth,"  in  the  New  Jersey  Department,  after  a  diligent  examination 
of  the  many  interesting  souvenirs  of  the  author  whom  the  edifice  and 
contents  commemorate,  reverently  asked  permission  to  sit  at  the  library 
table  formerly  used  by  Mr.  Irving.  After  writing  a  few  lines,  he  insisted 
upon  paying  handsomely  for  the  privilege.  In  contrast  to  this  appreciative 
devotion  to  the  departed  great,  it  may  be  mentioned  that  one  lady  visitor 
was  under  the  impression  that  Washington  Irving  was  the  Father  of  his 
country.  A  gentleman  from  the  country,  after  listening  with  apparent 
interest  to  the  story  of  poor  Rose  Standish's  scarf,  now  on  exhibition  in 
the  booth,  "  guessed  that  'ere  article  hadn't  been  worn  very  lately,"  and 
wondered  that  "  Mrs.  Standish  wore  it  so  long.  Why  !  it  is  all  ragged  !  " 
Another,  a  callow  exquisite,  drawled  out  an  inquiry  for  one  of  Rip  Van 
Winkle's  autographs,  having  seen  the  case  of  Irving's  MSS.,  and  retired  in 
great  disgust  at  the  incomplete  collection  on  hand. 

THE  Swiss  TABLE  in  the  Seventeenth  street  building  presents  the  nov 
elty  of  a  peasant  girl  spinning  at  an  old-fashioned  wheel — dressed  in  the 
costume  of  one  of  the  Cantons.  The  dress  will  be  exchanged  each  day 
for  that  of  some  new  Canton,  and  girl,  wheel,  and  costume  are  all  natives 
of  the  mountain-land.  . 

THE  BEAUTIFUL  DISPOSITION  of  the  Flags  which  decorate  the  walls  of 
the  western  wing  of  the  Seventeenth  street  building  deserves  admiration. 
The  national  American  standards  cover  the  front,  the  United  States, 
Mexico,  and  Brazil  holding  that  place  of  honor.  Opposite  are  the  Swiss 
colors,  and  on  the  sides  those  of  European  and  other  foreign  States.  The 
coup  d'ceil  of  their  interior  is  finer  than  that  offered  by  any  other  single 
point  or  group  in  either  edifice  of  the  Fair. 

FOR  CHILDREN. — A  Matine'e  Dansante  for  young  people  will  be  given 
on  the  16th  of  April,  at  Irving  Hall,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Metropolitan 
Fair,  under  the  direction  of  some  of  the  most  influential  ladies  of  the  city. 
Dancing  and  good  things,  together  with  interludes  of  magic  lantern  and  of 
Punch  and  Judy,  (provided  that  Signer  Punch's  valuable  services  can  be 
dispensed  with  by  the  Opera  Company,)  offer  sufficient  attractions  to  young 
folks,  and  to  those  of  larger  growth  there  is  no  prettier  sight  than  a  party 
of  healthy,  well-dressed  children  eager  in  the  pursuit  of  pleasure. 

STATION  No.  19  is  under  the  management  of  and  furnished  by  the 
Ladies'  Union  Aid  Society,  of  Harlem,  and  not  by  the  Convent  of  the 
Sacred  Heart,  as  has  been  published  in  some  notices. 


OFFICIAL  NOTICES. — Articles  found  are  to  be  left  at  the  offices  of  Ex 
ecutive  Committee  or  of  Police. 

GOODS  will  be  delivered  south  of  Fiftieth  street  free  of  expense,  but  at 
risk  of  purchasers. 

COMMUNICATIONS  for  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR  may  be  left  in  the  letter  box 
at  the  newspaper  counter,  left  of  principal  entrance,  Hth  street  building. 

THE  Committee  on  Newspaper,  besides  the  obligation  they  lie  under  to 
the  distinguished  writers  who  have  contributed  to  the  columns,  desire  to 
acknowledge  valuable  aid  from  the  following  persons :  E.  A  Duyckinck, 
Pierre  M.  Irving,  J.  F.  Trow,  H.  T.  Tuckerman,  and  E.  M.  Spcrry. 


NOTICE. 

ALL  communications  having  reference  to  business  connected 
with  this  newspaper  should  be  left  in  the  letter  box  at  the  Stall 
of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR,  which  is  in  the  main  building,  14th 
street,  next  the  principal  entrance. 


SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


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HOW  I  CAME  TO  BE  A  NURSE. 
No.  II. 

MY    FIRST    SOLDIER. 

OTHER  things  besides  bandaging  were  important  in  the  education  of  a 
finished  nurse.  It  was  necessary  that  we  should  understand  the  mysteries 
of  the  Saucepan.  So  a  course  of  lectures  came  to  be  proposed,  which 
should  combine  saucepans,  ventilation  and  the  general  laws  of  health. 
The  day  and  hour  were  appointed — we  climbed  to  the  top  of  a  building 
six  stories  high,  and  sat  in  rows,  expectant.  He  came — our  lecturer — he 
regretted  that  an  important  engagement  would  take  him  out  of  town  at 
once  ;  he  would  on  the  next  occasion  place  before  us  a  variety  of  sauce 
pans  and  small,  portable  cooking-stoves,  and  proceed  to  draw  from  them 
some  valuable  practical  lessons,  important  to  us  in  our  proposed  philan 
thropic  career.  He  smiled  and  bowed — we  trotted  down  the  six  pair  of 
stairs,  and  three  days  afterward  we  climbed  them  again.  He  came — our 
lecturer — he  regretted  that  a  friend  should  have  met  and  detained  him, 
and  that  so  much  of  the  important  hour  should  have  passed.  He  furnished 
us  with  some  valuable  suggestions  concerning  bed-making,  and  the  expe 
diency  of  not  jamming  the  cots  into  the  walls,  and  allowing  old  clothes, 
apple-parings,  etc.,  to  accumulate  largely  under  them.  He  had  been  dis 
appointed  in  the  saucepans,  but  still  held  out  to  us  a  brilliant  future  of 
shining  kitchen  furniture. 

We  trotted  down  the  six  pairs  of  stairs,  and  three  days  afterward  we 
climbed  them  again.  He  came — our  lecturer — breathless  from  a  "  press 
of  engagements  " — he  had  hardly  time  to  spare  us,  but  still  threw  out  a 
few  remarks  on  the  importance  of  not  building  enormous  fires  in  a  sick 
room,  and  shutting  all  the  doors  and  windows,  and  covering  the  patient's 
head  with  a  blanket.  The  tin  ware  was  still  unaccountably  postponed — 
but  the  future  was  ours,  though  a  "  press  of  engagements  "  obliged  us  to 
cut  short  the  present. 

We  trotted  down  the  six  pairs  of  stairs,  and  whether  the  saucepans 
were  finally  made  to  disgorge  their  valuable  practical  lessons,  I  am  unable 
to  say.  An  "unexpected  engagement,"  etc.,  etc.,  has  prevented  my  ever 
again  climbing  to  the  top  of  that  unpleasant  building.  No  doubt,  however, 
the  frying-pans  did  eventually  appear,  unless  "  unexpectedly  called  out  of 
town,"  and  the  valuable  truths  concerning  them  were  deduced — for  our 
Professor  was  a  most  amiable  man,  and  the  subject  an  important  one. 

How  an  Army  Nurse  should  dress,  was  a  question  of  vital  interest. 
The  Committee  sat  upon  us,  and  as  a  necessary  consequence  our  hoops 
were  abated.  Then  our  gowns  were  taken  in  hand,  and  a  very  sensible 
brown  and  white  gingham  uniform  decided  upon.  We  were  allowed  a 
moderate  supply  of  clothing,  and  our  garments  should  be  made  for  us,  on 
one  pattern,  if  we  pleased  ?  slight  differences  in  height  and  size  not  to  be 
considered. 

Thus  armed  and  equipped  we  could  pack  our  small  trunks  and  sit  in 
rows,  serenely  conscious  of  a  finished  education,  waiting  a  summons  from 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

Before  the  summons  from  the  Army,  though,  came  sickness  among  our 
soldiers  passing  through  the  great  cities.  Measles  and  typhoid  fever  be 
gan  almost  immediately.  New  wards  in  hospitals  had  to  be  opened,  and 
the  beds  were  filled  faster  than  we  could  make  them.  Such  nice  fellows 
too,  from  the  country  villages  as  were  brought  in. 

My  first  patient  of  the  war,  was  a  Duryea's  Zouave,  not  a  country  boy 
though,  but  one  of  those  poor  desolate  creatures,  so  many  of  whom  the 
army  has  sheltered,  giving  them  the  first  home  they  have  ever  known.  My 
Zouave  was  dying  when  he  enlisted  ;  he  had  no  friends,  no  place  to  live  in, 
no  place  to  die  in,  so  he  told  me,  and  came  into  the  army  for  the  sake  of 
finding  one.  "  I  felt  the  sickness  coming  on  and  I  knew  if  I  was  a  sol 
dier,  they  would  put  me  into  a  hospital,  and  then.  I  could  die  there." 

Poor  soul !  he  was  young  and  refined,  in  look  and  manner,  and  so 
comforted  by  little  attentions,  so  appreciative  of  them,  and  never  to  have 
had  anything  of  the  kind  given  him  through  all  his  lonely  life. 

Now,  in  these  few  last  days  of  it,  there  was  a  satisfaction  in  doing 
everything  for  him,  in  being  as  good  to  him  as  possible,  in  bringing  him 
all  that  a  gentleman's  son  mizht  have  had.  So,  with  his  poor  tired  head 
on  my  arm,  I  fed  him  with  jellies  and  ices,  and  in  little  ways  tried  to  com 


fort  him.  We  owed  him  all  the  blessing  we  could  bring  into  these  last 
few  moments  of  a  dreary  life,  and  it  was  a  consolation  to  focus  the  bright 
ness  of  an  ordinary  twenty-four  years  upon  the  last  twenty-four  hours  of 
them. 

My  Zouave  died,  and  they  buried  him  in  his  fine  new  clothes — the  best 
he  had  ever  had — and  put  him  to  sleep  in  his  own  bed  ;  now,  at  last,  hit 
own,  that  no  one  would  dispute  with  him ;  no  one  grudge  him  possession 
of  forever. 


WE  would  call  the  attention  of  musical  composers  to  the  following  beau 
tiful  poem  contributed  by  Mrs.  Akers.  These  verses  are  full  of  tender  feel 
ing,  and  were  composed  for  the  purpose  of  being  set  to  music.  We  must 
remind  our  readers,  however,  that  our  newspaper  is  copyrighted,  and  hence 
the  permission  of  the  author  must  be  obtained  before  republishing  her 
poem  in  any  other  form. 

AT    LAST. 

BY   MRS.    AKERS. 

At  last,  when  all  the  summer  shine 

That  warmed  life's  early  hours,'  is  past, 
Four  loving  fingers  seek  for  mine 

And  hold  them  close — at  last — at  last ! 
Not  oft  the  robin  comes  to  build 

Its  nest  upon  the  leafless  bough 
By  autumn  robbed,  by  winter  chilled — 

But  you,  dear  heart,  you  love  me  now. 

Though  there  are  shadow  on  my  brow 

And  furrows  on  my  cheek,  in  truth — 
The  marks  where  Time's  remorseless  plough 

Broke  up  the  blooming  sward  of  Youth  ; — 
Though  fled  is  every  girlish  grace 

Might  win  or  hold  a  lover's  vow, 
Despite  my  sad  and  faded  face, 

And  darkened  heart,  you  love  me  now  ! 

I  count  no  more  my  wasted  tears — • 

They  left  no  echo  of  their  fall ; 
I  mourn  no  more  my  lonesome  years — 

This  blessed  hour  atones  for  all. 
I  fear  not  all  that  Time  or  Fate 

May  bring  to  burden  heart  or  brow — 
•Strong  in  the  love  that  came  so  late, 

Our  souls  shall  keep  it  always,  now. 


HOW  TO  DO  IT. 

A    RHYME    FOR   THE   TIME. 

There  was  an  old  man  who  said  "  How 
Shall  I  manage  this  horrible  cow  ? — 

I  will  sit  on  the  stile 

And  continue  to  smile, 
Which  may  soften  the  heart  of  this  cow." 

A  Patriot  then  I  heard  say 
"  It  is  a  most  excellent  way : 

If  the  way  is  not  good, 

My  name  is  not  Wood," 
I  heard  that  pure  patriot  say. 


GEORGE  WILLIAM  CURTIS. 


NOTICE. 

THE  Chairmen  of  Committees  will  please  send  to  the  News 
paper  Committee  a  correct  list  of  the  articles  contributed  to  their 
departments,  which  are  not  included  in  the  lists  of  goods  re 
ceived  at  2  Great  Jones  street  and  by  the  agent  of  the  14th  street 
building,  for  publication  in  this  paper. 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


SPIEIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 


NEW    YORK,    FRIDAY,    APRIL    8,    1864. 
NEW   YORK. 

BT   JAMES   FENIMOEE   COOPER. 
(Continued.) 

THE  first  popular  error,  then,  that  we  shall  venture  to  assail,  is 
that  connected  with  the  prevalent  notion  of  the  sovereignty  of  the 
States.  We  do  not  believe  that  the  several  States  of  this  Union 
are,  in  any  legitimate  meaning  of  the  terra,  sovereign  at  all.  We 
are  fully  aware  that  this  will  be  regarded  as  a  bold,  and  possibly 
as  a  presuming  proposition,  but  we  shall  endeavor  to  work  it  out 
with  such  means  as  we  may  have  at  command. 

We  lay  down  the  fallowing  premises  as  too  indisputable  to 
need  any  arguments  to  sustain  them :  viz.,  the  authority  which 
formed  the  present  Constitvition  of  the  United  States  had  the  legal 
power  to  do  so.  That 'authority  was  in  the  Government  of  the 
States,  respectively,  and  not  in  their  people  in  the  popular  signifi 
cation,  but  through  their  people  in  the  political  meaning  of  the 
term,  and  what  was  then  done  must  be  regarded  as  acts  connected 
with  the  composition  and  nature  of  governments,  and  of  no  minor 
or  different  interests  of  human  .affairs. 

It  being  admitted,  that  the  power  which  formed  the  govern 
ment  was  legitimate,  we  obtain  one  of  the  purest  compacts  for  the 
organization  of  human  society  that  probably  ever  existed.  The 
ancient  allegiance,  under  which  the  Colonies  had  grown  up  to  im 
portance,  had  been  extinguished  by  solemn  treaty,  and  the  States 
met  in  Convention,  sustained  by  all  the  law  they  had  and  backed 
in  every  instance  by  institutions  that  were  more  or  less  popular. 
The  history  of  the  world  cannot,  probably,  furnish  another  instance 
of  the  settlement  of  the  fundamental  compact  of  a  great  nation 
under  circumstances  of  so  much  obvious  justice.  This  gives  un 
usual  solemnity  and  authority  to  the  Constitution  of  1787,  and 
invests  it  with  additional  claims  to  our  admiration  and  respect. 

The  authority  which  formed  the  Constitution  admitted,  we 
come  next  to  the  examination  of  its  acts.  It  is  apparent  from  the 
debates  and  proceedings  of  the  Convention,  that  two  opinions 
existed  in  that  body  ;  the  one  leaning  strongly  toward  the  concen 
tration  of  power  in  the  hands  of  the  Federal  Government,  and  the 
other  desirous  of  leaving  as  much  as  possible  with  the  respective 
States.  The  principle  that  the  powers  which  are  not  directly  con 
ceded  to  the  Union  should  remain  in  first  hands,  would  seem  never 
to  have  been  denied  ;  and  some  years  after  the  organization  of  the 
Government,  it  was  solemnly  recognized  in  an  amendment.  We 
are  not  disposed,  however,  to  look  for  arguments  to  the  debates 
and  discussions  of  the  Convention,  in  our  view  often  a  deceptive 
and  dangerous  method  of  construing  a  law,  since  the  vote  is  very 
frequently  given  on  even  conflicting  reasons.  Different  minds 
arrive  at  the  same  results  by  different  processes ;  and  it  is  no 
unusual  thing  for  men  to  deny  each  other's  premises,  while  they 
accept  their  conclusions.  We  shall  look,  therefore,  solely  to  the 
compact  itself,  as  the  most  certain  mode  of  ascertaining  what 
was  done. 

No  one  will  deny  that  all  the  great  powers  of  sovereignty  are 
directly  conceded  to  the  Union.  The  right  to  make  war  and 
peace,  to  coin  money,  maintain  armies  and  navies,  &c.,  &c.,  in 
themselves  overshadow  most  of  the  sovereignty  of  the  States. 
The  amendatory  clause  would  seem  to  annihilate  it.  By  the  pro 
visions  of  that  clause  three  fourths  of  the  States  can  take  away  all 
the  powers  and  rights  now  resting  in  the  hands  of  the  respective 
States,  with  a  single  exception.  This  exception  gives  breadth  and 


emphasis  to  the  efficiency  of  the  clause.  It  will  be  remembered 
that  all  this  can  be  done  within  the  present  Constitution.  It  is  a 
part  of  the  original  bargain.  Thus,  Now  York  can  legally  be 
deprived  of  the  authority  to  punish  for  theft,  to  lay  out  highways, 
to  incorporate  banks,  and  all  the  ordinary  interests  over  which 
she  at  present  exercises  control,  every  human  being  within  her 
limits  dissenting.  Now  as  sovereignty  means  power  in  the  last 
resort,  this  amendatory  clause  most  clearly  deprives  the  State  of 
all  sovereign  power  thus  put  at  the  disposition  of  Conventions  of 
the  several  States  ;  in  fact,  the  votes  of  these  Conventions,  or  that 
of  the  respective  legislatures  acting  in  the  same  capacity,  is  noth 
ing  but  the  highest  species  of  legislation  known  to  the  country  ; 
and  no  other  mode  of  altering  the  institutions  would  be  legal.  It 
follows  unavoidably,  we  repeat,  that  the  sovereignty  which  re 
mains  in  the  several  States  must  be  looked  for  solely  in  the  excep 
tion.  What  then  is  this  exception  ? 

It  is  a  provision  which  says,  that  no  State  may  be  deprived  of 
its  equal  representation  in  the  Senate,  without  its  own  consent. 
It  might  well  be  questioned  whether  this  provision  of  the  Consti 
tution  renders  a  Senate  indispensable  to  the  Government.  But  wo 
are  willing  to  concede  this  point  and  admit  that  it  does.  Can  the 
vote  of  a  single  State,  which  is  one  of  a  body  of  thirty,  and  which 
is  bound  to  submit  to  the  decision  of  a  logal  majority,  be  deemed 
a  sovereign  vote?  Assuming  that  the  whole  power  of  the  Gov 
ernment  of  the  United  States  were  in  the  Senate,  would  any  one 
State  be  sovereign  in  such  a  condition  of  things  ?  We  think  not. 
But  the  Senate  does  not  constitute  by  any  means  the  whole  or  the 
half  of  the  authority  of  this  Government ;  its  legislative  power  is 
divided  with  a  popular  body,  without  the  concurrence  of  which  it 
can  do  nothing ;  this  dilutes  the  sovereignty  to  a  degree  that  ren 
ders  it  very  imperceptible,  if  not  very  absurd.  Nor  is  this  all. 
After  a  law  is  passed  by  the  concurrence  of  the  two  houses  of 
Congress,  it  is  sent  to  a  perfectly  independent  tribunal  to  decide 
whether  it  is  in  conformity  with  the  principles  of  the  great 
national  compact ;  thus  demonstrating,  as  we  assume,  that  the 
sovereignty  of  this  whole  country  rests,  not  in  its  people,  not  in 
its  States,  but  in  the  Government  of  the  Union. 

Sovereignty,  and  that  of  the  most  absolute  character,  is  indis 
pensable  to  the  right  of  secession :  Nay,  sovereignty,  in  tlie  ordi 
nary  acceptation  of  the  meaning  of  the  term,  might  exist  in  a 
State  without  this  right  of  secession.  We  doubt  if  it  would  be 
held  sound  doctrine  to  maintain  that  any  single  State  had  a  right 
to  secede  from  the  German  Confederation,  for  instance  ;  and  many 
alliances,  or  mere  treaties,  are  held  to  be  sacred  and  indissoluble  ; 
they  are  only  broken  by  an  appeal  to  violence. 

Every  human  contract  may  be  said  to  possess  its  distinctive 
character.  Thus,  marriage  is  to  be  distinguished  from  a  partner 
ship  in  trade,  without  recurrence  to  any  particular  form  of  words. 
Marriage,  contracted  by  any  ceremony  whatever,  is  held  to  be  a 
contract  for  life.  The  same  is  true  of  governments :  in  their 
nature  they  are  intended  to  be  indissoluble.  We  doubt  if  there 
be  an  instance  on  record  of  a  government  that  ever  existed,  under 
conditions,  expressed  or  implied,  that  the  parts  of  its  territory 
might  separate  at  will.  There  are  so  many  controlling  and 
obvious  reasons  why  such  a  privilege  should  not  remain  in  the 
hands  of  sections  or  districts,  that  it  is  unnecessary  to  advert  to 
them.  But  after  a  country  has  rounded  its  territory,  constructed 
its  lines  of  defence,  established  its  system  of  custom-houses,  and 
made  all  the  other  provisions  for  security,  convenience,  and  con 
centration,  that  are  necessary  to  the  affairs  of  a  great  nation,  it 
would  seem  to  be  very  presumptuous  to  impute  to  any  particular 
district  the  right  to  destroy  or  mutilate  a  system  regulated  with  so 
much  care. 


SPIRIT     OP    THE    FAIR. 


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The  only  manner  in  which  the  right  of  secession  could  exist  in 
one  of  the  American  States,  would  he  by  an  express  reservation 
to  that  etfect,  in  the  Constitution.  There  is  no  sucli  clause ;  did 
it  exist  it  would  change  the  whole  character  of  the  Government, 
rendering  it  a  mere  alliance,  instead  of  being  that  which  it  now  is 
— a  lasting  Union.  But,  whatever  may  be  the  legal  principles 
connected  with  this  serious  subject,  there  always  exists,  in  large 
bodies  of  men,  a  power  to  change  their  institutions  by  means  of 
the  strong  hand.  This  is  termed  the  right  of  revolution,  and  it 
has  often  been,  appealed  to  to  redress  grievances  that  could  be 
removed  by  no  other  agency.  It  is  undeniable  that  the  institution 
of  domestic  slavery  as  it  now  exists  in  what  are  termed  the 
Southern  and  South-Western  States  of  this  country,  creates  an 
interest  of  the  most  'delicate  and  sensitive  character.  Nearly  one 
half  of  the  entire  property  of  the  slave-holding  States  consists  in 
this  right  to  the  services  of  human  beings  of  a  race  so  different 
from  our  own  as  to  render  any  amalgamation  to  the  last  degree 
improbable,  if  not  impossible.  Any  one  may  easily  estimate  the 
deep  interest  that  the  masters  feel  in  the  preservation  of  their 
property.  The  spirit  of  the  age  is  decidedly  against  them,  and  of 
this  they  must  be  sensible  ;  it  doubly  augments  their  anxiety  for 
the  future.  The  natural  increase,  moreover,  of  these  human 
chattels  renders  an  outlet  indispensable,  or  they  will  soon  cease  to 
be  profitable  by  the  excess  of  their  numbers.  To  these  facts  we 
owe  the  figments  which  have  rendered  the  Southern  school  of 
logicians  a  little  presuming,  perhaps,  and  certainly  very  sophistical. 
Among  other  theories  we  find  the  bold  one,  that  the  Territories 
of  the  United  States  are  the  property,  not  of  the  several  States, 
hut  of  their  individual  people  ;  in  other  words,  that  the  native  of 
New  York  or  Rhode  Island,  regardless  of  the  laws  of  the  country, 
has  a  right  to  remove  to  any  one  of  these  Territories,  carry  with 
him  just  such  property  as  he  may  see  fit,  and  make  such  use  of  it 
as  he  may  find  convenient.  This  is  a  novel  co-partnership  in 
jurisdiction,  to  say  the  least,  and  really  does  not  seem  worthy  of 
a  serious  reply. 

(To  be  continued.) 


THE   SIX  WRITERS  OF  THE  AUGUSTAN  HISTORY. 

BY  MAJ.-GEN.  JOHN  A.  DIX. 

THE  most  amusing  book  extant  of  so  ancient  a  date,  is  the  col 
lection  of  biographies  of  the  Roman  emperors,  beaming  the  above 
title — "  Histories  Augustas  Scriptores."  They  commence  with  the 
reign  of  Adrian,  A.  D.,  117,  and  end  with  Oarus  and  his  sons,  Nu- 
merianus  and  Carinus,  A.  D.,  285,  embracing  a  period  of  more  than 
a  century  and  a  half. 

There  is  a  gap  of  ten  years  between  Balbinus  and  Valerianus, 
during  which  the  Roman  Empire  was  convulsed  by  the  conflicts 
of  factions.  Had  these  biographies  begun  two  reigns  earlier  so  as 
to  include  Nerva  and  Trajan,  they  would  have  been  a  continua 
tion  of  Suetonius,  and  have  furnished,  with  the  latter,  a  complete 
biographical  history  of  the  emperors,  with  the  exception  of  the 
gap  alluded  to,  for  the  first  285  years  after  the  Christian  era. 

He  who  looks  in  these  biographies  for  the  stateliness  of  the 
standard  historians  and  biographers  of  antiquity,  will  be  greatly 
disappointed.  But  he  will  be  amply  compensated  by  the  fund  of 
anecdote,  in  which  these  delineations  of  Imperial  character  abound. 
They  belong  not  so  much  to  the  department  of  history,  as  to  the 
class  of  domestic  portraits,  in  which  the  chief  aim  of  the  artists 
seems  to  have  been  to  amuse  outsiders,  rather  than  to  exalt  the 
characters  of  their  subjects. 

In  point  of  execution,  not  much  can  be  said  in  praise  of  these 
Imperial  portraits.  The  authors  were  nearly  three  hundred  years 


behind  the  Augustan  era;  the  language  and  literature  of  Rome 
were  in  their  decline;  and,  indeed,  there  was  scarcely  a  writer 
after  them,  except  Claudian,  whose  works  are  held,  as  literary  com 
positions,  in  much  esteem.  One  of  their  critics  has  so  poor  an 
opinion  of  their  writings,  that  he  pronounces  some  passages  toler 
able,  but  others  altogether  pitiful, — "  tout  a  fait  pitoyables." 
Certain  it  is  they  are  hardly  to  be  ranked  with  the  classics,  and 
they  are  not  comprised  either  in  Lemaire's  or  Valpy's  collection. 

It  is  not,  however,  as  writers  that  I  propose  to  consider  them. 
I  only  design  to  give  a  few  extracts  from  their  writings  touching 
the  private  character  of  some  of  the  emperors.  They  will  bo 
found,  not  only  like  ordinary  men,  but  like  men  in  high  position 
of  our  own  time, — persons  who  loved  their  little  jokes,  and  would 
have  them  in  spite  of  all  the  trappings  of  royalty,  and  all  the  re 
sponsibilities  of  extended  empire. 

It  is  quite  questionable,  in  truth,  whether  there  was  much  dif 
ference  between  the  ancients  and  ourselves  (I  allude  to  the  most 
civilized  nations),  except  in  certain  social  facilities  for  intercom 
munication,  intellectual  and  physical.  They  neither  printed  news 
papers,  steamed  by  land  and  water,  nor  sent  telegraphic  messages 
by  electricity.  But  the  Romans  ate  parched  peas  at  their  thea 
tres,  just  as  our  people  eat  peanuts  at  the  Bowery ;  although  Hor 
ace,  in  his  Art  of  Poetry,  says,  the  criticisms  of  the  play  by  the 
pea-eaters  were  not  much  respected.  A  writer  in  Harper's 
Monthly  has  just  made  known  the  interesting  fact,  that  pork  and 
beans  are  not  an  invention  of  the  Yankee  kitchen,  but  that  they 
are  a  product  of  Roman  gastronomy.  In  short,  with  the  excep 
tions  alluded  to,  it  is  doubtful  whether  there  is  much  under  the 
sun  that  is  new. 

But  to  return  to  the  Augustan  historians.  The  extracts  I  pro 
pose  to  give  from  them  I  shall  take  the  liberty  of  rendering  with 
the  greatest  freedom,  not  only  because  it  is  impossible  to  preserve 
the  conciseness  of  the  Latin  in  an  English  translation,  but  because 
the  language  of  humor  with  us  is  almost  necessarily  diffuse. 
Moreover,  in  giving  to  these  extracts  a  new  dress,  I  shall  conform 
to  the  character  of  the  compositions  of  which  they  are  a  part ;  so, 
if  any  want  of  dignity  is  found  in  their  presentation,  let  it  be  un 
derstood  that  the  fault  is  not  mine. 

HOW   ADRIAN   HELPED   AN   OLD    SOLDIER   TO    GET   HIS    BACK    RVBBED. 

The  Emperor  Adrian  used  to  bathe  frequently  in  public,  a 
habit  which  gave  rise  to  a  capital  joke.  One  day,  seeing  an  old 
soldier,  whom  he  had  known  in  the  army,  rubbing  his  back  against 
a  marble  slab,  after  coming  out  of  the  hath,  he  enquired  the  rea 
son.  The  veteran  answered  that  he  had  no  servant  to  do  it  for 
him ;  whereupon  the  emperor  ordered  him  a  servant,  with  towels. 
The  next  day  about  a  dozen  other  old  fellows  appeared,  rubbing 
their  backs  against  the  marble,  thinking  the  emperor  would  be  as 
liberal  to  them  as  he  had  been  to  their  companion.  But  he  was 
not  the  man  to  be  humbugged  in  that  way;  and,  calling  them  to 
him,  he  suggested,  in  the  blandest  manner,  that  the  best  thing 
they  could  do  would  be  to  rub  each  other's  backs,  and  he  followed 
up  his  advice  by  ordering  them  to  go  at  it. 

CICERO'S   LITTLE   JOKE   APPLIED   TO   AN   EMPEROR. 

Marius,  a  blacksmith,  was  emperor  three  days;  or,  as  was 
said,  they  had  an  iron  rule  for  three  days.  The  first  day  he  was 
made  emperor ;  the  second,  he  reigned ;  and  the  third,  he  was 
killed.  The  wags  likened  his  case  to  that  of  the  man  who  was 
consul  six  hours  in  the  afternoon,  and  of  whom  Cicero  said :  "  We 
had  a  consul  so  severe,  and  so  stern  as  a  censor,  that  during  his 
administration  not  a  single  man  in  all  Rome  dined,  supped,  or 
slept." 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


HOW   ANTONINUS    GETA   GAVE    ALLITERATION   DINNERS. 

This  emperor  used  to  edify  his  invited  guests  by  informing 
them,  as  they  took  their  places  at  dinner,  that  all  the  dishes  they 
were  to  have  would  begin  with  one  letter.  Here  is  one  of  his 
banquets  got  up  with  the  letter  P :  ''  pullus,  perdix,  pavus,  por- 
cellus,  piscis,  perna,"  &e. ;  or,  spring-chicken,  partridge,  peacock, 
pig,  fish,  ham, — not  a  bad  entertainment,  by-the-bye.  This  would 
be  a  pleasant  conceit  for  some  of  our  dinner-giving  friends,  an 
nouncing  to  their  guests  as  they  took  their  seats  at  table,  that  the 
carte  only  embraced  articles  beginning  with  a  certain  letter.  AVith 
the  letter  0,  for  example,  they  might  give  us  calves-head*  soup, 
codfish,  corned-beef  and  cabbage,  capons,  canvas-backs,  custards, 
charlotte-russe,  claret,  and  champagne ;  quite  enough  to  satisfy  the 
daintiest  gastronome.  Try  the  alliteration  dinner-system  of  Anto 
ninus  Geta  by  all  means.  It  will  diversify  agreeably  the  horrible 
monotony  of  our  conventional  banquets. 

THE   ENTERTAINMENT   OF    AN   EMPEROR. 

Aurelian  was  greatly  amused  with  a  glutton,  who  ate  before 
dinner  a  whole  wild  boar,  a  hundred  rolls,  a  sheep,  and  a  pig,  and 
drank  a  cask  of  liquor  through  a  funnel.  What  a  troublesome  cus 
tomer  this  fellow  would  have  been  for  the  Knickerbocker  kitchen ! 
No  one,  I  take  it,  will  be  so  unreasonable  as  to  hold  me  (a  mere 
compiler)  responsible  for  the  truth  of  this  statement.  I  make  it  on 
the  authority  of  Flavins  Vopiscus,  who  lived  in  the  reign  of  Aure 
lian,  the  only  one  of  the  six  historians,  I  believe,  who  wrote  con 
temporaneous  biography,  the  others  having  all  lived  after  the  em 
perors  whose  portraits  they  drew. 

BOW   THE   EMPERORS   WERE   ALL   RIGHT   ON   PLUNDERING. 

When  a  soldier  stole  a  poultry-cock  (very  likely  a  tough  one), 
the  Emperor  Peseennins  Niger  ordered  the  thief  and  ten  of  his 
companions,  who  helped  him  eat  it,  to  be  beheaded,  and  ho  would 
have  carried  out  the  order,  if  the  whole  army  had  not  interceded 
for  them.  But  ho  only  pardoned  them  on  condition  that  they 
should  pay  ten  times  the  prioo  of  ten  fowls,  that  the  squad  to  which 
they  belonged  should  not  be  allowed  fire,  or  anything  freshly 
cooked,  but  should  live  on  bread  and  cold  victuals. 

In  like  manner,  Aurelian  said  in  one  of  his  orders,  "If  yon 
wish  to  be  a  tribune ;  nuy,  if  you  wish  to  live,  yon  must  restrain 
your  men.  No  one  must  steal  a  chicken,  or  touch  a  sheep,  or  take 
fruit,  wood,  oil,  or  salt ;  but  he  must  be  satisfied  with  his  pay." 

When  a  certain  major-general,  who  shall  be  nameless,  was  in 
command  at  Fort  Monroe,  Va.,  a  young  lieutenant,  sent  out  with  a 
working  party,  told  his  men  to  go  to  a  farmhouse  and  get  a  sheep. 
Not  finding  one,  they  robbed  three  defenceless  women  of  their 
poultry,  bringing  back  the  dead  fowls  on  their  bayonets.  The 
general  had  the  officer  tried  and  cashiered,  and  made  the  depreda 
tors  pay  the  value  of  the  poultry.  The  newspapers  cried  out 
against  the  severity  of  the  punishment,  and  so  strong  an-  influence 
was  brought  to  bear  on  the  tender  heart  of  the  President,  that  the 
officer  was  restored  to  his  rank.  If  he  makes  half  as  much  havoc 
with  the  enemy,  as  he  did  with  the  old  women's  poultry  yards,  he 
will  earn  his  restoration;  but  it  seems  a  pity,  that  a  disposition 
to  enforce  the  Roman  rule  of  abstinence  from  pillage,  which  is 
also  the  rule  of  civilized  warfare,  should  not  be  sustained  by  pub 
lic  opinion. 

WHAT   A    HARD   DRINKER   18   CAPABLE   OF. 

If  any  one  is  curious  to  know  how  the  glutton,  who  amused 
Aurelian  so  much,  was  able  to  dispose  of  a  cask  of  liquor,  let  him 
read  the  life  of  Bonosus,  of  whom  Aurelian  said  that  "  he  was  not 
born  to  live  but  to  drink."  Though,  according  to  Vopiscus,  he 
was  always  sober,  however  marvellous  the  quantities  he  drank, 


yet,  when  he  came  to  a  violent  death,  it  was  pleasantly  said  of 
him  by  the  Romans,  that  they  "had  not  hung  a  man,  but  a  wine- 
cask." 

Enough  has  been  said  to  give  the  patrons  of  the  Metropolitan 
Fair  some  idea  of  the  nature  of  these  curious  personal  memorials. 
I)e  Quincey  pronounces  them  "full  of  entertainment,  and  of  the 
most  curious  researches;"  and  he  acknowledges  his  indebtedness 
to  them  in  giving  the  private  and  personal  history  of  "  the  Cresars." 
They  are  best  read  in  the  original.  But  good  editions  of  the  work 
are  very  scarce ;  and  there  is  an  English  translation  (the  only  one 
extant)  by  John  Bernard  (1740)  still  scarcer. 

It  would  be  worth  the  while  for  some  scholar  to  give  these 
ancient  biographers  a  fresh  introduction  to  the  public.  Their 
materials  are,  obviously,  gleaned  from  very  numerous  sources,  not 
of  the  highest  authenticity ;  but  they  are  quite  as  entertaining  and 
much  more  instructive  than  the  current  works  of  fiction,  except 
those  of  the  first  class. 


[The  following  poem  was  not  written  for  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR,  but  fell 
accidentally  into  our  hands.] 

COMPENSATION. 

BY    GAIL    HAMILTON. 

ALL  day  the  clash  and  the  struggle — 

Thousands  of  hurrying  feet 
Thronging  to  market  and  forum, 

Where  lucre  and  lust  will  meet. 
There  are  blows  to  be  given  and  taken, 

Battles  to  lose  and  to  win, — 
A  man's  heart  to  stay  the  faint-hearted, 

A  man's  arm  to  strike  through  the  din. 

Rage  on,  0  conflict  of  mammon, 

But  through  all  the  blare  and  the  bray, 
A  little  bird  lights  amid  blossoms 

And  sings  me  a  roundelay. 
Leap  madly,  0  wild  waste  of  waters, 

I  reck  not  your  wrath,  for  I  know 
Where  a  little  lake  smiles  in  the  sunshine 

And  lilies  are  whiter  than  snow. 

The  day  charges  on  into  twilight : 

Dear  dreaming  may  follow  brave  deed, 
Now,  a  sharp  ringing  heel  on  the  pavement, 

A  snort  from  my  iron-shod  steed, 
A  plunge  through  the  glittering  darkness, 

A  tramp  on  the  white-gleaming  sod, 
And  I  pass  through  the  shadowy  gateway 

Of  Eden,  the  Garden  of  God. 

Hatred,  and  Malice,  and  Envy, 

Hither  you  cannot  come, 
Anger  and  base  Ambition, 

Here  must  your  lips  be  dumb. 
No  clamor  shall  mar  with  its  discord, 

The  song  of  my  little  bird, 
By  no  fierce  breath  of  the  Northwind 

Shall  my  little  lake  be  stirred. 

Eyes,  are  they  blue,  are  they  hazel  ? 

Xay  their  color  I  cannot  see 
For  the  love-light  shining  through  them, 

And  shining  alone  for  me. 
Lips — nay  I  limn  not  their  curving, 

But  once  a  low  whisper  I  heard, 
And  I  thought  the  angels  in  Heaven 

Could  utter  no  sweeter  word. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


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Here  are  flowers  I  have  brought,  my  darling, 

Pansies  for  thoughts — of  you  ; 
Rosemary,  that's  for  remembrance, 

Violets,  heaven's  own  blue. 
Daisies  that  hold  the  spring's  sweetness — 

Ah  !  fairer  by  far  than  these 
Is  the  flower  I  wear  in  my  bosom. 

The  herb  that  is  called  heart's-ease. 

Dear  Christ !  that  such  grace  should  be  given 

To  me,  beyond  hope,  beyond  prayer ! 
Be  my  pledge  for  the  trust  that  my  angel 

I  entertain  not  unaware. 
The  lips  on  which  her  lips  have  rested 

Shall  never  work  shame  with  a  lie  ; 
The  breast  she  has  leant  on,  I  swear  it, 

Shall  be  pure  as  her  own  native  sky. 

So  the  fable  of  eld  is  reversed, 

No  longer  shines  Merope  dim, 
But  bending  to  bless  her  earth-lover 

She  gives  a  new  glory  to  him  ; 
Thrice  happy  if  favored  of  Heaven, 

He  enters  the  Beautiful  Land, 
To  know  he  found  guidance  and  courage 

In  the  clasp  of  this  little  white  hand. 


RAILROAD  EXTRAORDINARY. 

ONE  of  those  gentlemen  who  "survey  the  world,  from  China  to  Peru," 
has  been  taking  measures  in  Broadway  to  convince  our  patient  public  that 
an  underground  railroad  is  the  only  mode  of  disposing  of  the  transitory 
life  of  this  city.  He  may  be  right.  Railroads,  having  undermined  civil 
honor,  legislative  virtue,  and  private  comfort,  will  find  it  a  small  matter  to 
burrow  beneath  a  league  or  so  of  Russ  pavement,  and  a  thousand  branch 
sewers,  and  undermine  yours  and  everybody  else's  property ;  so  each 
man  may  as  well  come  to  an  understanding  that  he  will  catch  a  locomotive 
gome  day  in  his  cellar.  The  through  subterranean  will  certainly  come — 
will  go  under  Broadway,  and  up  and  down  in  Wall  street.  We  are  re 
signed,  but  remonstrant.  If  we  kept  silence,  the  very  paving  stones 
would  cry  out,  "Let  us  have  something  for  the  money  we  have  lost." 

The  Great  Dugway  Company  therefore,  whenever  it  is  formed,  and  be 
fore  it  is  entirely  run  into  the  ground  should  be  charged  with  the  following 
duties : 

First,  to  cover  all  Broadway  with  a  glass  roof — that  the  New  Yorkers 
may  stop  throwing  stones  at  Boston  and  the  other  suburbs.  Second,  to 
provide  a  range  of  greenhouses  and  a  perennial  trout  stream  along  the 
line  of  their  tunnel.  The  night-blooming  cercus  and  the  eyeless  fish  from 
the  other  mammoth  cave  may  inhabit  them.  The  contiguous  drains  are 
already  peopled  with  smelts.  Third,  to  run  under  and  destroy  all  and 
singular  the  deformed  statues,  dry  fountains,  and  wooden  barracks  that 
now  disgrace  various  points  in  their  route. 

These  concessions  may  reconcile  us  to  the  worse  evil  than  our  present 
one  of  being  overrun  with  railroads  ;  but  the  neighborhood  of  the  sewers 
will  make  it  impossible  to  keep  the  corporation  from  being  a  close  one.  If 
they  ever  break  from  above,  let  us  hope  it  will  be  while  an  excursion  train 
of  directors  and  aldermen  is  passing.  The  offices  of  the  company  will 
probably  be  arranged  among  the  drains  in  what  the  French  call  "  sweets 
of  apartments." 


EPIGRAM. 

THK  COMMON  COUNCIL  I3ANQUET,  FEBRUARY  22. 

THE  Trojans  fought  the  fowls  that  stole  their  feast. 
We  read  the  tale  reversed,  the  shame  increased. 
Our  filthy  Harpies  dine,  with  dirt  and  din, 
Our  plundered  owners,  helpless,  stand  and  grin. 


PROPHETIC  AUTOGRAPHS. 

IT  is  a  pity  that  the  mania  for  autographs  could  not  range  forward  as 
well  as  backward.  The  hand-writing  of  people  who  have  been  famous  is 
common  enough.  If  only  some  collector  would  arise  with  the  second- 
sight  of  a  Lenormand,  who  should  preserve  for  us  the  autographs  of  people 
that  are  going  to  be  famous,  what  a  fresh  nibbing  of  pens  there  would  be 
throughout  the  land !  Some,  whom  future  years  will  crown  with  honors  in 
our  democratic  country,  might  be  found  among  those  ignorant  of  clerkly 
arts,  and  owe  their  chance  for  fame  to  the  writing  master's  skill.  And  our 
own  generation  would  gain  as  much  as  posterity  by  the  extinction  of  many 
ambitious  among  those  who  would  thus  read  beforehand  in  their  rejected 
signatures  their  sentence  of  obscurity. 


SPECIAL  ADVERTISEMENTS. 

WANTED,  for  the  Confederate  service,  a  first  rate  wrritcr  of  fiction,  with 
some  experience  in  fancy  finance.  A  descendant  of  Mendez  Pinto  or 
Marco  Polo  preferred,  or  an  M.P.  like  Laird  would  do  for  the  place.  Apply 
to  Mr.  Memminger,  at  the  Treasury  office,  Richmond,  where  such  abilities 
are  most  in  demand. 

OCCUPANTS  WANTED  for  several  southern  bishoprics,  the  Wrong  Rever 
ends  formerly  in  possession  having  gone  to  the  war,  and  taken  the  bells 
with  them  for  cannons,  the  old  canons  being  unsuited  to  the  present  state 
of  the  Church.  Some  familiarity  with  nautical  affairs  required  in  candi 
dates,  as  the  affairs  of  those  dioceses  are  now  pretty  much  at  sea. 

FOR  RENT — The  State  of  South  Carolina.  The  proprietor  having 
cleared  the  premises  of  refractory  tenants,  and  introduced  many  improve 
ments,  is  prepared  to  lease  this  fine  estate  in  parcels  to  actual  settlers.  No 
gunpowder  allowed  on  the  premises.  Title  perfect,  from  the  Supreme 
Court  at  Washington,  and  possession  given  about  the  fourth  of  July  next. 

FOR  SALE,  low,  to  close  the  concern,  the  Constitution  and  State  papers 
of  the  old  State  of  Virginia.  Purchasers  are  required,  as  a  condition  of 
sale,  to  remove  the  present  governor,  and  support  him  at  an  inebriate 
asylum  in  the  North. 


ACROSTIC  ENIGMA. 

HE  lived,  to  shadow  forth  the  love,  that  hallowed  all  his  being, 
As  one  who  walks  the  earth  entranced,  Heaven's  endless  glory  seeing ! 
Gifted  and  young,  not  long  condemned  to  linger  at  life's  portal, 
He  passed  away,  but  left  a  name,  through  Christian  lands  immortal. 

In  the  fair  group  his  fancy  traced,  the  gem  of  his  creation, 
To  which  our  hearts  are  turned  with  love,  not  bowed  in  adoration ; 
We  look  beyond  the  artist's  skill,  the  master's  great  endeavor, 
And  see  that  holiest,  purest  love,  a  type  to  man  forever. 

1.  He  died,  and  through  the  land  we  hear  a  burst  of  grief  and  wailing, 
And  choral  voices  mourned  his  loss,  all  calmer  language  failing ; 

2.  But  soon  arises  one  glad  strain  of  praise  and  rapture  swelling, 
To  Him,  who  called  his  spirit  home  to  its  eternal  dwelling ! 

3.  For  there  new  powers  are  waked  to  life,  new  dreams  of  glory  given ; 
Not  like  that  star  which  lost  to  earth,  we  seek  in  vain  in  heaven. 

4.  He  now  reflects  the  light  which  crowns  the  brows  of  saints  with  splendor; 
Those  glorious  rays  which  his  own  hand  with  loving  skill  could  render  ; 

5.  Yet  still  the  funeral  anthem  swells,  and  as  its  notes  are  dying, 
We  hear  the  low  antiphony  of  saddened  hearts  replying. 

6.  Thus  may  he  rest,  freed  from  that  curse,  entailed  by  reckless  sinning, 
In  the  fair  garden  which  was  made  for  man  in  the  beginning  ; 

1.  And  like  that  constellation  bright,  his  works  repeat  his  story, 
Wherein  one  star  yet  differcth  from  other  stars  in  glory ! 

So  in  these  verses,  linked  by  chains  of  deeply  hidden  meaning, 
From  every  line  and  every  word,  some  closer  insight  gleaning  ; 
We  read  at  last  the  germ  of  thought  that  in  description  slumbora, 
The  glorious  names  that  rest  enshrined  in  these  imperfect  numbers. 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

(To  be  continued  daily.) 


FROM    THE    LADIES1    RECEIVING    DEPARTMENT. 


2  pairs  pants,  2  vests,  1  coat,  W.  II.  Van  Valor. 
1  zouave  jacket,  Mine.  R.  do  Waivel. 

1  knit  tidy,  Margaret  Urban,  13  years  old. 
200  copies  Garibaldi's  song,  Italian  children  of  Aid  Soc 
School. 

3  boxes  glassware,  Atterbury,  Reddell  &  Co.,  Flintglass 

Co.,  Pittsburg. 

1  pair  Clippers,  Miss  S.  E.  Gould. 
3  mats,  Mrs.  F.  N.  Fortes. 

2  boxes,  H.  Ellis. 

3  pairs  men's  boots,  John  Conrad. 

4  boxes  liquid  blacking,  Bixby. 

Cash  to  Boot  and  Shoe  Committee  $10,  A.  S.  Rogers. 
1  fancy  box  for  hdkfs.,  Miss  J.  A.  Uhler,  Tarrytown. 
15  caps,  3  tidies,  Miss  M.  Platt,  Kossville,  8.  L 
1  infant's  banket,  Miss  Burgoyne. 
3  tables,  Gustavo  Herter,  $105. 

3  toilet  sets,  and  3  pincushions,  Miss  Mary  C.  Daven 

port. 

1  piece  embroidery,  Mrs.  Emma  Brown. 
1  basket  wax  flowers,  Mrs.  Middleton. 

5  boxes  artificial  flowers,  J.  M.  Rummele. 
1  knit  shawl,  Mrs.  E.  Belden. 

23  vols.  Works  of  Se"gur. 

4  doz.  flavoring  extracts,  and  4  doz.  perfumes,  Gabaurtau 

&     M  '.I'.. 

3  boxes  of  goods,  ladies  of  Church  of  tho  Incarnation, 

$250. 

i  groMS  Paris  sleeve  buttons,  Harvey  &  Ford. 
1  pincushion,  a  lady. 
1  small  oil  pointing,  Mme.  Bassie. 
20  pairs  slippers,  H.  P.  Handford. 

1  American  flag,  Mr.  Albert  H.  Nicolay. 
3  pairs  boots  and  shoes,  J.  N.  Geis. 

2  children's  dre.-ses,  Mine.  Gradot. 

1  zouave  jacket,  Mme.  Dieden. 
12  bottles  hair  tonic,  Mrs.  Gibbs. 

3  pincushions,  a  lad}1. 

Wax  flowers,  and  4  worsted  shawls,  MIPS  M.  E.  Den- 
ham. 

2  pairs  braided  slippers,  Miss  S.  A.  Bugley. 
1  pair  embroidered  slippers,  1  cone  basket. 
1  child's  chair,  George  Frolich. 

Hair  flowers,  Miss  C.  L.  Wright,  Brooklyn. 

1  pincushion,  Miss  Gums'  Seminary,  Saugerties. 

10  pairs  boots,  J.  Terhune. 

1  letter  press. 

200  boxes  flower  seed,  J.  M.  Thorburn  <k  Co.,  $150. 

1  afghan,  Frothingham  Relief  Association,  $125. 

1  crochet  tidy,  Miss  Marietta  Wallace. 

2  dressed  doll*  and  dolls'  clothes,  Miss  Browne. 
Wax  fruits  and  mosses,  Miss  Taylor. 

2  tidies,  5  Gilford  Place. 

2  packages  sewing  *llk,  8  doz.  spools,  Hamil  &  Booth. 

4  needle  book  bags,  an  old  lady  of  80  years  of  age. 

1  handsome  bon-bon  box,  C.  W.  Quang. 

2  babies'  sacks,  and  other  articles. 
1  original  oil  painting,  L, 

6  bandage  rollers,  Bellevuo  Hospital. 

1  bead  mat,  Mrs.  Simpson,  Went  Farms. 

2  boxes  fl'iest  Havana  cigars,  G.  C.  Brown. 
A  curiosity  on  exhibition,  John  McKenzie. 
1  picture,  Polish  Central  Committee. 

1  worked  chair,  Mrs.  D.  Townsend. 


7  boxes,  Jaeger  <fc  Braumann. 

2  boxes  artificial  flowers,  Mrs.  Lay  croft. 
1  collection  autographs,  a  friend. 

1  plum  cake,  George  A.  Scheycrling. 

India  rubber  goods,  Novelty  Rubber  Co.,  $250. 

1  box  fancy  articles,  Mrs.  O.   Huffman  and  her  school, 

$742. 
1  autograph  letter  of  Jenny  Lind,  and  a  gazette  of  1777, 

Mrs.  G.  A.  Walter,  of  Lawrence,  Mass. 
1  sofa  cushion  and  a  likeness,  Miss  Katie  Bloed. 
1  sofa  cushion,  Miss  Gertrude  Bloed. 
1  oil  painting,  M.  Kensett. 

1  bonnet  and  a  child's  hat,  Julius  Wallack,  Hartford. 
1  straw  hat  and  a  box  of  caps,  Joseph  Schwap. 
12  doz.  wax  fruit,  Hartford. 

1  calico  work  basket,  Mrs.  G.  II.  Chiide,  Hartford. 
1  autograph  letter  of  Theodore  Parker,  C.  A.  Shorey. 

10  paper  dolls  and  fancy  articles,  Hartford. 
Hair  regenerator  and  perfumery,  Arthur  Gentil. 
Fancy  articles,  the  Misses  Goeller. 

Fancy  cake  mould,  John  Tragesser. 
Fancy  articles  for  grab  bag,  Emily  Cooper. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  Delavan. 

3  pairs  mats,  Mary  Ella  Palmer. 

1  child's  dress,  Mrs.  Lewis  B.  Binsse. 

2  pictures,  marked  164  L.  XIV. 

Worsted  cape  and  shawl,  Mrs.  Eislerand  Mrs.  Yagonyl. 
1  sofa  cushion,  1  basket  and  box  fancy  articles,  Mrs. 

Butler  Wright. 
1  box  men's  gaiters,  A.  Graf. 
1  China  basket,  Thos.  Riley. 
1  Scotch  hat  and  dress,  Mrs.  Knox. 
1  pair  braided  slipper*,  Mies  K.  E.  Heelman. 
1  worsted  tidy,  Ella  Burtis, 
1  book  mark,  David  Burtin. 
1  handkerchief,  Susy  Burtis. 
:j  bottles  hair  tonic,  Goonige  &  Kennedy. 
Books,  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  $1,000. 
Stationery,  P.  E.  Bogart,  $150. 
Stationery,  envelopes,  F.  B.  Goddard. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Skidmore. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Maxwell. 
Lounge,  A.  I>owenbeiu. 

One  suit  of  mourning,  M.  &  A.  Myers  &  Co. 
Glazed  cap  fronts,  Loeb  Brothers. 
Silver  polishing  powder,  Geo.  W.  Whitmore. 
Cork  soles,  Gco.  Purves. 
Dumb  bells,  F.  B.  &  J.  Richards. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Gould,  agent,  $124.92. 
Shell  table,  Mr.*.  Henry  Wales,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

011  painting,  Jos.  Geissler. 
Needles,  R.  J.  Roberts  &  Co. 
Infant  socks,  Mrs.  Meyers. 
Book  holders,  D.  F.  Dimon. 
Cone  work  frames,  Mrs.  Jennings. 

Rosettes  for  carriage  horses,  Miss  8.  J.  Dunbar. 

One  horse  rako,  Daniel  L.  Jones. 

India  rubber  hose,  N.  Y.  Belting  to  Packing  Co.,  $497. 

Spool  cotton. 

175  Hospital  shirts,  C.  V.  B.  Roosevelt,  $262.50. 

Oil  painting,  "  Moonlight,"  Cha's  Beckhoven. 

Gas  fixtures,  portable  stands,  Archer  &  Pancoast,  $217.50. 

Ladies'  silk  bonnet,  C.  &  E.  Child. 

Afghan,  Miss  Carr. 


Curiosities,  drinking  cup,  letters,  canes,  Ac.,  A.  Jackson 

Donelson. 
Ranges,  Jno.  Sumner,  $100. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Endicott. 
Old  ancient  and  hon.  bourbon  whiskey,  H.   B.  Kirk, 

$126. 

Model  for  monument. 
Patented  bed  springs,  Challenge  Bed  Spring  Co.,  F.  F. 

Beebe. 

Garden  and  toy  rakes,  A.  E.  Lyan. 
Dowel  Boring  Machine,  A.  P.  Merchant,  Gullford. 
Oil  Wintergreen,  Van  Dusen  Brothers. 
Ladies'  shoes,  Miller  &  Co.,  $100. 
Rubber  goods,  O.  B.  Gray,  $100. 
Cone  frames,  Mrs.   Jennings,  Mount   Vernon,  West- 

chester  Co. 
Maple  sugar,  Mrs.  Mervin  Wheeler. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  S.  C.  Wheeler. 
Stationery,  Bowne  &  Co.,  $118.25. 
S:iw  frames. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  A.  L.  Clarkson. 
Jellies,  &c.,  Reckhow  &  Hudson. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Holland,  for  Wright  &.  Crittenden 

A sso.,  N.  Y. 
Fancy  tables,  E.  W.  Hutchins. 
Fancy  tables,  Mrs.  S.  S.  Osgood. 
Chairs,  Jno.  F.  C.  Pickhard. 
Knit  woollr-n  socks,  Miss  Tiffany. 
Tidies,  Mies  Wash  burn. 
Grindstones,  J.  F.  Whitney  &  Co.,  $100. 
Musical  instruments,  J.  F.  W.  Joerdeue. 
Chamber  pails,  Abe!  Sharlow. 
Plum  cake,  Emil  Minner. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Oscar  Hastings. 
Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  garrison  of  Fort  Schuyler. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  A.  C.  Hawes. 
Rubber  goods,  D.  Hodgman,  $101.45. 
Specimen  ores,  Passaic  Mining  and  Manufacturing  Co. 
Truck  No.  4,  R.  H.  Allen  &.  Co. 
Books,  Harper  &  Brothers,  $1,000. 
Perfumery,  J.  S.  Hatch. 
5  bbls.  oxide  zinc. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Nellie  Andrews. 
Chinese  and  Waterloo  curiosities,  Cha's  K.  Tuckerman, 

$100. 

Fancy  goods,  A.  Cloepfer. 
Iron  bedstead,  Cameron,  Johnson  &.  Radley. 
Family  soap,  Allan  Hay  &  Co. 

Hardware  and  cutlery,  Marsh  Brothers  &  Co.,  $315. 
Perfumery,  J.  Noekin. 
Portrait,  "  Gen.  Fremont,"  S.  N.  Car  vail  is. 
Tidy,  Miss  Munroe. 
Glassware. 

Thermometer,  B.  Kahn. 
Twelve  oars,  E.  W.  Page. 
Rocking  chair,  H.  Bang. 
Worsted  shawl,  Mrs.  Henry  Wetherbee. 
Clocks,  E.  Ingraham  &  Co. 
Books,  Oakley  &  Mason,  $250.50. 
Stationery,  S.  Benedicks  &  Co. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Mary  E.  Barrow,  Skaneateles,  N.  Y. 
Crochet  collar,  Miss  Mary  J.  Gilbert. 
Crochet  collars,  Mrs.  Rachel  Kingslcy. 
Painting  in  pastel,  "Grapes,"  Mrs.  C.  K.  Tuckerman, 


ARTICLES  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


2  stoves,  P.  Rollhaus. 

Fancy  articles,  Ebcrhard  Fabcr. 

War  relics,  J.  F.  Pancost,  XI.  8.  S.  C.,  Baltimore. 

Foulard  silk,  W.  B.  Northnp. 

Books,  p:\mphletn  and  prints,  "W.  II.  Norman. 

Oil  painting. 


Books  (Burr's  Veg's  of  Am.)  Albert  Fearing,  Boston, 

$100. 

Sign  for  Receiving  Department,  J.  Gibbs. 
Counter  desk,  Wm.  H.  Cooke. 

1  case  math1]  instruments,  Rev.  M.  T.  Adam 
Dining  room  safe,  Herring  &  Co.,  $275. 

2  parasols,  T.  Newkill. 

Colored  doll,  &c.,  Mrs.  A.  P.  Crane. 
Sofa  cushion,  Mrs.  Louis  Levy. 
Infant's  afghan,  Mrs.  Isaac  Levy. 
j()il  painting,  landscape,  Fred.  Y.  Chrehb. 


Dry  goods,  $1,221.07. 

1  piece  matting,  J.  Conklin. 

3  rugs,  Jonas  Conklin. 

12  pairs  infants'  socks,  Miss  Vielo. 

1  case,  70  reams  note  paper,  Holyoko  Paper  Co.,  $100. 

Chinese  lantern,  1  old  bill  lading,  framed,  E.  O.  Lam* 

son. 
Collection  of  minerals,  &c.,  12  doz.  fuin.  pantiles,  Lewis 

Fenchtwanger  and  J.  W.  Feuchtwanger. 
Photograph  oil  painting,"  Child's  Prayer,"  Wm.  Henry 

Burr. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


51 


GENERAL    DESCRIPTION    OP    THE    FAIR    AND 
GUIDE  TO  THE  DEPARTMENTS. 

THE  Main  Entrance  is  on  Fourteenth  street,  through  the  tempo 
rary  building  erected  in  front  of  the  armory  of  the  22d  N.  Y.  State 
National  Guards. 

ON  THE  EIGHT  of  the  Main  Entrance  is  the  Indian  Department: 
ON  THE  LEFT  is  the  Department  of  Arms  and  Trophies. 

On  entering  the  main  building  by  the  central  door,  the  follow 
ing  is  the  order  of  departments  and  tables. 

SOUTH  SIDE— EIGHT  OF  MAIN  ENTRANCE. 
Jacob's  Well. 

Room  No.  3 — Hardware  and  Furnishing  Goods. 
Stall  44— Children's  Clothing. 
Room  No.  2 — Treasurer's  Department. 
Stall  43 — Broadway  Tabernacle. 
Room  No.  1 — Lingeries  and  Trimmings. 

SAME  SIDE — LEFT  OF  MAIN  ENTKANCE. 
Stall  for  the  sale  of  the  Spirit  of  the  Fair  newspaper. 
Room  No.  4 — Stationery  and  Printing. 
Stall  47 — Surgical  and  Optical  Instruments. 
Room  No.  5 — Sewing  Machines. 
Stall  48— Soda  Fountain. 
Executive  Committee  Room. 

NORTH  SIDE— FIFTEENTH  STREET 

(Beginning  at  "West  end). 

1st  Entrance  to  Machinery  and  Shipbuilder's  Department. 
Stall  36— Boots  and  Shoes. 
Stall  37 — Harness,  Bridles,  and  Leather  Goods. 
2d  Entrance  to  Machinery  Department. 
Stall  38— Dry  Goods. 
Stall  39— India  Rubber  Goods. 
3d  Entrance  to  Machinery  Department. 
Clothes-Wringing  Machine. 

EAST  WALL 
(Beginning  at  North  end). 
New  York  Fire  Department,  extending  half  the  length  of  the 

wall. 

Stall — Roman  Department. 

Entrance  to  Carriage  and  Agricultural  Department  and  Mathe 
matical  Instruments. 
Stall — Jewelry  and  Silver  Ware. 
Entrance  to  Wholesale  Departments  of 

Tobacco  and  Liquors, 
Paints,  Drugs  and  Perfumeries, 
Oils,  Soaps  and  Candles, 
Wholesale  and  retail  Groceries. 
These  conduct  to 

THE  RESTAURANT. 
From  which  two  flights  of  stairs  lead  to 

THE  DINING  SALOON. 
THE  CENTRE  OF  THE  MAIN  BUILDING 
is  occupied  by 

Floral  Temple,  and  Flower  Department. 

LIST  OF  TABLES  ON  MAIN  FLOOR. 
No.  1— N.  Y.  Turnverein. 
2 — -Furs,  Hats,  and  Caps. 
3— Porcelain  and  Glass. 
4 — Episcopal  Church  of  Resurrection. 
5 — Rev.  Mr.  Gantz's  Church. 
6 — St.  Matthew's.  Lutheran. 
7— Baptist. 
8— Buffalo. 
9 — Owego. 


10— New  Bedford. 

11 — 7th  Precinct  Police. 

12— Ohio. 

13— Staten  Island. 

14— Welsh  Church. 

15 — Hastings  on  Hudson. 

16 — Norwalk. 

17— Welsh  Church. 

18 — Westchester. 

19— Harlem. 

20— Methodist  Church. 

21 — Wholesale  Fancy  Goods. 

22— English  Cloths. 

23—    Do.        do. 

24 — Fancy  Goods  and  Waxwork. 

25 — Retail  Perfumery  and  Drugs. 

26 — Presbyterian  Church. 

27—        Do.  do. 

28 — Dutch  Reformed. 

29— Fancy  Goods—"  Excelsior." 

30— Children's  Clothing. 

31 — Parisian  Fancy  Goods. 

THE  PICTURE  GALLERY 

extends  along  the  West  end  of  the  main  building.     The  entrance 
is  from  Fourteenth  street,  the  most  Westerly  door.    At  one  end  is 

THE    GALLERY    OF    PHOTOGRAPHS    AND    ENGRAVINGS. 

THE  SECOND  STORY  MAIN  BUILDING 
is  reached  by  the  staircase  near  tho  Picture  Gallery,  and  is  divi 
ded  into  the  following  Departments : 

Room  No.  11 — Ladies'  Executive  Committee  Room. 

"        "    10 — Architectural   Ornaments,  Stained    Glass,  and 

Tapestries. 

"         "      9— Library  and  Book  Store. 
"         "7  and  8— Old  Curiosity  Shop. 
"        "     6 — Millinery  and  Dressmaking. 
Rooms  beyond — Furniture  and  Upholstery  Department. 
74 — Ladies'  Hair  Dressing  Department. 
73 — Mineral  Department. 

Dress  Cutting  Department. 

DOOR  TO  DINING  SALOON. 
The  floor  above  is  occupied  by  the  Photographic  Department. 


PLAN  OF  THE  UNION  SQUARE  BUILDING. 
The  main  entrances  are  on  the  South  side  of  the  two  wings  ad 
joining  the  Park. 

THE  EAST  WING  is  occupied  by 

THE  CHILDREN'S  DEPARTMENT. 

(Exhibition  in  this  department  each  day.) 

THE  CENTRAL  DIVISION  consists  of 

THE  MUSICAL  INSTRUMENT  DEPARTMENT 

(Two  Concerts  daily), 

and  the 

KNICKERBOCKER  KITCHEN. 
THE  WEST  WING  contains  the 

INTERNATIONAL  DEPARTMENT, 

containing  contributions  from  various  quarters  of  the  world.     In 
the  centre  of  this  building  is  a  fountain. 


THE  CATTLE  SHOW  connected  with  the  Fair  is  situated  in 
Fifteenth  street,  near  Seventh  avenue.  Among  tho  Contributions 
of  Stock  will  be  found 

A  White  Ox  from  Livingston  county,  weighing  3602  pounds — 
an  Alderney  Cow — a  Durham  Bull — Sheep — Shetland  Ponies  and 
Horses,  &c.,  &c. 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by  AUOOTTUB  E.  MiODOsor/OH,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  U.  S.,  for  the  Southern  DM.  of  N.T, 


52 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


ITEMS  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  FAIR. 

EVERY  DAT  AND  EVENING  since  the  grand  opening  of  the  FAIR,  the  build 
ings  on  Fourteenth  street  have  been  crowded — or  rather  packed — with  such 
a  mass  of  people  as  was  never  witnessed  in  this  city  before.  Every  inch  of 
space  was  occupied  ;  and  as  for  walking  about  or  getting  up  to  the  tables 
to  purchase,  it  was  simply  impossible.  The  helpless  individual  drifted 
hither  and  thither,  as  the  great  tide  of  people  moved  in  one  direction  or 
another,  waiting  patiently  for  some  lucky  chance  to  bring  him  where  he 
wished  to  go.  But  a  more  good-humored  crowd  was  never  seen.  The  la 
dies,  who,  in  the  dense  crowd,  failed  for  once  to  remind  one  of  Ovid's  pro 
phetic  description  of  a  belle  in  crinoline,  "Pars  minima  cut  ipsa  puella  xui," 
smiled  sweetly  in  reply  to  apologies  for  treading  on  their  pretty  dresses, 
and  even  the  calamity  of  a  crushed  bonnet  failed  to  excite  a  frown.  Of 
course  the  gentlemen  were  good-natured.  It  is  a  fact,  however,  which 
many  foreigners  have  noticed,  that  American  crowds  are  better  tempered 
than  those  of  European  cities.  They  adapt  themselves  more  easily  to 
circumstances  than  other  people,  and  only  laugh  where  an  Englishman 
would  get  angry.  In  Europe  a  strong  police  force  is  always  necessary  to 
preserve  order  in  such  assemblies,  while  with  us  a  crowd  keeps  orderly  as 
the  result  of  their  good  humor,  and  an  indisposition  to  quarrel  with  cir 
cumstances. 

Notwithstanding  the  dense  crowds,  and  the  difficulty  of  getting  at  the 
tables,  the  business  of  selling  has  been  very  large.  Money  appears  to  be 
plentiful,  and  as  the  temptations  to  spend  it  are  attractive  and  numerous, 
it  flows  in  a  pretty  steady  stream  from  the  visitors'  pockets  to  the  hands  of 
the  fair  attendants  at  the  tables.  We  shall  publish,  as  soon  as  they  can  be 
obtained  from  the  Treasurer,  full  and  authentic  accounts  of  the  sales  of 
the  week,  and  also  the  average  daily  attendance. 

TIIE  buildings  on  Union  Square,  which,  after  many  disappointments,  were 
thrown  open  to  the  public  on  Wednesday  evening,  have  attracted  their  full 
share  of  the  public  patronage.  A  pleasant  description  of  the  various  de 
partments  will  appear  early  next  week  in  our  columns. 

AT  the  Seventeenth  street  building,  the  table  presided  over  by  Miss 
Stevens  offers  the  novelty  of  a  cottage  for  sale — not  a  villa  a  la  Downing, 
with  room  for  cows  and  cascade,  but  a  model  of  something  quite  as  useful. 
It  is  a  building  twelve  feet  square,  which  can  be  put  up  in  thirty  minutes 
without  nail  or  screw  (like  Solomon's  temple  in  this),  and  serves  for  head 
quarters  or  office  in  the  field.  The  invention  is  that  of  Colonel  Andrews, 
of  the  25th  New  Jersey  volunteers,  who  gives  the  FAIR  the  value  of  six  or 
seven  thousand  dollars  in  250  shares  of  the  patent  for  it.  Such  cottages 
would  be  a  great  convenience  at  the  sea  side  and  in  the  country,  where 
houses  are  scarce  and  rent  is  high,  and  we  have  no  doubt  the  time  will 
come  when  city  families  going  into  the  country  will  pack  up  their  portable 
cottage  as  regularly  as  they  do  their  trunks. 

This  model  is  to  be  presented  to  Lieut. -General  Grant,  when  the  amount 
of  $1,000  is  raised  by  subscription. 

THE  CATTLE  Snow. — Visitors  must  not  forget  the  Cattle  Show  in  15th 
street,  near  7th  avenue,  in  the  rear  of  the  principal  building  of  the  FAIR. 
They  will  there  be  highly  gratified  by  seeing  the  finest  Ox  ever  exhibited 
in  the  United  States,  and  several  other  specimens  of  fine  stock. 

THE  INDIAN  DEPARTMENT. — Owing  to  the  great  desire  to  see  the  Indians, 
the  Committee  have  concluded  to  give  extra  performances.  Tickets,  25 
cents;  children  15  cents.  Season  tickets  admit  only  to  the  regular  per 
formances  announced  on  the  list. 

THE  Two  SWORDS,  in  the  Department  of  Arms  and  Trophies,  contribu 
ted  by  Messrs.  Tiffany  &  Co.,  for  presentation  to  the  military  and  naval 
officers  who  shall  receive  the  greatest  number  of  votes,  continue  to  excite 
•  great  interest  and  much  good-natured  rivalry  among  the  visitors  to  the 
FAIR.  The  contest  for  the  military  sword  lies  between  the  friends  of  Gen 
erals  Grant  and  McClcllan,  who  appear  to  be  about  equally  divided.  The 
book  in  which  visitors,  on  the  payment  of  one  dollar,  are  accorded  the 
privilege  of  expressing  their  preference,  is  in  a  constant  state  of  siege, 
and  the  progress  of  the  voting  is  watched  with  increasing  interest.  The 
naval  sword  draws  leas  attention.  Comparatively  few  names  having  been 
recorded  in  the  book,  and  thus  far  Admiral  Farragut  is  the  favorite,  Com 
modore  S.  C.  Rowan  coming  next  in  order. 


THE  FLAGS  of  the  Lady  Provost,  Chippewa,  Little  Belt,  Detroit, 
Hunter,  and  Queen  Charlotte,  remind  us  of  Perry's  noble  victory  on  Lake 
Erie,  but  this  victory  is  brought  before  us  still  more  vividly  by  the  flag 
which  hangs  between  the  two  posts,  nearest  the  entrance  inscribed  with 
the  historic  words  of  Lawrence  "  Dont  give  up  the  ship  ?  "  This  is  the  iden 
tical  flag  which  waved  on  board  the  flagship,  the  Lawrence,  during  the 
earlier  part  of  the  action,  and  was  carried  by  Perry,  when  she  became 
untenable,  in  a  boat  to  the  Niagara,  and  there  again  was  flung  to  the  breeze. 
Attached  to  this  flag  is  the  belt  of  the  gallant  Lawrence,  taken  from  him 
after  his  fatal  wound. 

In  like  manner,  the  flags  of  the  Chubb,  Beresford,  Linnet,  and  Confi- 
ance,  carry  us  back  to  that  day,  in  September,  1814,  when  on  Lake 
Champlain,  in  sight  of  Plattsburg,  McDonough  gained  his  great  victory. 

No.  688,  the  Royal  Standard  of  Great  Britain,  captured  by  Chauncey 
and  Pike,  reminds  us  of  the  capture  of  Toronto  by  our  combined  forces. 

There  are  many  other  flags  not  less  rich  in  associations.  Among  them 
those  of  the  Cyane  and  the  Levant,  captured  by  the  Constitution,  under 
Stewart,  the  noble  old  veteran,  who  still  lingers  among  us.  We  hope  he 
may  be  able  to  visit  this  most  interesting  collection,  and  see  once  again  the 
trophies  his  valor  contributed  to  win. 

Then  there  arc  the  flags  of  the  Penguin,  captured  by  the  Hornet,  those 
of  the  Highflyer,  by  the  President,  the  Algerine  frigate  Meshbo  by  the 
squadron  under  Decatur,  the  French  frigate  Berceau  by  the  Boston,  the 
Duke  of  Gloucester  by  the  Julia,  while  the  flag  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  cap 
tured  by  the  privateer  Chasseur  reminds  us  of  the  daring  of  our  "  guerillas 
of  the  sea." 


OUR  CONTRIBUTORS. 

As  many  purchasers  at  our  stand  at  the  FAIR  have  requested  to  know 
if  the  articles  in  the  SPIRIT  OK  THE  FAIR  are  all  original,  we  beg  dis 
tinctly  to  state  that  no  matter  whatever  is  admitted  into  our  columns,  that 
has  ever  been  published  before.  Our  distinguished  literary  friends,  when 
applied  to,  immediately  responded  to  our  wishes  to  furnish  original  con 
tributions,  and  we  may  add  that  many  of  them  never  before  offered  litera 
ry  matter  without  pecuniary  remuneration.  Why  indeed  should  they  ? 
The  writer  has  as  much  right  to  the  proceeds  of  his  pen  as  has  the  Artist 
to  his  pictures,  or  the  mechanic  to  the  works  of  his  handicraft.  This 
great  FAIR,  however,  is  a  magic  wand  at  whose  touch  Art,  Literature,  Sci 
ence,  and  Mechanical  Industry  bow  in  reverent  love — a  love  which  refuses 
to  be  contaminated  by  contact  with  the  lucre  of  selfish  gain.  Below  we 
give  the  list  of  our  contributors,  and  can  only  assure  our  readers  that 
they  are  genuine,  although  we  do  charge  but  10  cents  for  the  perusal  of 
their  literary  offerings.  There  are  Poems  alone  which  would  readily  bring 
their  authors  thousands  of  dollars,  if  contributed  to  other  literary  channels. 
We  mention  these  facts  to  explain  why  and  how  it  is  that  we  have  been 
able  to  enlist  the  services  of  some  of  our  most  distinguished  writers  for 
our  newspaper. 

We  append  the  following  list  of  Original  Contributors : 

William  Cullen  Bryant,  Gen.  John  A.  Dix, 

Hon.  George  Bancroft,  James  Russell  Lowell, 

John  P.  Kennedy,  Count  De  Gasparin, 

Moncton  Milnes  (Lord  Houghton),  Bayard  Taylor, 

Donald  G.  Mitchell,  George  W.  Curtis, 

Dr.  Coggswell,  Richard  H.  Dana,  Jr., 

Geo.  H.  Boker,  T.  W.  Parsons, 

Fred'k.  S.  Cozzens,  Chas.  G.  Leland, 

Mrs.  Fanny  Kemble,  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Akers,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Kirkland, 

H.  T.  Tuckcrman,  Dr.  J.  P.  Thompson, 

Dr.  Sam'l.  Osgood,  Fitz  Greene  Halleck, 

Theodore  Tilton, 
and  many  other  eminent  writers  and  anonymous  contributors. 


WE  would  call  the  attention  of  visitors  at  the  FAIR  to  the  Photographic 
Department.  Though  up  stairs  and  a  little  out  of  the  way,  it  amply  repays 
the  trouble  of  finding  it  out.  Mr.  Gurney  will  be  happy  to  take  the  faces 
of  his  visitors  in  the  handsomest  style,  and  will  turn  the  proceeds  over  to 
the  FAIR. 


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53 


AMERICAN  FAIRS. 

BT   HON.    CHARLES   P.    DALY. 

THE  institution  familiarly  known  from  the  middle  ages  by  the  term  Fair 
was  introduced  into  this  country  by  the  Dutch,  and  the  first  one  was  held 
in  this  city,  on  the  site  of  the  present  Bowling  Green,  in  1648,  two  hun 
dred  and  twenty-six  years  ago.  This  spot  was  then,  as  it  is  now,  a  trian 
gular  space,  situated  upon  an  elevated  ridge,  which  extended  northwardly, 
forming  a  highway  (the  present  Broadway)  to  the  gate  of  the  city  wall, 
(the  present  Wall  street,)  and  at  the  southern  extremity  of  it  stood  a  fort, 
commanding  the  approaches  to  the  city,  immediately  in  front  of  which  the 
fair  was  held.  It  was  opened  on  the  Monday  following  the  feast  of  St. 
Bartholomew  (24th  of  August),  lasted  ten  days,  and  was  carried  on,  as  far 
as  the  limited  resources  of  the  colony  admitted,  in  the  same  manner  as  was 
tnen  customary  in  the  fairs  of  the  Netherlands.  Tents  were  erected  for 
the  use  of  such  persons  as  had  produce  or  merchandise  to  sell.  The  privi 
lege  of  participating  was  freely  granted  to  all,  and  no  person  was  allowed 
to  be  arrested  for  debt  while  the  fair  lasted,  unless  the  debt  had  been  con 
tracted  there.  The  principal  currency  used  in  buying  and  selling  was 
beaver  skins,  and  the  Indian  money  called  wampum,  composed  of  strings 
of  small  colored  beads  or  shells,  that  being  the  currency  then  chiefly  in 
use.  This  annual  fair,  or  Kermis,  as  the  Dutch  termed  it,  was  continued  for 
many  years  on  the  same  spot,  thereafter  called  the  Market  Field,  and 
which  was  used  as  a  public  market  from  1684  until  the  open  space  was 
enclosed  and  formed  into  a  "  Green,"  in  1733.  Upon  the  conquest  of  the 
city  by  the  English,  in  1664,  the  '-Kermis,"  or  Dutch  fair,  was  discon 
tinued;  but  in  1671  an  annual  fair  was  instituted  by  the  English,  and  in 
1792  an  act  was  passed  establishing  a  permanent  fair  in  this  city,  "'with 
all  the  liberties  and  free  customs  appertaining  to  fairs  in  England."  It  was 
held  twice  every  year,  in  the  months  of  April  and  November,  and  certain 
persons  were  commissioned  as  governors,  to  whom  its  entire  management 
and  control  were  committed,  with  full  authority  overevery  thing  and  every 
person  connected  with  it.  It  was  opened  at  eight  in  the  morning  by  pub 
lic  proclamation,  closed  with  the  same  ceremony  at  sunset,  and  lasted  upon 
each  occasion  for  the  period  of  four  days.  It  was  free  to  all  trading  in 
grain,  cattle,  provisions,  or  any  kind  of  merchandise,  a  toll  being  exacted 
upon  the  entrance  and  sale  of  horses,  but  as  respects  everything  else  no 
toll  or  charge  was  required.  This  fair,  during  the  four  days  of  its  con 
tinuance,  presented  a  most  active  and  busy  scene.  Occurring  at  the  pe 
riods  just  after  the  opening  and  immediately  before  the  closing  of  naviga 
tion,  the  farmers  from  the  surrounding  country  brought  their  surplus  pro 
duce  for  sale,  and  laid  in  their  stock  of  necessaries  for  the  ensuing  half 
year.  The  dealers  in  peltries  from  the  more  distant  parts  of  the  province 
brought  thither  their  beaver  skins  and  other  peltries  to  dispose  of.  The 
resident  traders  of  the  city,  each  in  his  separate  booth  or  tent,  presented 
an  assortment  of  the  merchandise  in  which  he  dealt,  while  the  tavern  keepers 
and  others  who  opened  their  houses  during  the  period  for  the  entertainment 
of  guests,  reaped  a  plentiful  harvest  during  the  few  days  that  the  fair  lasted. 

Attached  to  this  fair  was  a  curious  institution  called  the  Court  of  Pie- 
powder,  derived  from  two  French  words,  "pied"  (foot)  and  "powlreux" 
(dusty),  which  Phillips,  an  old  lexicographer,  tells  us  had  reference  to  the 
dusty  appearance  of  the  suitors  before  it,  whose  grievances  were  promptly 
heard  and  disposed  of  before  they  could  shake  the  dust  from  their  feet. 
This  court,  which  sat  constantly  while  the  fair  lasted,  was  held  by  one  of 
the  governors,  and  had  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  every  matter  arising  at  the 
fair,  whether  it  related  to  disputes  in  buying  and  selling,  or  to  offences  against 
good  rule  and  order ;  the  court  having  power  to  arrest  parties,  to  enforce 
its  decisions  upon  the  spot,  and  to  punish  offences  by  fine  and  imprison 
ment.  No  one  could  be  heard  before  it  but  the  parties  themselves,  lawyers 
being  expressly  excluded,  and  from  its  judgments  there  was  no  appeal. 

The  necessity  for  these  semiannual  fairs  diminished  as  the  markets  of 
the  city  came,  by  increased  facilities  for  travelling,  to  be  more  regularly 
supplied,  and  traders  and  store  keepers  began  to  set  up  business  in  the 
different  villages  and  towns  of  the  province,  procuring  what  they  wanted 
for  the  purposes  of  trade  from  the  larger  merchants  of  the  city,  so  that  in 
tune  the  necessity  for  these  fairs  ceased  entirely,  and  they  had  disappeared 
long  before  the  Revolution 

The  Irish  emigrants  who  settled  Londonderry,  in  New  Hampshire,  intro 


duced  about  the  middle  of  the  last  century  an  annual  fair,  after  the  manner 
of  the  parent  country,  in  which  several  days  were  devoted,  not  only  to  the 
sale  or  exchange  of  commodities,  but  to  athletic  sports,  games  and  amuse 
ments,  and  though  continued  by  them  and  their  descendants  for  many 
years,  the  institution  never  took  root  in  New  England. 

There  are  three  kinds  of  fairs,  all  known  by  the  same  general  term,  but 
each  differing  essentially  from  the  other.  The  first  and  the  oldest  is  a  gather 
ing  periodically  of  merchants  and  traders  at  some  fixed  place  for  the  sale  or 
interchange  of  commodities,  with  which  are  united  festivities  and  various 
sports  and  amusements  for  the  entertainment  of  the  large  body  of  people 
brought  together  upon  such  occasions.  This  description  of  fair  has  existed 
as  a  necessity  in  nearly  all  large  countries  in  the  earlier  stages  of  national 
development,  or  in  which  population  is  sparse,  or  travelling,  except  in  large 
companies,  is  difficult  or  dangerous.  It  has  prevailed  in  Asia  from  time 
immemorial ;  was  found  in  Mexico  and  Peru  upon  the  invasion  of  the  Span 
iard  ;  is  traceable  in  Europe  beyond  the  sixth  century,  and  at  one  period 
was  in  general  use  over  every  part  of  it,  and  still  reigns  in  the  eastern  por 
tion,  the  fair  of  Nisi  Novogorod,  in  Russia,  bringing  together  even  at  the 
present  day  nearly  half  a  million  of  people.  The  second  kind  is  that  exhi 
bition  of  the  products  of  domestic  or  national  industry,  which  in  this  coun 
try  and  Great  Britain  is  called  a  Fair,  but  in  other  countries  is  more  properly 
designated  an  Industrial  Exhibition.  As  an  institution  it  is  of  a  far  higher 
character  than  the  former,  and  is  of  comparatively  recent  origin.  Its  object 
is  to  advance  the  industrial  interests  of  a  people  by  collecting  together  and 
presenting  in  the  form  of  a  general  exhibition  the  best  specimens  of  the 
various  products  of  the  national  industry,  that  a  knowledge  of  the  exact 
state  of  the  progress  which  has  been  made  in  the  useful  arts  may  be  widely 
diffused  among  the  people,  and  to  create,  by  the  bestowal  of  rewards  and 
premiums,  a  spirit  of  emulation  and  competition  that  will  lead  to  still 
greater  excellence,  promote  new  inventions,  or  the  discovery  of  better 
methods.  It  originated  in  France  from  an  experiment  made  by  the  Marquis 
D'Arcy,  in  1788,  the  success  of  which  induced  Neufchatcau,  the  Minister  of 
the  Interior,  to  organize  it  in  the  form  of  a  permanent  national  exhibition, 
which  has  been  regularly  given  at  Paris  from  that  time  to  the  present,  at  the 
expense  of  the  Government,  usually  at  intervals  of  four  or  five  years ;  each 
display  exceeding  the  preceding  one  in  extent,  variety,  and  interest.  France 
has  had  thirteen  of  these  great  national  industrial  exhibitions,  the  first  of 
which,  in  1798,  occupied  three  days,  and  the  last  over  two  months,  and 
another  is  to  be  given  thus  year.  At  the  first  there  were  110  exhibitors; 
at  the  exhibition  of  1855,  20,709. 

The  last  description  of  Fair  is  for  a  charitable  or  benevolent  object,  in 
which  all  the  articles  are  contributed  gratuitously,  and  sold  by  ladies,  who 
voluntarily  attend  for  the  purpose,  the  proceeds,  after  the  payment  of  ex 
penses,  being  devoted  to  the  charitable,  benevolent,  or  public  purpose  in  aid 
of  which  the  fair  is  undertaken.  In  England  this  kind  of  fair  has  been 
called  a  charity  bazaar,  and  has  been  used  as  a  means  for  promoting  be 
nevolent  objects  for  at  least  a  century,  and  probably  much  longer.  It  has 
been  more  extensively  resorted  to  in  this  country  than  in  any  other.  The 
present  fair  embraces  more  than  has  hitherto  been  attempted  in  fairs  of  this 
kind.  It  includes  not  only  the  sale  of  articles  of  every  variety,  but  also  a 
collection  of  works  of  art,  rare  curiosities,  many  things  of  historical  and 
antiquarian  value,  loaned  for  the  purpose  of  exhibition,  to  enhance  the  gen 
eral  interest  of  the  spectacle,  to  which  are  added  different  kinds  of  amuse 
ment,  thus  combining  a  greater  extent  and  variety  of  attraction  than  has 
before  been  united  hi  such  undertakings. 


THE  POET. 
Amid  the  factions  of  the  field  of  life, 

The  poet  held  his  little  neutral  ground, 
And  they  who  mixed  the  deepest  in  the  strife, 

Their  evening  way  to  his  seclusion  found. 

There  meeting  oft  th'  antagonists  of  the  day, 
Who,  near,  in  mute  defiance  seemed  to  stand, 

He  said  what  neither  would  be  first  to  say, 
And,  having  spoken,  left  them  hand  in  hand. 

HOUOHTON. 


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1PIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


SPIEIT  OF  THE  FAIK. 


NEW    YORK,    SATURDAY,    APRIL    9,    1864. 


NEW   YORK. 

BY  JAMES  FEXIMOBE  COOPER. 
(Continued.) 

THE  territory  of  the  United  States  is  strictly  subject  to  the 
Government.  The  only  clause  in  the  Constitution  which 
refers  to  this  interest  conveys  that  meaning.  But,  were  the 
instrument  silent,  the  power  would  remain  the  same.  Sov 
ereignty  of  this  nature  is  not  determined  by  municipal  law,  but 
by  the  law  of  nations.  Thus,  for  instance,  the  right  to  make  war, 
which  is  inherent  in  every  state  of  foreign  relations,  infers  the 
right  to  secure  its  conquests ;  and  that  clause  of  the  Constitution 
which  declares  that  the  war-making  power  shall  abide  in  Congress, 
says,  at  the  same  time,  by  an  unavoidable  implication,  that  the 
national  legislature  shall  have  all  authority  to  control  the  conse 
quences  of  this  war.  It  may  dispose  of  its  prisoners  and  its  con 
quests  according  to  its  own  views  of  policy  and  justice,  subject  only 
to  the  great  principles  that  modern  civilization  has  introduced  into 
public  concerns. 

One  can  understand  why  a  different  theory  is  in  favor  at  the 
South.  It  would  be  very  convenient,  no  doubt,  to  the  slaveholder 
to  be  permitted  to  transfer  his  slaves  to  the  gold  diggings,  and  gather 
the  precious  metal  in  lieu  of  a  crop  of  cotton.  But  this,  the  policy  of 
the  whole  country  forbids.  Congress  has  very  justly  left  the  deci 
sion  of  this  very  important  matter  to  the  people  of  California 
itself;  and  they  have  almost  unanimously  raised  their  voices 
against  the  measure.  This,  after  all,  is  the  really  sore  point  in 
controversy  between  the  South  and  the  North.  The  fugitive  slave 
has  been,  and  will  be  given  up  to  the  legal  claims  of  his  master ; 
and,  in  a  vast  majority  of  the  people  of  the  North,  there  is  no  dis 
position  to  disturb  the  legislative  compromise  that  has  been  made 
of  this  matter.  It  is  true  that  the  North  still  owes  the  South  a 
great  deal  more,  though  it  may  be  questioned  if  the  machinations 
of  demagogues  and  the  ravings  of  fanaticism  will  permit  it  to  dis 
charge  the  obligation.  Penal  laws  should  be  passed,  punishing 
those  who  meddle  with  this  grave  interest  out  of  the  limits  of  the 
State  in  which  the  parties  reside ;  and  energy  should  be  shown  in 
rendering  such  an  act  of  justice  effective  and  sure.  Good-neigh 
borhood,  alone,  would  exact  some  such  provision  from  every  well- 
disposed  community,  and  there  cannot  be  a  doubt  that  good  policy 
coincides.  The  abolitionists,  beyond  a  dispute,  have  only  had  a 
tendency  to  rivet  the  fetters  of  the  slave,  and  to  destroy  the  peace 
of  the  country.  Emancipation  has  not  been  extended  a  single  foot 
by  any  of  their  projects ;  while  the  whole  South  has  been  thrown 
into  an  attitude  of  hostile  defiance,  not  only  towards  these  mis 
guided  persons,  but  to  their  innocent  and  disgusted  fellow-citizens. 
There  might  bo  a  hope  that  the  well-intentioned  portion  of  these 
people,  and  it  is  both  numerous  and  respectable,  could  be  induced 
to  adopt  a  wiser  mode  of  procedure,  were  it  not  that  dissolute 
politicians,  who  care  only  for  the  success  of  parties,  and  who  make 
a  stalking-horse  of  philanthropy,  as  they  would  of  religion  or  pa 
triotism,  or  any  other  extended  feeling  that  happened  to  come 
within  their  influence,  interpose  their  sinister  schemes  to  keep 
agitation  alive  for  their  benefit.  This,  then,  is  the  actual  state  of 
things,  as  between  the  North  and  the  South  ;  and  we  will  take  a 
hasty  view  of  its  probable  consequences  on  the  growth  and  com 
merce  of  the  towns  at  the  mouth  of  the  Hudson. 

It  is  undeniable  that  any  serious  derangement  of  the  political 


institutions  of  the  country,  would  produce  a  very  injurious  effect 
on  its  prosperity  generally ;  and  perhaps  in  its  immediate  influ 
ence,  primarily  on  its  commerce.  But  the  first  reverses  of  such  a 
calamity  overcome,  we  do  not  see  reason  for  believing  that  the 
well-established  principle,  that  trade  will  make  its  own  laws, 
should  not  apply  to  these  towns  as  well  as  to  any  other  place 
known  in  the  history  of  the  world.  New  York,  as  has  already 
been  intimated,  at  this  moment  contributes  quite  as  much  to  the 
prosperity  of  London,  as  it  would  probably  have  done  had  the 
political  connection  between  England  and  her  colonies  never  been 
severed.  Making  allowances  for  the  greater  prosperity  induced 
by  the  political  independence  of  America,  it  is  not  improbable  that 
she  even  contributes  more.  Society  and  trade  enact  their  own 
laws.  The  first  is  found  to  be  mainly  independent  of  the  influence 
of  political  power,  and  the  same,  with  certain  qualifications,  may 
be  said  to  be  equally  true  of  the  last. 

But  we  see  little  to  apprehend  from  this  source  of  danger.  If 
the  slave-holding  interest  would  be  rendered  really  more  secure  by 
separation  or  secession,  then,  indeed,  such  a  result  might  be  looked 
for  with  some  degree  of  confidence.  But  it  is  very  certain  that 
the  measure  would  lead  to  an  escape  of  most  of  the  slaves  near 
the  northern  frontiers  of  the  Southern  Confederacy,  as  well  as  of 
a  vast  number  of  those  who  live  at  a  greater  distance  from  what 
would  probably  be  the  dividing  line.  The  North  has  been  aroused 
to  the  necessity  of  being  just,  and  of  adhering  to  the  conditions 
of  the  Constitution  ;  and  the  recent  measures  of  the  country  go  to 
prove  there  is  no  real  disposition,  in  the  masses,  to  do  otherwise. 
The  attachment  to  the  Union  is  very  strong  and  general  through 
out  the  whole  of  this  vast  country,  and  it  is  only  necessary  to  ' 
sound  the  tocsin  to  bring  to  its  maintenance  a  phalanx  equal  to 
uphold  its  standard  against  the  assaults  of  any  enemies.  The  im 
possibility  of  the  North-western  States  consenting  that  the  mouth 
of  the  Mississippi  should  bo  held  by  a  foreign  power,  is  in  itself 
a  guaranty  of  the  long  existence  of  the  present  political  ties. 
Then,  the  increasing  and  overshadowing  power  of  the  nation  is  of 
a  character  so  vast,  so  exciting,  so  attractive,  so  well  adapted  to 
carry  with  it  popular  impulses,  that  men  become  proud  of  the 
name  of  American,  and  feel  unwilling  to  throw  away  the  distinc 
tion  for  any  of  the  minor  considerations  of  local  policy.  Every 
man  sees  and  feels  that  a  state  is  rapidly  advancing  to  maturity 
which  must  reduce  the  pretensions  of  even  ancient  Rome  to 
supremacy,  to  a  secondary  place  in  the  estimation  of  mankind.  A 
century  will  unquestionably  place  the  United  States  of  America 
prominently  at  the  head  of  civilized  nations,  unless  their  people 
throw  away  their  advantages  by  their  own  mistakes — the  only 
real  danger  they  have  to  apprehend :  and  the  mind  clings  to  this 
hope  with  a  buoyancy  and  fondness  that  are  becoming  profoundly 
national.  Wo  have  a  thousand  weaknesses,  and  make  many  blun 
ders,  beyond  a  doubt,  as  a  people ;  but  where  shall  we  turn  to 
find  a  parallel  to  our  progress,  our  energy,  and  increasing  power  ? 
That  which  it  has  required  centuries,  in  other  regions,  to  effect,  is 
here  accomplished  in  a  single  life;  and  the  student  in  history  finds 
the  results  of  all  his  studies  crowded  as  it  might  be  into  the  inci 
dents  of  the  day. 

A  great  deal  that  has  been  done  among  us  of  late,  doubtless 
remains  to  be  undone ;  but  we  are  accustomed  to  changes  of  this 
nature,  and  they  do  not  seem  to  be  accompanied  by  the  same  dan 
ger  here  as  elsewhere.  The  people  have  yet  to  discover  that  the 
seeming  throes  of  liberty  are  nothing  but  the  breath  of  their  mas 
ters,  the  demagogues ;  and  that  at  the  very  moment  when  they 
are  made  to  appear  to  have  the  greatest  influence  on  public  affairs, 
they  really  exercise  the  least.  Here,  in  our  view,  is  the  great  dan 
ger  to  the  country — which  is  governed,  in  fact,  not  by  its  people, 


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aa  is  pretended,  but  by  factions  that  are  themselves  controlled 
most  absolutely  by  the  machinations  of  the  designing.  A  hundred 
thousand  electors,  under  the  present  system  of  caucuses  and  con 
ventions,  are  just  as  much  wielded  by  command  as  a  hundred 
thousand  soldiers  in  the  field ;  and  the  wire-pullers  behind  the 
scenes  can  as  securely  anticipate  the  obedience  of  their  agents,  as 
the  members  of  the  bureaux  in  any  cabinet  in  Europe  can  look 
with  confidence  to  the  compliance  of  their  subordinates.  Party  is 
the  most  potent  despot  of  the  times.  Its  very  irresponsibility 
gives  it  an  energy  and  weight  that  overshadows  the  regular  action 
of  government.  And  thus  it  is,  that  we  hear  men,  in  their  places 
in  the  national  legislature,  boasting  of  their  allegiance  to  its  inter 
ests  and  mandates,  instead  of  referring  their  duties  to  the  country. 
All  large  commercial  towns  are,  in  tlieir  nature,  national  in 
feeling.  The  diversity  and  magnitude  of  their  interests  are  cer 
tain  to  keep  them  so ;  and,  as  we  have  already  said,  New  York 
forms  no  exception  to  the  rule.  She  belongs  already  more  to  the 
country  than  she  does  to  the  State,  and  every  day  has  a  tendency 
to  increase  this  catholic  disposition  among  the  votaries  of  com 
merce. 

(To  be  continued.} 


THE  DUKE'S  EXEQUY. 
ARRAS,  A.  D.,  1404. 

CLOTHED  in  sable,  crowned  with  gold, 
All  his  wars  and  councils  ended, 
Philip  lay,  surnamed  The  Bold  : 
Passing-bell  his  quittance  tolled, 
And  the  chant  of  priests  ascended. 

Mailed  Knights  and  archers  stand, 
Thronging  in  the  church  of  Arras ; 
Nevermore  at  his  command 
Shall  they  scour  the  Netherland, 
Nevermore  the  outlaws  harass. 

Naught  is  left  of  his  array 

Save  a  barren  territory  ; 

Forty  years  of  generous  sway 
Sped  his  princely  hoards  away, 

Bartered  all  his  gold  for  glory. 

Forth  slept  Flemish  Margaret  then, 
Striding  toward  the  silent  ashes ; 
And  the  eyes  of  armed  men 
Fill  with  startled  wonder,  when 
On  the  bier  her  girdle  clashes  ! 

Swift  she  drew  it  from  her  waist, 
And  the  purse  and  keys  it  carried 

On  the  ducal  coffin  placed ; 

Then  with  proud  demeanor  faced 
Sword  and  shield  of  him  she  married. 

"  No  encumbrance  of  the  dead 
Must  the  living  clog  for  ever ; 

From  thy  debts  and  dues,"  she  said, 
"  From  the  liens  of  thy  bed, 
We  this  day  our  line  dissever. 

"  From  thy  hand  we  gain  release 
Know  all  present  by  this  token ! 
Let  the  dead  repose  in  peace, 
Let  the  claims  upon  us  cease 
When  the  ties  that  bound  are  broken. 


"  Philip,  we  have  loved  thee  long, 
But,  in  years  of  future  splendor, 

Burgundy  shall  count  among 

Bravest  deeds  of  tale  and  song 
This,  our  widowhood's  surrender." 

Back  the  stately  Duchess  turned, 
While  the  priests  and   friars  chanted, 

And  the  swinging  incense  burned  : 

Thus  by  feudal  rite  was  earned 
Greatness  for  a  race  undaunted. 

EDMOND  G.  STEDMAN. 


A  PAIR  OF  PIGEONS. 

A   8TOEY   BT   AN   OLD   SOLDIER   OF   THE   AEMT   OF   THE   POTOMAC. 
BY  FREDERIC  8.   COZZEN8. 

I  SHALL  begin  with  a  portrait.  It  is  my  own — at  full  length. 
Observe  the  chiaro-oscuro  ! 

Imagine  a  Siblcy  tent,  with  its  littlo  conical  stove  in  the  cen 
tre,  and  a  long  popgun  of  a  pipe  running  up  beside  the  tent  pole, 
until  its  head  gets  out  of  the  tent  hole  at  the  top,  where  it  puffs 
forth  a  slender  whirl  of  blue  smoke,  like  the  whiff  of  a  segar ;  and 
from  the  opening  around  the  pipe  a  tender  light,  like  a  halo,  en 
ters  the  tent,  descends,  touches  gently  its  canvas  sides,  and  falls  in 
a  round  disk  of  sunlight  on  the  floor.  Within  that  disk — but  I 
anticipate. 

This  Sibley,  with  a  few  others  and  a  whole  brigade  of  shelter 
tents,  stands  upon  a  hillside  ;  and  in  the  valley  below  it  you  see 
the  half-frozen  runnels  of  a  brook  winding  about  till  they  are  lost 
in  a  shaggy  ravine,  from  the  teeth  of  which  they  emerge  through 
a  fringe  of  icicles ;  the  waters  break  into  mist,  and,  falling  still 
lower  down  into  a  rocky  hollow,  sweep  around  the  boles  of  the 
few  pine  trees  left  in  the  valley,  and  glide  out  of  sight.  Around 
you  on  every  side  is  an  open  waste  of  what  was  once  woodland ; 
hillside  after  hillside  dotted  with  stumps  of  trees,  yet  white  from 
the  axe,  and  farther  on,  before  you,  on  the  edge  of  the  last  de 
scending  slope,  you  get  momentary  glimpses  of  a  broad  river,  with 
the  wicked  outworks  of  the  enemy  on  the  opposite  side  thereof. 

My  company  is  on  picket,  many  miles  away  ;  but  the  surgeon 
says  I  can't  report  for  duty  yet.  'Cause  why  ?  'Cause  I've  had 
the  typhoid ! 

Within  the  disk  of  sunlight  on  the  tent  floor  is  a  pair  of  old 
shoes,  with  the  toes  on  the  ground,  and  the  heels  pointing  to  the 
place  where  the  smoke  goes  out.  Them's  mine.  In  continuation 
is  a  pair  of  regulation  army-blue  trousers,  reinforced  for  cavalry, 
and  the  reinforcement  looking,  so  to  speak,  at  the  same  hole  to 
which  my  shoe  heels  are  pointing.  Them's  mine.  Just  above  the 
hind  buttons  is  part  of  an  old  pair  of  sutler  suspenders,  and  above 
these  a  faded  cavalry  jacket,  trimmed  with  tattered  yellow  worst 
ed  braid,  a  brace  of  waste  frogs  to  hold  up  the  sword  belt,  two 
round,  whitish  spaces,  where  my  old  shoulder  blades  play  like  a 
couple  of  broken  steamboat  paddles,  and  the  whole  embroidered 
with  the  shifting  shadows  of  the  smoke  above  in  as  many  patterns 
as  a  brigadier's  cloak  sleeve.  (I'm  so  sensitive  now,  that  I  can 
feel  them  shadows.)  That's  my  jacket.  And  just  peeping  out  of 
the  collar  of  that  jacket  is  the  back  of  an  old  head,  sheared  as 
close  as  the  shears  could  cleave  to  the  skull  skin.  That's  my  head. 
In  fact,  it  is  me,  a  soldier  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  that's  in 
side  of  all  these  things — except  my  head — lying  on  my — bed,  made 
of  a  couple  of  feed  bags  stuffed  with  quartermaster's  hay,  and  writ 
ing  this  communication  with  a  Jew's  ever-pointed  silver  lead  pen 
cil,  on  the  top  of  an  old  candle  box. 


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SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


But  if  you  was  to  see  mo  inside  of  my  old  uniform,  you 
wouldn't  think  I  belonged  to  it.  It  used  to  be  too  tight  for  me — 
but  now  ?  oh  ray !  I  could  crawl  through  one  of  my  own  regula 
tion  legs !  A'n't  I  thin !  Why,  when  I  look  in  my  pocket-glass, 
I  find  I'm  pretty  much  all  ears.  My  face  has  caved  so  with  the 
typhoid,  and  as  for  my  eyes?  why,  they  a'n't  nothing  but  a  couple 
of  holes. 

O  Emily!  Emily!  dear  saint  in  heaven !  It's  all  owing  to  that 
pair  of  pigeons!  Once  I  was  happy,  and  had  a  wife.  Once  I  was 
happy,  and  had  a  boy.  Where  are  they  now  ? 


ing? 


"  And  if  thou  should'st  ask  who  this  heart  has  in  kcepi 

And  why  every  moment  is  shrouded  with  care  ? 
And  why  nil  my  gladness  is  changed  into  weeping  ? 
Go  ask  the  cold  grave — for  my  idol  is  there  !  " 

I'm  in  one  of  my  moods  now,  and  when  I  am,  I  always  quote 
poetry — I  often  feel 

•  like  the  wretch,  whose  fever-weakened  joints, 


Like  strengthlcss  hinges,  buckle  under  life, 
Impatient  of  his  iit." 

It  does  me  good  to  quote  poetry — it  sort  of  soothes  me.  It's 
like  a  pipe.  Oh,  how  a  pipe  does  gild  and  color  a  soldier's 
dreams !  But  I  can't  smoke  now.  'Cause  why  ?  'Cause  I've  had 
the  typhoid !  But  I  take  to  poetry  instead.  It's  milder,  and  eases 
off  things. 

" 0  Octavian  ! 


Where  are  the  times  thy  ardent  nature  painted  ? 

When  fortune  smiled  upon  thy  lusty  youth, 

And  all  was  sunshine?     When  the  looked-for  years 

Were  gayly  decked  with  fancy's  imagery ; 

While  the  high  blood  ran  frolic  through  thy  veins, 

And  boyhood  made  them  sanguine  ?     Let  them  vanish ! 

Prosperity's  a  cheat,  Despair  is  honest, 

And  will  stick  by  me  steadily." 

Some  people  may  think,  when  they  read  this  communication, 
that  it  is  written  by  a  person  who  never  had  any  education,  ex 
cept  a  few  scraps  of  poetry  ?  They're  mistaken.  I  talk  this  way 
because  I'm  not  a  public  man,  but  a  private  soldier.  There  was  a 
time  when  I  used  as  good  language  as  anybody ;  but  habit  is  sec 
ond  nature,  and  now  I  talk  as  soldier*  do.  I  once  went  to  college ; 
but  a  fellah  finds,  after  he's  been  bucked  and  gagged,  and  made  a 
spread-eagle  of  on  a  cannon  wheel,  and  stood  up  on  a  pork  barrel, 
or  made  to  carry  a  log  on  his  shoulder  for  twenty-four  hours  at  a 
time,  that  his  Greek  and  Latin  slips  out  of  his  system  like  mercury 
out  of  a  broken  barometer. 

Why  do  I  say,  "  them's  mine,"  instead  of  the  appropriate  way 
of  doing  things?  Why,  because  I've  learned,  for  over  two  years, 
a  new  vocabulary.  I  prefer  it  to  the  old  one.  It's  an  easier  way 
of  talking,  and  who  cares?  I  did  not  like  it  at  first,  when  the 
boys  used  to  say:  " How  are  you,  white  top?"  I  thought  they 
should  be  more  respectful  to  a  few  gray  hairs.  But  now  I  don't 
mind  it ;  in  fact,  I  don't  hear  it  much.  There  is  many  a  white 
top  now  to  keep  me  company.  The  army  has  grown  gray  very 
fast  since  I  entered  it. 

I  can  say  what  no  man  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  can  say — 
I  entered  it  as  a  first  lieutenant,  and  now  I'm  leaving  it  as  a  full 
private.  How  did  I  get  this  Irish  hoist?  Principally  by  being  in 
the  way  of  promotion — for  drinking.  And  why  did  I  drink  ?  To 
keep  away  grief,  my  lads.  I  entered  the  service  when  about  one 
half  the  regiments  were  commanded  by  country  schoolmasters, 
small  country  storekeepers,  country  lawyers,  and  German  adven 
turers.  My  colonel  was  of  a  different  type ;  he  was  a  regular,  out- 


and-out  old  speculator.  He  had  bought  up  a  lot  of  country  horses ; 
most  of  them,  from  appearance,  I  should  say,  were  the  antiquities 
of  some  city  omnibus  establishment,  turned  out  to  grass,  for  they 
were  hoof-hammered  up  to  their  knees;  and  these  were  inter 
spersed  with  a  variety  of  shaggy  farm  colts,  with  here  and  there  a 
hard-looking  trotter  a  good  deal  touched  with  the  spaviu.  lie 
had  offered  this  choice  collection  to  the  Government  (having  a 
friend  in  a  former  functionary  of  the  War  Department),  but  was 
told  the  Government  could  not  buy  them,  because  there  were  no 
men  to  ride  them ;  but  if  ho  would  raise  a  cavalry  regiment,  the 
horses  would  be  taken  as  fast  as  they  were  mounted.  That  was 
the  way  our  colonel  got  his  commission — he  commenced  his  cam 
paign  by  speculating  in  horses,  and  ended  it  by  retiring  as  a  colo 
nel  of  cavalry.  I  understood  that  he  made  a  good  thing  of  it ;  and 
know  that  he  never  served  his  country  better  than  when  he  sent 
in  his  resignation.  When  I  entered  the  service,  I  was  first  lieu 
tenant  in  company  II,  of  that  good  old  colonel's  regiment.  Like 
his  speculative  horses,  the  army  was  a  sort  of  miscellaneous  affair. 
New  levies  coming  in,  old  levies  going  out,  some  of  them  three 
months'  men,  and  invalids  sick  of  the  war.  All  was  disorder,  con 
fusion,  license !  By  and  by  Little  Mac  straightened  things  out.  I 
know  he  straightened  me  out.  I  never  before  felt  the  heavy  hand 
of  discipline.  I  got  into  the  ranks  before  I  knew  the  regiment 
was  going  to  pieces.  The  old  horses  dropped  off  in  scores,  and  I 
never  heard  what  became  of  the  men.  I  very  soon  was  ordered  to 
join  another  company,  and  found  myself  among  strangers,  and  in 
a  few  months  as  gray  as  a  badger. 

But  it's  all  owing  to  them  pigeons.  If  it  hadn't  been  for  them, 
I  wouldn't  have  been  a  drinking  man;  and  if  it  hadn't  been  for 
that,  I  might  have  been  a  brigadier  by  this  time,  and  had  a  wife 
to  enjoy  my  honors,  and  a  house  full  of  children  to  read  of  my 
campaigns. 

(To  be  continued.) 


TENNESSEE. 

MOUNTAIN  tops  with  verdure  crowned, 
Looms  where  busy  wheels  resound, 
Herds  that  graze  upon  the  plain, 
Harvests  rich  with  yellow  grain- 
Happy,  peaceful,  brave  and  free, 
Heaven  smiled  on  Tennessee. 

Came  rebellion's  ruthless  hand, 
Spread  destruction  through  the  land, 
Murder,  rapine,  strife  and  sin — 
Gibbets  rose  where  spires  had  been : 
Stanch  and  loyal,  silent  we 
Suffered  all  in  Tennessee : 

Torches  blaze,  by  robbers  borne, 
Hearts  by  wicked  tyrants  torn, 
Exile,  famine,  tears  and  pain — 
Prayers  alone  to  God  remain. 
Firm  and  faithful  still  stood  we, 
Though  terror  reigned  in  Tennessee. 

Sisters,  hear  us  ere  we  fail ! 
Hungry  children  weep  and  wail ; 
Shall  they  fill  their  fathers'  grave. 
Whilst  your  hands  remain  to  save  ? 
Can  it  Union  truly  be 
If  we  starve  in  Tennessee  ? 


CAMBRIDGK. 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


HERESY ! 

FASHIONABLE  female  head-gear  "  has  increased,  is  increasing,  and  ought 
to  be  diminished."  St.  Paul's  saying  "  much  every  way  "  has  been  taken 
to  heart  by  fashion  and  the  barbers,  and  is  applied,  with  ever  so  many  other 
things,  to  every  lady's  head,  nowadays.  Hair  feminine  has  risen  with  gold, 
and  become  as  inflated  as  the  currency  :  and  though  "  waterfalls  "  deluge 
the  land,  and  "  rats  "  and  "  mice  "  have  taken  to  the  tonsorial  edifice,  its  vast 
circumference  constantly  increases  and  now  occupies  almost  as  much  space 
as  the  primitive  hoop.  Indeed,  it  is  whispered  in  well  informed  circles,  and, 
moreover,  corroborated  by  the  testimony  of  a  reliable  lady  from  behind  her 
front,  that,  next  winter,  hoops  are  to  rise  to  a  new  social  position,  and  be 
worn  on  the  head,  pointing  to  the  zenith  as  well  as  ad  Orcum.  Even  as  it 
is,  fashion,  relentless  as  steel,  expects  every  woman  to  do  her  duty  and  to 
be  the  owner,  by  descent  or  by  purchase,  of  hair  enough  to  reach  from 
Dan  to  Beersheba. 

Thin  young  ladies  bending  under  a  thicket  of  fat  curls  coiffed  a  la 
Gargery,  present  in  the  sunlight  a  picturesque  but  startling  variety  of  hue 
which  suggests  unity  of  price  but  difference  of  origin ;  and  pat(e)riotic 
young  women  do  not  hesitate  to  wear  "  French-rolls  "  on  their  American  aerat 
ed  heads.  Even  modest  Miss  Bandoline's  round,  sunny  face  appears  as  the 
centre  and  key-note  of  a  system  of  locks  worthy  of  Dewitt  Clinton  and  fifty 
Chubbses.  My  own  Amboline  (who  recovered  from  a  fever  hardly  a  month 
ago,  and,  in  the  intimacies  of  her  family  circle,  wears  nothing  upon  that 
charming  little  pony  head  of  hers  but  a  suggestive  crop  of  short  fuzziness) 
broke  out  all  of  a  sudden  yesterday,  with  a  Niagara  of  a  waterfall,  and  a 
Hyperionic  side-view,  and  a  couple  of  a  little  spirts  or  horns  ;  showing  con 
clusively  that  the  maxim  "  from  nothing  nothing  comes  "  does  not  apply  to 
that  dear,  creative,  artistic,  Xyzetti.  She  came  down  stairs  yes 
terday  evening  with  her  sister  Ambrosia  after  a  protracted  interview  with 
that  admirable  artist,  ready  for  the  opera  and  for  my  dispassionate  criti 
cism, — that  is,  in  male  English,  for  my  wildest  admiration. 

"  Aquarius,  what  lovely  waterfalls  ! "  said  I,  as  the  two  sweet  things 
pivoted  simultaneously  before  my  astonished  eyes.  "  By  these  tresses 
unconfined,  you  present  a  bewitching  alternative.  Which  horn  shall  I 
take  ?  " 

"  Both,"  said  Miss  Ambie,  (of  course  meaning  "  neither  ")  retreating 
at  the  same  moment  in  order  to  assist  me — "  You  are  to  look,  not  touch." — 
"  Besides,  I  wish  you  wouldn't  use  such  horrid  language  :  '  take  a  horn," — 
and  aquariums  indeed  !  As  if  we  had  been  fishing  for  that  sort  of  compli 
ments."  "  Yes  "  added  Ambrosia  afar  off,  with  her  nose  in  the  air,  "  and 
besides,  just  as  if  you  didn't  know  how  we  came  by  these  tresses,  as  you 
call  them." 

"Persevere,  my  dear  young  ladies,"  I  replied,  somewhat  huffily,  to  this 
prickly  pair,  "  keep  on  as  you  've  begun,  and  very  few  people  will  be  able 
to  '  come  by  '  anyway,  except  in  a  balloon." 

"  A  soft  answer  turned  away  wrath,"  replies  Miss  Ambie  with  an  im 
pudent,  but  charming,  disregard  of  consistency  and  the  horrors  of  horrid 
language.  Magnanimity  requires  that  my  victorious  answer  be  buried  in 
oblivion.  I  bury  it,  and  conclude. 

After  all,  though  there  is  a  medium  in  things — (several  in  Grand  Street) 
and  though  a  woman  is  not  most  attractive  when  she  caps  the  climax  of 
capillary  absurdity,  yet  Gallio  and  the  rest  of  the  men  care  for  none  of  these 
things ;  so  that  the  evil  must  be  left  to  right  itself  like  certain  newspaper 
articles.  But  before  leaving  this  head,  would  it  be  unconstitutional  to  sug 
gest  a  rod,  perch,  or  poll  tax  might  well  be  imposed  upon  this  branch  of  the 
female  subject's  liberty  tree  ?  QUARRY. 


EPIGRAM. 

THREE  Judges,  by  three  sovereigns  sent, 

New  York's  afflicted  bar  torment. 

One  wig  the  Governor  bestows  ; 

The  President  another  chose ; 

The  people's  votes  the  third  propose. 

Firo,  sword,  or  famine,  is  a  curse, 

But  each  of  these  law-plagues  is  worse. 


CHARADE.— NO.  III. 

A  BALLAD  of  the  olden  time, 
Tells  of  my  First  the  woes  and  crime, 
Tho'  shrined  by  love  within  a  bower, 
She  fell  beneath  a  rival's  power. 

Lift  up  the  veil  from  time's  past  years. 
What  lovely  vision  now  appears  ? 
That  perfect  form  and  matchless  face, 
No  painter's  skill  could  justly  trace. 
Yet  to  the  block  was  doomed  her  head ; 
And  tearless,  who  the  tale  e'er  read  ? 

Toll,  toll  the  bell !  a  spirit's  passed  ! 
Upon  the  world  she's  looked  her  last : 
Yes,  toll  the  bell,  but  weep  no  more, 
Life's  battle  fought,  her  struggle's  o'er. 
Fresh  handfuls  of  my  Whole  bring  here, 
And  strew  them  on  the  maiden's  bier. 


ACROSTIC  ENIGMA. 

WHO  never  loved,  the  first  has  never  seen, 

Nor  caught  the  glimpses  of  that  purple  sheen 

That  comes  and  goes,  life's  common  graver  shades  between. 

Who  hates,  the  last  has  ever  by  his  side, 

Last  which  was  first,  till  more  than  mortal  pride 

Bade  the  two  sever,  and  the  world  in  strife  divide. 

Urged  by  these  two,  her  fainting  steps  draw  near, 
Chased  to  the  brink  of  death  by  wo  and  fear, 
Outcast  from  all  the  earth,  is  this  her  sentence  here  ? 

Where  stained  light  through  tall  quaint  oriels  steals, 
White  incense  floats,  the  solemn  organ  peals, 
Within  this  stony  vault  with  prostrate  face. she  kneels. 

Then  one  with  horrors  thwarts  her  struggling  prayer, 

Fills  with  all  mocking  shapes  the  holy  air, 

And  shows  her  sinking  soul  this  pit  of  black  despair. 

And  one  with  whispered  cheer  her  heart  upstays, 

Points  to  a  crown  that  casts  more  dazzling  rays 

Than  sheds  that  vision  land  which  cheats  the  mariner's  gaze. 

Pure,  through  this  rite  from  priestly  hands,  she  dies, 

"  Saved ! "  drops  in  spirit  echoes  from  the  skies, 

While  "  Margaret !  saved ! "  Faust's  doubting  voice  below  replies. 


TO  FORTUNE. 

FROM   THE    ITALIAN    OF   METASTASIO. 

WHAT  wouldst  thou,  changeful  Power,  with  thorns  and  rocks 

Rough'ning  with  terrors  for  my  step  each  path  ? 

That  I  should  tremble  at  thy  stare  of  wrath, 
Or  toil  to  grasp  and  hold  thy  flying  locks  ? 

Keep  thou  thy  threat'nings  for  those  dastard  hearts, 
That  to  thy  fleeting,  guileful  empire  bend. 
Well  could  I,  though  the  falling  world  should  rend, 

Undaunted  gaze  upon  its  crumbling  parts. 
Not  strange  nor  new  to  me  this  war-embrace. 

Long  have  we  sternly  fought,  and  yet  more  strong 
Thy  rage  has  made  me  with  its  buffeting. 
So,  from  the  whirling  wheel  and  smiting  mace, 

The  steel,  enduring  blows  and  battering  long, 
Grows  at  the  last  more  keen  and  glittering. 


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LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

{To  be  continued  daily.) 


ARTICLES  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


Writing  desk  and  6   penholders,   Dr.  M.   M.  Marsh, 

Beaufort,  S.  C. 

Dolls,  pincushions,  &c  ,  Miss  Matsell  and  Miss  Jones. 
5  boxes  trophies,  &c.t  John  Jewett  &  Sons. 
1  ease  hats,  cups,  &c.,  Daniel  Hoffman  &  Co. 
Fancy  worsted  goods,  Mrs.  J.  Wallace. 
3  young  palmetto  trees,  J.  J.  Craven,  Bur.  U.  8.  V. 
Carpenter  work  in  office,  E.  Boots. 
1.008  packs  comic  card*,  Bam'l  Hart  &,  Co.,  $1,008. 
Pistol,  Black  Hor»e  Cavalry,  Edward  Kent. 
Sofa  cushion,  A.  W.  Swift. 
Sofa  cushion,  Mrs.  A.  Hopper. 

First  class  family  range,  Bramhall,  Deune  &  Co.,  $125. 
Real  ermine  cloak  and  cuffs,  Henry  Huster. 
Fancy  paper  boxes,  Geo.  J.  Kraft. 
1  box  China,  Knimn  Brothers. 

1  set  trays,  Goo.  Woolby. 

Reaping  and  mowing  machine,  Mrs,  Walter  A.  "Wood, 

Hoosick  Fall*,  $110. 
Gilt  chandelier,  Ja's  McKenna,  $150. 
Cinderella  cushion,  Miss  Lizzie  Ennis. 
Tapestry  carpet,  Ben  Beattys. 
Fancy  work,  Miss  Belle  Wotherspoon. 
Fancy  articles,  Theodore  Dwight,  Auburn.  N.  Y. 
Old  cognac,  Henry  A.  Kcrr,  $100. 
Vest  patterns  and  tailors'  materials,  Jno.  Reid. 
Crotchet  ladies1  collars,  Miss  Sarah  J.  A  very. 
Patent  stocking  supporters,  Mrs.  It.  Eblerly. 
Platform  scale,  Howe  &  Bouviero. 
20  book*,  Geo.  \V.  Wingato. 
Worsted  breakfast  shawl,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Uobie. 
Games  for  children,  W.  A.  Frances. 
Plum  cake  and  basket,  and  globe  with  firth,  "  A  Lady." 
15  doz.  magic  mittens,  Jno.  Smith. 
Books,  Ivison,  Phinney,  Blakeman  &  Co.,  $250. 
5  case*  cocoa,  10  do.  farina,  Macy  &  Co.,  $137.40. 
Spool  cotton,  Wm.  Henry  Smith,  $413.60. 
Cleaning  powder,  A.  H.  Carson. 
Pineapple  cheeses,  Wm.  II.  Smith. 
Virginia  plug  tobacco,  M.  Kader  &  Son. 
Half  doz.  crystalline  pomade,  Hays  Brothers. 
Pettit's  eye  salve,  Pettit  &  Barker. 
Tidies  and  worsted  sack,  Mi*s  Boyd. 
Doves,  Miss  Boyd. 

2  boys'  caps,  E.  A.  Bristed. 

Old  books,  *tc.,  Ja's  A.  Ireland,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Fancy  goods.  W.  J.  Klger. 

Stereoscopic   pictures,  E.  &  II.  T.   Anthony  &  Co.j 

$1,013.50. 

Work  baskets,  Miss  Dodge. 

Painting,  "  Roman  Peasant  Girl,"  S.  S.  Osgood,  $500. 
Tea,  Robb  &,  Co. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Niles. 
1  ploughs,  1  cultivator,  1  harrow,  1  truck  No.  3, 1  cotton 

gin,  R.  H.  Allen  &  Co.,  $147.50. 
Fancy  shoes  and  toilet  case,  Miss  Everdale. 
Quilt,  Mrs.  P.  G.  Ferris. 
Clock,  James  Rodgers. 

Books  and  photograph  albums,  Collins  &  Bro.,  $250.25. 
Chimney  top. 

Patent  pie  plates,  B.  F.  Miller. 
Oil  painting. 
Embroid.  dresses,  4,c.,Mrs.  Jno.  McNeil. 

1  pair  worked  slippers. 

2  pairs  under  sleeves  and  bonnet,  E.  McCarty. 
Boots  and  shoes,  H.  Unger. 

1  basket  raspberry  vinegar,  1  do.  fancy  article*,  Miss 

Emily  H.  Bergh. 

1  pair  carriage  lamps,  A.  Keppleman. 
Sirlp  emb'd  merino,  Mary  A.  Just. 
Transparencies,  "  A  Lady." 
Marble  monument,  R.  E.  Lannitz  &  Co.,  $200. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Jackson  and  others,  Cald- 

well,  N.  J. 

Curiosity  from  Jerusalem,  S.  M.  Isaacs. 
Guitar  and  violin,  Ed.  liaack,  $110. 
Basket  shells,  E!ie  Charlier,  $116.60. 
Fancy  articles,  "  A  Lady." 
Specimens  of  coral,  J.  H.  Roosevelt. 
Hoop  skirts,  Madam  Russell. 
Books,  G.  P.  Putnam. 


Cherries  painted  on  glass,  Mrs.  M.  E.  Barker. 

lussian  sable,  C.  G.  Gunther  &,  Sons,  $900. 

?ancy  worsted  work,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Latting. 

2mb'd  infant  sacks.  Mm.  J.  Tenbrook. 

Oil  painting,  "  Simplicity,"  Samuel  R.  Fanshaw. 

Trunk,  D.  Obermeyer. 

ladies'  garden  tools  and  house  furnishing  articles,  C. 
Robbins. 

Pancy  worsted  articles,  Misses  Houghton. 

Perfumery,  D.  Hays. 

Invalid  carriage,  Miss  Marvin. 

25  M.  needles,  Thos.  II .  Bate  &  Co. 

Preserved  fruits  and  vegetables,  Kemp,  Day  die  Co., 

$242.88. 

lothes  wringers,  Metropolitan  Washing  Machine  Co., 
$1,200. 

Brass  kettles,  Waterbury  Braes  Agency. 

Japanese  inlaid  box,  John  Atwell. 

Pincushion,  Mrs.  D.  W.  Thompson,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Large  bell,  Naylor  4c  Co. 

2  books,  G.  Hastings. 

Pincushion,  slippers,  sofa  cushion,  Mrs.  E.  II.  Pendleton. 

3  cantering  horses,  S.  W.  Smith. 
Turkish  sewing  chair,  Geo.  Baker. 

Guide  range,  2  Rival  ranges,  R.  R.  Finche's  Sons. 
2  pictures  dried  flowers,  Mrs.  David  Felt. 

Kiincy  articles,  Mrs.  Sharcll. 

Plants,  geranium  and  oleander,  Mrs.  Cha's  Chambers. 
Fancy  work,  F.  M.  Gordon. 

011  painting,  Miss  R.  W.  Ilasbrook,  Kingston,  N.  Y. 
2  bbls.  curled  hair. 

Tidy,  Miss  Clarissa  Chichester. 
Fruit  jars,  Whitate,  Taturn  &  Co. 

1  bbl.  flour,  Edw.  Lafferty. 
Blackberry  brandy. 

72  cans  Catawba  grape  juice,  Benj.  V.  Moise. 
500  pocket  tablets,  Ferris  &  Browne. 
Tidy,  Katy  Diefenthaler. 
Fancy  brackets,  Rev.  Seth  Bliss. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  I.  Abbatt. 
Royal  ledgers,  Francis  &  Ixmtrell,  $150. 
Feather  mantilla,  Mrs.  G.  Tuckertnan. 
Sontags  and  slippers,  Mrs.  F.  H.  Hays. 

2  bble.  seed  potatoes,  I>.  A.  Bulkley. 
Large  range,  James  Ingraham. 

>0  boxes  soap,  P.  T.  Babbitt,  $330. 

12  boxes  Cooper's  gelatine,  Peter  Cooper,  $108. 
Fancy  articles,  Victorine  Wothernpoon. 
Brushes,  Rogers  &  Champion,  Deep  River,  Conn. 
Moss  chest,  James  II.  Drake. 

Buckeye  mowing  machine,  Adriatic?,  Platt  &  Co.,  $125. 

Books,  Ja's  G.  Gregory,  $253.75. 

Saratoga  trunk,  Wm.  Morrow. 

Curiosity,  "  Sea  Fan,"  Geo,  W.  Joy. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Monney. 

Heron  and  eider  duck,  C.  V.  S.  Roosevelt,  jr. 

Oil  painting,  "  Coming  Storm,"  8.  J.  Shaughnessy. 

Drygoods,  R.  &  P.  Lavery. 

10  kegs  pure  white  lead,  Battelle  &  Renwick,  $150. 

Cone  bracket,  Miss  McDougal. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  S.  L.  Hull. 

Fans  and  fancy  goods,  Ward,  Dickson  &  Co.,  $379.25. 

Ale  and  porter,  Alex.  Eagle,  Brooklyn. 

4  bbls.  moss,  Lydia  Suydatn. 
Ladies'  emb'd  gauntlets,  Wm.  Baker. 
G  plated  faucets,  H.  Sofle. 

Patchwork  crib  quilt,  Mrs.  M.  L.  St.  John. 

Piano  stool  cover,  Mies  8.  W.  Maunder. 

Perfumery,  Dr.  Wm.  Maunder. 

Madeira    wine,    cognac    brandy,    schnapps,    Udolpho 

Wolfe,  $745. 

Parlor  secretary,  Brumcr  &  Moore,  $125. 
Camp  chair,  Fred  Gries. 
100  parlor  games,  Jno.  H.  Pingley. 
India  rubber  goods,  Phtenix  Rubber  Co.,  $528. 
India  rubber  goods,  Union  India  Rubber  Co.,  $438. 
Stationery,  Willy  Wallucb,  $250. 
Auto-propelling  sulky,  S.  W.  Smith. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Ed.  Clark,  Paterson,  N.  J. 
1  pair  balmoral  shoes,  David  Kilmer. 
Cornices  and  hands,  Samuel  G.  Hull 


Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  J.  D.  Beers. 

Suit  boy's  clothes,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Clark. 

Extension  table,  W.  Shemberg. 

Stationery,  J.  C.  Koch,  $115. 

Assorted  article*,  J.  W.  Stickler,  Orange,  N.  J.,  $2,119. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Washburn. 

14  bead  collars,  Miss  H.  A.  Edwards. 

Painting  of  flowers,  Miss 

Book  mark,  Mrs.  Cha's  F.  Wetmore. 

Breakfast  shawl,  Miss  Washburn. 

Coil  brass  wire,  Waterbury  Brass  Agency. 

4  heating  stoves,  with  pipe,  ic.,  R.  P.  Finch's  Sons, 

$120. 

2  sheets  zinc,  A.  A.  Thompson  &  Co. 
Seed  beans,  Cha's  L.  Ranlette. 
Florida  water,  Wm.  Ru*t  &  Sons. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  Louisa  Miller. 
Fancy  China  wash  stand,  Waefelaer  it,  Duyetera. 
Flower  stand,  M.  Boland  Geary. 
Slab  marble,  E.  A.  Preston. 
Dolls,  Miss  L.  Coleman. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  McCrea. 
Case,  New  Jersey  Department. 
Albums,  &c.   J.  G.  Shaw  &  Co.,  $206.49. 
Patent  lamp  heating  attachm'ts,  W.  D.  Russell,  $106.67. 
Earthenware  vase,  "Win.  A.  Macquoid. 
Books,  Ensign  &  Briduman. 
Wax  flowers,  Miss  Rollins. 
Rosewood  bracket,  Young  B.  Choice. 
Oil  painting,  Mrs.  Geo.  II.  Clark,  Hartford,  Conn. ,$450 
6  doz.  medicated  soap,  Dr.  Felix  Gouraud. 
Stationery,  Kleins  &  Kellogg,  $291.20. 
Patent  shade  racks,  Gregor  Frinke. 
Afghan,  Miss  Josephine  Beesley. 
Dusters,  Phillips  &  Manning,  $106. 

1  pair  crutches,  C.  Pinnell. 

Infant's  emb'd  blanket,  Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Hertzel. 

Water  closets,  Sawyer  &  Carr,  $154. 

Fancy  articles,  Misses  Wesly. 

Cone  work  frame,  Mrs.  M.  W.  Palmer. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Elizabeth  Rogers. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Mattie  Ellis. 

Design  for  villa,  Joseph  Ireland. 

Rosewood  sofa,  A.  P.  Blank. 

Condensed  milk,  Union  Condensed  Milk  Co.,  $200 

Model  houses,  Sylvester  Jacob!. 

Infant's  erab'd  shawl,  Mrs.  A.  E.  Lason. 

Worsted  net  shawl,  Miss  Hattie  E.  Lewis,  Stratford, 

Conn. 

Photograph  albums,  Holmes,  Booth  &.  Kayden,  $150. 
Horse  reins  (worsted),  Miss  Leeds. 

2  small  afgbans,  Miss  Leeds. 

Lamp  mats  (worsted),  Mrs.  L.  Moses. 

Books,  E.  Walker  &  Sons,  $393.50. 

Note  paper,  Elizier  Smith. 

Fluid  and  ink,  R.  B.  Dorrell  &  Sons. 

Stationery,  &c.,  Eberhard  Faber,  $100. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Bogardns. 

Eng.   patent  wheels,   invalid   carnage,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 

Clark. 
Proclamation  axe,  C.  A.  Carter. 

Fancy  doll,  Miss 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Brown. 

Desiccated  articles,  American  Desiccating  Co.,  $155.50. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  C.  R.  Whittemore. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  8.  G.  Byers. 

Oil  painting,  Miss  B.  G.  Wotherspoon. 

Perfumery,  D.  Cohen. 

1  pair  worsted  slippers,  Mrs.  P.  H.  Diamoin. 

Stationery,  Jno.  J.  Levy,  $171. 

Stationery,  Bowne  &  Co. 

Books,  Thos.  Nelson  &.  Sons,  $250. 

Chandelier,  Sanderson  Brothers  &  Co.,  $300. 

Fancy  quilt,  Miss  E.  Do  Mott,  N.  J. 

Owen's  Com'n  Gospels,  J.  J.  Owen. 

Books,  Ivison,  Phinney,  Blakeman  &  Co.,  $250. 

Child's  emb'd  dross,  Mrs.  Drake. 

Sofa  bed,  Martha  E.  Kingman. 

Bine  ink,  Jno.  Edwards. 

Stationery,  Liebenroth  &  Vonauw,  $231.70. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


GENEKAL    DESCRIPTION    OP    THE    FAIR    AND 
GUIDE  TO  THE  DEPARTMENTS. 

THE  Main  Entrance  is  on  Fourteenth  street,  through  the  tempo 
rary  building  erected  in  front  of  the  armory  of  the  22d  N.  Y.  State 
National  Guards. 

ON  THE  BIGHT  of  the  Main  Entrance  is  the  Indian  Department: 
ON  THE  LEFT  is  the  Department  of  Arms  and  Trophies. 

On  entering  the  main  building  by  the  central  door,  the  follow 
ing  is  the  order  of  departments  and  tables. 

SOUTH  SIDE— EIGHT  OF  MAIN  ENTKANCE. 
Jacob's  Well. 

Room  No.  3 — Hardware  and  Furnishing  Goods. 
Stall  44— Children's  Clothing. 
Room  No.  2 — Treasurer's  Department. 
Stall  43 — Broadway  Tabernacle. 
Room  No.  1 — Lingeries  and  Trimmings. 

SAME  SIDE — LEFT  OF  MAIN  ENTRANCE. 
Stall  for  the  sale  of  the  Spirit  of  the  Fair  newspaper. 
Room  No.  4 — Stationery  and  Printing. 
Stall  47 — Surgical  and  Optical  Instruments. 
Room  No.  5 — Sewing  Machines. 
Stall  48— Soda  Fountain. 
Executive  Committee  Room. 

NORTH  SIDE— FIFTEENTH  STREET 

(Beginning  at  West  end). 

1st  Entrance  to  Machinery  and  Shipbuilder's  Department. 
Stall  36 — Boots  and  Shoes. 
Stall  37 — Harness,  Bridles,  and  Leather  Goods. 
2d  Entrance  to  Machinery  Department. 
Stall  38— Dry  Goods. 
Stall  39— India  Rubber  Goods. 
3d  Entrance  to  Machinery  Department. 
Clothes-Wringing  Machine. 

EAST  WALL 
(Beginning  at  North  end). 
New  York  Fire  Department,  extending  half  the  length  of  the 

wall. 

Stall — Roman  Department. 

Entrance  to  Carriage  and  Agricultural  Department  and  Mathe 
matical  Instruments. 
Stall — Jewelry  and  Silver  Ware. 
Entrance  to  Wholesale  Departments  of 

Tobacco  and  Liquors, 
Paints,  Drugs  and  Perfumeries, 
Oils,  Soaps  and  Candles, 
Wholesale  and  retail  Groceries. 
These  conduct  to 

THE  RESTAURANT. 
From  which  two  flights  of  stairs  lead  to 

THE  DINING  SALOON. 

THE  CENTRE  OF  THE  MAIN  BUILDING 
is  occupied  by 

Floral  Temple,  and  Flower  Department. 
LIST  OF  TABLES  ON  MAIN  FLOOR. 
No.  1— N.  Y.  Turnverein. 
2 — Furs,  Hats,  and  Caps. 
3 — Porcelain  and  Glass. 
4 — Episcopal  Church  of  Resurrection. 
5 — Rev.  Mr.  Gantz's  Church. 
6 — St.  Matthew's.  Lutheran. 
7— Baptist. 
8— Buffalo. 
9 — Owego. 


10— New  Bedford. 

11— 7th  Precinct  Police. 

12— Ohio. 

13 — Staten  Island. 

14— Welsh  Church. 

15 — Hastings  on  Hudson. 

16— Norwalk. 

17— Welsh  Church. 

18— Westchcster. 

19— Harlem. 

20— Methodist  Church. 

21 — Wholesale  Fancy  Goods. 

22— English  Cloths. 

23—    Do.        do. 

24 — Fancy  Goods  and  Waxwork. 

25 — Retail  Perfumery  and  Drugs. 

26 — Presbyterian  Church. 

27—        Do.  do. 

28— Dutch  Reformed. 

29 — Fancy  Goods — "Excelsior." 

30— Children's  Clothing. 

31 — Parisian  Fancy  Goods. 

THE  PICTURE  GALLERY 

extends  along  the  West  end  of  the  main  building.     The  entrance 
is  from  Fourteenth  street,  the  most  Westerly  door.    At  one  end  is 

THE    GALLERY    OF    PHOTOGRAPHS    AND    ENGBAVINGS. 

THE  SECOND  STORY  MAIN  BUILDING 

is  reached  by  the  staircase  near  the  Picture  Gallery,  and  is  divi 
ded  into  the  following  Departments: 

Room  Xo.  11 — Ladies'  Executive  Committee  Room. 

"        "    10 — Architectural   Ornaments,  Stained    Glass,  and 

Tapestries. 

"        "     9— Library  and  Book  Store. 
"        "     7  and  8— Old  Curiosity  Shop. 
"        "     6 — Millinery  and  Dressmaking. 
Rooms  beyond — Furniture  and  Upholstery  Department. 
74 — Ladies'  Hair  Dressing  Department. 
73 — Mineral  Department. 

Dress  Cutting  Department. 

DOOR  TO  DINING  SALOON. 
The  floor  above  is  occupied  by  the  Photographic  Department. 


PLAN  OF  THE  UNION  SQUARE  BUILDING. 
The  main  entrances  are  on  the  South  side  of  the  two  wings  ad 
joining  the  Park. 

THE  EAST  WING  is  occupied  by 

THE  CHILDREN'S  DEPARTMENT. 

(Exhibition  in  this  department  each  day.) 

THE  CENTRAL  DIVISION  consists  of 

THE  MUSICAL  INSTRUMENT  DEPARTMENT 

(Two  Concerts  daily), 
and  the 

KNICKERBOCKER  KITCHEN. 
THE  WEST  WING  contains  the 

INTERNATIONAL   DEPARTMENT, 

containing  contributions  from  various  quarters  of  the  world.     In 
the  centre  of  this  building  is  a  fountain. 


THE  CATTLE  SHOW  connected  with  the  Fair  is  situated  in 
Fifteenth  street,  near  Seventh  avenue.  Among  the  Contributions 
of  Stock  will  be  found 

A  White  Ox  from  Livingston  county,  weighing  3602  pounds — 
an  Alderney  Cow — a  Durham  Bull — Sheep — Shetland  Ponies  and 
Horses,  &c.,  &c. 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by  AUGUSTUS  E.  MAODONOUQH,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  Dlntrict  Court  of  the  U.  8.,  for  the  Southern  Dist.  of  N,  Y. 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


ITEMS  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  FAIR. 

THE  MINERAL  DEPARTMENT,  placed  undeservedly  in  rather  an  out-of- 
the-way  corner  in  the  second  story,  to  the  right  as  you  pass  the  French 
Restaurant,  is  well  worth  a  visit.  The  specimens  of  galena  (sulphuret  of 
lead)  are  very  fine,  particularly  one  very  large  one  from  Galena,  111.,  which 
is  beautifully  adorned  with  a  covering  of  iron  pyrites.  A  curious  specimen 
of  fossil  coral — Cosiniposa — is  exhibited,  taken  from  the  lower  Silurian 
formation,  at  Galena,  111.,  with  its  pores  partially  filled  with  lead.  The 
whole  beautiful  collection,  valued  at  $3,000,  is  presented  to  the  FAIR  by 
the  owner,  Mr.  John  Reynard. 

AN  interesting  relic  of  by-gone  days,  is  the  Haversack  used  by  Charles 
XII.  It  is  a  leathern  bag  of  rude  manufacture,  the  shoulder-strap  fastened 
to  it  by  large  iron  buckles,  and  was  evidently  meant  for  use  rather  than 
ornament.  Charles  died  in  1718;  this  bag  is  therefore  over  150  years  old. 

AMONG  the  notable  curiosities,  is  a  wonderful  nugget  of  gold,  of  a  size 
but  seldom  met  wilh.  It  weighs  195  Ibs.,  and  is  worth,  according  to  the 
calculation  of  Prof.  Rilliman  and  others,  $40,000,  or  a  little  more  than 
$17.09  per  oz.  Troy. 

THE  parent  of  that  noble  instrument,  the  modern  piano,  may  be  seen 
in  the  quaint  old  spinet,  100  years  old,  manufactured  in  London.  We 
trust,  for  the  sake  of  our  great  grandmothers'  ears,  that  its  tone  has  fear 
fully  deteriorated  with  age  ! 

ROOM  10,  under  the  efficient  supervision  of  Mrs.  Coit  and  Mrs.  Ren- 
wick,  contains  Architectural  and  ornamental  stone  work;  stained  and 
enamelled  glass  articles  ;  fonts  and  vases.  It  has  also  many  beautiful  articles 
of  Bohemian  glass  from  Schauss,  and  stained  glass  from  Messrs.  Morgan  & 
Hamilton.  In  the  latter  category  is  an  exceedingly  beautiful  enamelled 
white  glass  screen  from  Messrs.  Cooper  &  Belcher.  Among  the  fonts  is 
one  from  Brandon,  Vt.,  made  of  blue  marble.  There  are  basso  relievo 
sculptures  of  SHAKESPEARE  and  LAFAYETTE,  done  in  American  slate,  that 
show  considerable  skill  and  finish.  They  are  from  Messrs.  Fisher  &  Bro 
ther.  In  the  room,  too,  are  many  plaster  casts,  among  them  a  copy  of 
Rogers'  recent  work,  the  u  Biter  Bit."  Around  the  room  are  hung  four 
large  and  valuable  tapestries,  which  have  a  romantic  and  chequered  history 
They  were  made  in  Spain,  several  centuries  ago,  and  fell  into  the  posses 
sion  of  a  Mexican  family.  They  were  bought  in  Mexico,  by  Mr.  Daniel 
Coit,  and  brought  to  this  country,  and  now  grace  with  their  faded  colors 
and  wonderful  workmanship,  this  great  occasion  of  a  nation's  gratitude  and 
charity.  These  tapestries  represent  scenes  in  the  life  of, the  doughty  knight 
of  the  revival  of  chivalrv. 

IN  the  Silverware  Department,  nearly  all  the  large  silver  pieces  have 
been  sold.  There  still  remains  a  quantity  of  jewelry,  watches,  and  bijou 
terie  of  fine  workmanship,  but  the  prospects  are  that  this  department  will 
be  rapidly  emptied  of  its  shining  wares.  The  sales  amount  to  between  six 
and  seven  thousand  dollars.  The  department  is  under  the  direction  of 
Mrs.  Parker.  This  ludy  also  has  the  general  supervision  of  wholesale 
fancy  goods. 

TABLE  30  displays  Children's  Clothing,  and  is  under  the  care  of  Mrs. 
Allen.  The  goods  are  easily  and  rapidly  sold. 

A  PLAN  has  been  devised  by  which  aid  will  be  extended  through  the 
FAIR  to  the  suffering  patriots  of  East  Tennessee.  A  committee  has  been 
appointed  to  collect  and  transmit  funds  and  contributions  to  the  loyal  peo 
ple  of  that  region,  through  whom  suitable  articles,  such  as  breadstuff's, 
meats,  and  clothing  purchased  at  the  FAIR  may  be  sent  to  the  local  Relief 
Association  at  Knoxville.  Thus  a  double  charity  would  be  served  by  the 
same  sum,  since  every  dollar  expended  in  suitable  goods  would  go  to  the 
soldier  through  the  FAIR,  and  the  goods  themselves  be  sent  to  our  starving 
countrymen  and  women. 

A  circular  containing  full  explanations  of  the  plan  will  be  distributed 
at  the  different  stands. 

WE  are  indebted  to  our  friends  of  the  New  York  daily  press  for  their 
favorable  notices  of  the  SPIRIT  OP  THE  FAIR  ;  and  we  have  no  doubt  that 
the  omission,  in  one  or  two  instances,  to  give  us  credit  for  original  articles 
copied  from  our  columns,  was  an  oversight  and  not  intentional. 

THE  gentleman  who  left  a  five  dollar  greenback  on  our  counter  for  a 
copy  of  the  paper,  and  refused  change,  will  please  accept  the  thanks  of  a 
sick  and  wounded  soldier — yet  to  be. 


OUR  readers  have  already  seen  the  announcement  of  the  sudden  death 
of  Mrs.  Kirkland,  author  of  "  A  New  fftnne — Who'll  follow  /"  By  the 
death  of  this  estimable  lady,  the  SANITARY  FAIR  has  lost  a  warm  friend  and 
patron,  whose  disinterested  labors  had  contributed  not  a  little  to  its  success. 
Mrs.  Kirkland  was  in  the  FAIR  only  a  few  hours  previous  to  her  death. 
The  last  thing  she  wrote  was  an  article  for  our  columns.  It  is  now  invested 
with  a  sad  interest,  and  we  shall  give  it  to  our  readers  as  the  parting  mes 
sage  of  one  who  wrote  while  unconsciously  standing  on  the  very  boundary 
between  life  and  death. 


PROMISCUOUS  CRITICISMS  ON  THE  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 

Old  Lady  from  the  Country. — "  Lawks,  I  don't  want  another  copy, — 
the  folks  to  hum  say  'tain't  worth  readin'." 

Young  Lad;/  (benignantly). — "  Couldn't  you,  sir,  make  the  paper  a 
little — just  a  little  lighter: — something  in  the  conundrum  way  or  small 
talk  ? " 

Heavy  Gentleman  from  the  Club. — "  Hem,  ha, — pray,  are  you  one  of  the 
editors  of  this  sheet '!  Well,  well,  I've  nothing  to  complain  of — that  is  as 
yet, — but  mind  me,  if  you  insult  the  intelligent  taste  of  your  readers  by 
descending  to  what-do-ye-call-ems, — jokes  or  women's  scandal — I'll — I'll — 
I'll  not,  no — I'll  not,  not  buy  another  copy — not  another  copy,  by  jingo  ! " 

Intelligent  Reader. — "  Excuse  me,  sir,  but  do  you  really  mean  to  say  that 
all  these  contributions  are  original  /  " 

Editor. — "  Entirely  so." 

Intelligent  Header. — "  Then,  sir,  I  think  you  make  a  grand  mistake  in 
charging  so  little  for  your  paper.  Why  a  single  article  from  some  of  these 
writers  would  command  $500  or  $1,000,  if  offered  to  a  magazine." 

Editor. — "  Yon  are  quite  correct,  but  we  have  decided  that  it  is  much 
better  to  put  the  price  of  the  paper  within  the  means  of  all  who  visit  the 
FAIR." 

Pale-faced  Young  Man. — "  Don't  you  publish  anonymous  contribu 
tions  ?  " 

Editor. — "  Yes, — when  they  are  good." 

P.  F.  Young  Man. — "  Then  I'd  like  to  know  why  you  didn't  print  my 
verses,  beginning, 

'  Lueinda,  when  I  saw  thce  first 
I  felt  as  if  my  heart  would  burst ! '  1  " 

Editor — "  We  cannot  precisely  remember  why  your  lines  were  omitted, 
but  probably  because  the  space  was  required  that  day  for  a  poem  by 
Bryant." 

P.  F.  Young  Man.— Bryant !    Who's  he  ?  " 

Small  Newsboy  passing  by. — "  Dunno  who  Bryant  is  !  well,  you  must 
be  a  spooney.  (Calls  out)  Here's  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR,  only  10  cents. 


SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

THOSE  whose  departments  have  not  been  specially  noticed  in  our  col 
umns  will  please  send  a  written  description  of  the  same,  however  brief,  to 
the  letter  box  at  the  counter  of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 

To  accommodate  those  who  desire  to  send  the  paper  to  their  friends  in 
the  country,  we  will  put  in  wrappers,  address,  prepay,  and  mail  such  copies 
for  fifteen  cents  each.  A  book  of  addresses  for  this  purpose  is  open  at  our 
stand  in  the  Fourteenth  street  building,  next  to  the  main  entrance. 

We  are  obliged  to  refuse  daily  many  hundreds  who  desire  to  subscribe 
for  the  paper  and  have  it  left  at  their  residences.  A  moment's  reflection 
will  show  that  such  an  arrangement  on  our  part  is  almost  impracticable. — 
In  the  first  place  we  find  it  very  difficult  to  get  volunteer  newsboys  enough 
to  supply  the  demand  for  the  paper.  Then,  the  expense  of  delivery  ;it 
private  residences  would  seriously  detract  from  the  profits — which,  the 
reader  must  ever  remember,  are  not  ours,  but  the  poor  soldiers'. 

Those,  however,  who  really  cannot  go  or  send  to  the  places  of  sub 
scription  for  their  daily  paper,  may  be  able  to  make  arrangements  with 
the  Newspaper  Dealers  to  deliver  copies  at  their  places  of  residence. 
Many  we  believe  are  willing  to  do  this  for  their  customers.  Mr.  Low  de 
sires  us  to  say,  that  subscribers  at  his  store,  823  Broadway,  will  have  their 
papers  delivered  at  their  residences.  The  "Committee  on  Newspaper" 
have  worked  very  hard,  and  at  great  personal  inconvenience,  to  make  the 
paper  a  success,  and  they  ask  the  generous  public  to  relieve  them  as  far  as 
possible  from  unnecessary  trouble  in  the  delivery. 

Miss  HONE  acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  following  donations  for  the 
FAIR: 

Mrs.  Duncan,  $50 ;  Mrs.  Butler  Duncan,  $50 ;  subscription  for  a  Doll, 
dressed  by  Miss  S.  Hoyt  and  Miss  Fearing,  $161 ;  articles  made  and  sold 
by  Miss  M.  Richards  and  Miss  Bonghton,  $25  ;  large  number  of  handsome 
articles  made  by  Mrs.  Callendcr's  scholars,  and  .V  rs.  Williams's  scholars ; 
also,  same  from  Mrs.  J.  E.  Parsons,  Mrs.  Sewcll,  Mrs.  G.  T.  M.  Davis,  Mm. 
Williamson  and  friends,  Mrs.  Odell  (of  Fredorickton,  N.  B.),  Mrs.  J.  Wads- 
worth,  Mrs.  Wetmore,  Miss  A.  Wetmore,  Miss  Mary  Hone,  Miss  Annie 
Hone,  Mrs.  R.  McKim,  Mrs.  Bell,  Mrs.  W.  C'.  Schermerhorn,  Mrs.  F.  G. 
Foster,  Mrs.  Oothout,  Mrs.  PePeyster,  Miss  Fanny  Kussi'll,  Miss  Edith  Pell, 
Mrs.  Montant,  Mrs.  Goelet,  Mrs.  Charles  Green,  Master  A.  Helmont  tnd 
many  others. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    PAIR. 


65 


LETTER    FROM    THOMAS    HUGHES. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  Spirit  of  the  Fair. 

LONDON,  March  10, 1864. 

SIR:  Some  four  days  ago  I  had  the  pleasure  of  receiving  an  invitation 
from  Mr.  Evarts  to  breakfast  with  him  at  his  hotel — Edwards's,  opposite 
the  church  of  St.  George's,  Hanover  Square,  in  this  city.  Your  friend  has 
shown  sound  judgment  in  his  election.  Edwards's  is  one  of  those  thorough 
ly  comfortable,  private  hotels,  of  which  we  have  still  a  few  in  this  country, 
in  which  every  sensible  man  would  live  and  die,  and  so  get  altogether  rid  of 
the  plagues  of  servants,  equipages,  and  the  other  burdens  of  highly  civil 
ized  life,  provided  always  that  he  possessed  the  necessary  power  of  draw 
ing  cheques.  The  house  did  full  justice  to  its  well-won  reputation  on  the 
morning  in  question.  I  think  that  the  meal  to  which  we  sat  down  at  ten 
o'clock  would  have  passed  muster  with  Mr.  Wendell  Holmes  himself,  had 
the  autocrat  of  the  breakfast  table  been  present ;  would  that  he  had  been  ! 
To  me  the  pleasures  incidental  to  delicious  broiled  salmon,  and  such  like 
delicacies  at  that  hour  of  the  forenoon,  were  heightened  by  the  conscious 
ness  that  I  was  playing  truant,  and  ought  at  that  moment  to  have  been  en 
sconced  in  my  dingy  corner  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  and  absorbed  in  the  prepara 
tion  of  a  Bill  of  Complaint  in  Her  Majesty's  High  Court  of  Chancery. 
The  company  was  all  that  could  be  desired.  Mr.  Evarts  was  faced  by  his 
son,  a  flue  intelligent  boy  of  15  or  thereabouts — as  like  an  English  boy  as 
two  peas,  by  the  way  :  we  had  two  other  Americans,  the  sons  of  Mr.  Ad 
ams,  the  elder  straight  from  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  the  remaining  six 
or  eight  guests  were  Englishmen,  M.P.s,  barristers,  authors,  and  the  like; 
all  good  men  and  true.  So,  as  you  have  taught  us  to  say,  at  breakfast  we' 
had  a  good  time — and,  after  breakfast  we  had  another  good  time,  over  a 
cigar.  We  English  were  all  anxious  to  hear  Mr.  Evarts  and  Captain  Ad 
ams  on  several  matters  relating  to  your  great  struggle;  and  I  think  we  all 
came  away  with  some  new  ideas,  and  with  many  of  our  old  ones  strength 
ened  and  confirmed.  But  I  at  least  did  not  get  away  scatheless,  and  this, 
as  John  Gilpin's  biographer  says, 

"  Brings  me  to 
The  middle  of  my  song," 

or  rather  story ;  and  will  account  to  you  for  this  sudden  intrusion  on  you 
by  a  perfect  stranger. 

Well  then,  as  I  took  up  my  hat  with  a  sigh,  and  shaking  hearty  hands 
with  your  accomplished  friend,  was  about  to  depart  for  my  den,  and  the 
daily  grind,  he  called  me  aside  for  a  moment  with,  "I  want  one  word  with 
you,  Mr.  Hughes,  before  you  go.  You  have  heard  of  our  great  Fair  at 
New  York  for  the  wounded  soldiers,  and  the  families  of  those  who  have 
died  in  the  war?"  "  Of  course  I  have,"  I  replied,  "and  sympathize  heart 
and  soul  in  your  objects.  Your  soldiers,  white  and  black,  are  fighting  the 
greatest  battle  which  we  have  seen  or  are  likely  to  see,  in  our  time— the 
world-old  battle  against  principalities  and  powers,  and  spiritual  wicked 
ness  in  high  places.  I  only  wish  I  could  do  more  to  help  you." 

"  Well,"  he  said,  "  you  can  do  something,  and  that's  "what  I  want  to 
speak  to  you  about." 

"  You  are  too  late,"  said  I ;  "almost  every  American  friend  I  have  over 
here  has  been  to  me  already.  I  have  sent  books  of  mine  through  one,  pho 
tographs  through  another,  autographs  through  another,  notes  of  a  lot  of  our 
distinguished  men,  which  I  and  my  wife  have  raked  together  out  of  our 
portfolios  and  letter  drawers,  very  few  of  which  will  I  fear  be  legible  to 
any  but  experts  on  your  side  of  the  Atlantic,  and  lastly,  my  own  autograph, 
which  will  be  legible  enough,  but  alas,  of  small  value.  The  Fair  will  be 
swamped  witli  my  contributions." 

"  But  have  you  contributed  to  the  paper?"  he  asked. 

"  What  paper  ?"  I  enquired. 

"  Oh,  you  haven't  heard  of  it  then  ?  So  I  thought.  A  daily  paper 
will  be  published  during  the  Fair,  and  my  object  is  to  get  a  few  contribu 
tions  to  its  columns  over  here.  I  reckon  on  you.  Anything  you  have  by 
you  will  be  acceptable,  and  I  am  sure  you  will  not  grudge  it  in  such  "a 
cause." 

Grudge  it !  not  I  indeed.  Of  course  I  at  once  promised  to  do  what  I 
could,  but  I  felt  then,  and  feel  still  more  now,  how  little  that  will  be. 
For,  in  the  first  place,  I  have  had  no  time  for  years  to  write  anything  more 
than  occasional  articles  for  reviews,  and  newspapers,  so  that  I  have  nothinq 
by  me.  Then  the  time  was  too  short  to  write  anything,  even  if  it  had 
been  at  my  disposal,  which  it  was  not,  being  already  deeply  mortgaged  for 
professional  work.  Besides,  what  could  I  write  which  would  interest  yum- 
readers  V  I  feel  most  deeply  the  force  of  some  passages  which  I  read  the 
other  day  in  Mr.  Holmes'  last  book,  that  men  on  your  side  cannot  think,  or 
write,  or  attend  to  their  ordinary  business ;  that  for  you,  the  romance  of 
the  past  grows  pale  before  the  red  light  of  the  terrible  present ;  that,  in 
the  very  agony  and  bloody  sweat  of  this  great  sacrifice,  any  voices  but 
those  which  come  from  the  midst  of  it  must  fall  coldlv  on  your  ears. 

However,  the  promise  was  made,  and  so  must  be  fulfilled,  as  well  as  I 
could  manage  it.  So  when  I  got  home  that  night  I  overhauled  a  lot  of 
old  papers,  to  see  if  anything  would  turn  up  bearing  even  remotely  on 


your  struggle.  For  many  years  I  have  watched  your  history  with  the 
deepest  interest ;  have  striven  to  master,  as  well  as  one  can  over  here, 
the  tangled  web  of  your  political  and  social  life,  and  have  written  more 
articles  upon  one  phase  or  another  of  that  chequered  drama  than  I  should 
care  to  remember.  Something  might  still  he  lying  about  which  had  never 
seen  the  light  yet,  and  might  possibly  serve  my  purpose. 

I  am  afraid  that  my  search  was  fruitless.  The  only  unpublished  MSrI 
could  find,  bearing  even  remotely  on  your  affairs,  was  the  one  which  I, 
with  much  hesitation,  enclose.  A  few  words  as  to  its  history.  Ten  years 
ago  Mr.  Hawthorne's  life  of  General  Pierce  was  republished  over  here.  I 
of  course  instantly  bought  and  devoured  it,  and  having  done  so,  wrote,  in 
some  perplexity  of  mind,  what  I  now  send  you.  The  editor  to  whom  I 
sent  the  MS.  objected  to  parts,  and  before  I  could  make  any  other  use  of 
it,  rumors  came  over  which  induced  me  to  put  it  quietly  aside,  and  there 
it  has  lain  from  that  day  to  this.  My  reasons  for  sending  it  you  now  arc, 
first,  because  I  have  nothing  else  to  send.  Secondly,  because  though  1 
quite  see  that  it  must  be  useless  to  you  as  a  whole,  yet  on  running  my  eye 
through  it  again  at  the  end  of  all  these  years,  I  think  there  are  parts, 
which,  if  you  should  use  them,  may  help  your  people  to  understand  the 
point  of  view  from  which  the  average  Englishman  looks  at  American 
politics. 

And  now  let  me  bid  you  God  speed  in  your  great  work  ;  let  me  tell 
you — what  I  fear  there  are  few  amongst  you  who  will  readily  believe,  but 
which  is  true  for  all  that — that  there  are  thousands  amongst  us  who  'look 
upon  this  great  work  which  has  been  laid  on  you,  as  the  one  most  momen 
tous  for  good  or  evil  in  its  issues  to  the  whole  world  of  all  that  this  19th 
century  has  seen,  or  is  likely  to  see — who  believe,  with  me,  that  you  will 
neither  falter  or  turn  aside  till  you  have  brought  it  to  the  only  right  issue, 
who  watch  with  thankful  hearts  "  the  current  of  circling  events,"  (shall 
we  not  rather  say  the  right  arm  of  the  God  of  freedom  ?)  "  carrying  you 
farther  and  farther  every  hour,  out  of  the  influence  of  the  great  failing 
which  was  born  of  your  wealth,  and  of  the  deadly  sin  which  was  your  fa 
tal  inheritance." 

I  feel  that  it  would  be  impertinent  in  an  Englishman  to  do  more  than 
express  general  sympathy  with  you  on  such  an  occasion,  and  in  these  pages 
— I  trust  that  people  of  all  shades  of  political  opinion  are  joining  in  this 
good  work — I  cannot  believe  that  there  is  any  American  who  is  not  proud 
of  the  men  who  have  given  life  or  limb  in  this  quarrel,  or  who  will  not 
join  in  any  movement  or  plan  which  promised  aid  and  comfort  to  them,  or 
their  families.  I  trust,  indeed  I  feel  considerable  confidence,  that  you  will 
also  have  proofs  of  no  small  sympathy  from  our  side  :  within  my  own 
knowledge  there  are  half  a  dozen  celebrities  who  have  been  working  for 
the  Fair,  and  many  more  persons  fully  as  worthy,  but  whose  names  do  not 
happen  to  be  so  well  known. 

Indeed,  there  is  one  point  which  in  conclusion  I  should  like  to  urge,  which 
is,  that  you  should  look  more  to  what  has  been  written  in  England  on  the  war 
by  men  who  have  given  their  names ;  less  to  anonymous  articles.  Taking 
this  test,  which  I  do  think  is  one  which  should  have  great  weight,  you  will 
find  that  almost  the  whole  weight  of  English  thought  has  been  on  the  side 
of  freedom.  With  the  exception  of  Carlyle,  what  leading  man  in  any 


Browning,  Newman,  Cairnes,  and  many  others.  Again,  in  public  life  you 
find  no  man  of  any  real  weight  advocating  the  Southern  slaveholders'  cause. 
The  Tory  leaders  sit  sullenly  still ;  they  know  that  it  will  not  do  to  play 
that  card ;  while  some  of  the  most  respected  of  our  public  men  outside 
the  Government,  and  the  Duke  of  Argyle,  Mr.  Milner  Gibson,  and,  in  a 
more  modified  form,  Lord  Russell  and  the  Attorney-General  within  it,  have 
shown  that  when  the  pinch  comes,  and  Englishmen  with  some  responsibility 
on  their  shoulders  have  to  declare  themselves,  they  have  not  forgotten  the 
traditions  of  their  childhood.  The  time  of  Easter,  and  the  occupation  of 
a  great  charitable  and  national  work,  such  as  your  Sanitary  Commission 
has  in  hand,  and  in  aid  of  which  the  Fair  and  this  journal  have  been  start 
ed,  should  be  favorable  to  kindly  thoughts,  and  frankly  as  I  confess  the 
many  causes  of  estrangement  and  bitterness  which  have  arisen  between 
our  countries  since  the  war  broke  out,  the  lion's  share  of  which  ought  in 
fairness  to  be  laid  at  the  door  of  the  nation  which  has  not  been  in  the 
pangs  of  a  revolution ;  I  do  think  that  even  the  best  and  fairest  men 
amongst  you  have  never  yet  done  justice,  either  to  the  conduct  of  our 
Government,  beset  as  they  have  been  with  questions  of  no  common  diffi 
culty  on  all  sides,  or  to  the  attitude  of  the  thinking  portion  of  our  commu 
nity. 

I  myself  hope  to  see,  in  spite  of  all  that  reckless  men  on  either  side 
can  do  to  hinder  it,  a  closer  and  more  hearty  alliance  between  my  country 
and  yours,  as  soon  as  this  war  is  over,  than  has  ever  been  possible  since  we 
parted  in  last  century.  Slavery  has  been  the  only  real  cause  of  our  estrange 
ment  for  the  last  thirty  years;  as  soon  as  that  has  been  taken  away  the 
laws  of  gravitation  will  surely  bring  us  together  again.  Every  lover  of  his 
own  country,  on  whichever  side  of  the  Atlantic  he  may  chance  to  have 
been  born,  will  strive  and  pray  that  this  may  be  so,  and  none  more  earnest 
ly  than  I. 

Believe  me,  with  renewed  wishes  for  success  to  the  Fair, 

Yours  very  truly,  THOMAS  HUGHES. 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


SPIEIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 


NEW    YORK,    MONDAY,    APRIL    11,    1864. 


A  PAIR  OF  PIGEONS. 

A   8TOBY   BY   AN   OLD   SOLDIER   OP   THE   AEMY   OF   THE   POTOMAC. 

BY  FREDERIC  8.    COZZEN8. 

(Continued.) 

PEOPLE  think,  and  officers  particularly,  that  there's  nothing  to 
a  cavalry  jacket  but  braids  and  buttons.  Maybo  there  isn't. 
There's  a  heart  under  it,  and  feeling  under  it,  and  the  old  head 
that  pops  out  of  the  collar  has  a  brain  in  it,  sometimes  crowded 
with  more  memories  than  discipline  can  ever  wipe  out. 

When  my  father  died  (ho  was  head  clerk  in  a  large  iron-ware 
house  in  New  York),  he  left  me  a  few  thousand  dollars  to  begin 
the  world  with.  My  mother,  bless  her  dear  face  that  always  wore 
so  sweet  a  smile  whenever  she  looked  on  me,  her  only  son — I 
wonder  whether  she  sees  me  now? — died  a  few  years  before  him. 
I  put  my  college  learning  on  the  shelf,  opened  a  small  store  in  the 
hardware  line,  was  busy  night  and  day,  got  the  reputation  of  being 
an  industrious,  thriving  man ;  did  thrive,  made  a  little  more 
money,  bought  an  acre  and  a  half  of  ground  on  the  Hudson  river 
for  the  future,  borrowed  some  money  on  bond  and  mortgage,  built 
myself  a  snug  cottage,  married,  and  took  my  dear  little  wife  home 
to  a  new  Louse  all  furnished,  and  all  my  own.  Oh,  how  we 
watched  the  young  trees  spreading  and  growing,  the  shrubs  pout 
ing  with  innumerable  buds,  the  vines  climbing,  the  birds  singing 
in  the  dewy  mornings!  Morning  by  rail  cars  to  business;  even 
ing  by  rail  cars  to  home  and  happiness.  By  and  by,  Emily  had  a 
baby.  There  ne.ver  was  such  a  babyl  It  was  a  glory  in  the 
house.  It  was  my  morning  and  evening  star ! 

When  Billy  grew  up  and  turned  his  fifth  birthday,  his  uncle, 
my  wife's  brother,  gave  him  a  pair  of  pigeons.  They  were  birds 
of  ill  omen  to  us !  Fantails — thorough  breds ! — strutting  and 
crook-a-t-cooing  all  over  the  parlor  carpets,  or  flying  with  loud 
flipflaps  on  the  pictures,  the  curtain  cornices,  or  the  piano,  to 
please  Billy.  Then  I'd  catch  them  and  crowd  them  into  their  little 
box,  for  we  had  no  other  place  to  put  them. 

My  wife  says  to  me,  says  she,  "  William,  why  don't  you  have 
a  house  built  for  them  ?  Then  they  can  fly  out  when  they  please, 
and  soar  all  over  and  around  the  garden,  and  look  so  pretty,  bill 
ing  and  cooing  on  the  eaves  of  the  roof;  and  by  and  by  we'll  have 
a  young  family  of  squabs,  and  it  will  be  so  nice  !  "  And  Billy's 
round,  blue  eyes  were  fringed  with  radiant  joy,  and  he  rubbed  his 
little  chubby  hands  together,  and  shouted  out  in  his  beautiful  voice, 
"  Bully  for  thoo,  mamma!  " 

"Emily,"  says  I,  "how  can  I  build  a  suitable  place  for  them? 
It  will  have  to  be  set  up  pretty  high  on  something :  it  can't  stand 
on  the  ground,  for  the  rats  will  get  at  it ;  and  if  I  put  it  high  up 
on  a  pair  of  poles,  it  will  look  so,  that  everybody  will  be  talking 
about  it.  Now  the  proper  place  for  it  is  the  cockloft  of  a  stable, 
with  an  ornamental  shelf  and  pent-house,  and  then  it  is  a  decora 
tion  for  the  edifice ;  but  you  know  I  haven't  made  up  my  mind  to 
build  a  stable  yet,"  says  I,  "and  what  can  we  do?" 

"  Oh,  William,"  says  she,  with  her  pretty  mouth,  "  you  have 
been  talking  for  so  many  years,"  says  she,  "  about  building  that 
old  stable,  and  why  not  build  it  now  ?  You  can  keep  a  horse  and 
a  little  wagon,  and  then  I  can  go  to  market,  and  take  Billy  to 


school,  and  come  for  you  at  the  depot,  and  the  man  can  take  you 
there  in  the  morning,  and  it  will  do  to  carry  any  light  packages 
you  bring  up  from  the  city,  instead  of  hiring  a  teamster ;  and  the 
gardener  can  attend  to  the  horse,  without  any  extra  expense ;  and 
we  will  have  a  stall  for  a  cow,  and  another  to  put  in  any  visitor's 
horse  when  it  rains ;  and  altogether  it  won't  cost  any  more  than 
its  services  will  really  be  worth.  In  fact,  it  will  economize  as 
much  in  some  things  as  the  whole  worth  of  the  outlay ;  and  even 
if  it  don't,  you  ought  to  be  able  to  afford  it  by  this  time,"  says  she. 

I  never  was  a  strong  man — heart-proof  against  argument  from 
any  one  that  I  loved.  Judgment  was  too  apt  to  beat  a  retreat  be 
fore  affection.  I  wouldn't  have  disappointed  Emily  for  fifty  sta 
bles.  So  I  consulted  a  builder. 

"  Mr.  Perley,"  says  he,  "  what  sort  of  a  stable  do  you  think 
you'd  like  to  have  ?  " 

I  told  him  that  a  quiet,  small,  unobtrusive  wooden  edifice,  with 
a  picturesque  penthouse  and  ornamental  shelf  for  a  pair  of  pigeons, 
would  be  according  to  my  views ;  and  seeing  that  he  smiled,  I 
added — and  a  stall  for  a  horse,  another  for  a  cow,  and  a  room  for 
a  light  wagon — that  was  all. 

"Mr.  Perley,"  says  he,  "take  my  advice,  and  don't  build  a 
wooden  stable.  While  you  are  about  it,  build  a  brick  one.  It 
does  cost  a  little  more  to  begin  with,  but  you  will  save  all  the  ex 
tra  expense  in  the  end.  You  don't  know  how  convenient  it  will 
be  to  have  a  spare  stall  or  two.  You  will  have  to  build  your  sta 
ble  pretty  deep  for  your  buggy  anyhow,  for  the  shafts  take  up 
room ;  you  ought  to  have  a  place  for  a  light  lumber  wagon  to 
carry  your  truck  in,  for  you  don't  want  to  be  riding  such  things 
in  a  nice  vehicle ;  and  by  and  by  you'll  want  a  neat  rockaway 
for  your  wife  to  ride  in ;  and  as  you  are  about  it,  have  room 
enough  for  all ;  it's  only  a  trifle  more  expense,  and  then  you  get 
five  good  stalls  for  nothing." 

Now  nothing  is  more  reasonable  than  this — if  you  are  going  to 
incur  a  little  expense,  it  won't  cost  much  to  incur  a  great  deal 
more — so  I  listened  to  these  siren  words,  and  being  at  a  loss  to  re 
ply  to  Emily's  persuasions,  adopted  all  of  them.  Why  should  I, 
since  the  builder  had  convinced  her,  stand  out  about  a  mere  trifle? 
The  walls  went  up,  the  roof  went  on,  the  penthouse  jutted  from 
under  the  eaves,  the  pigeons  flew  forth  from  the  gable  like  Noah's 
dove  from  the  ark ;  the  horse  was  purchased ;  and  instead  of  a 
trotting  wagon,  I  selected  a  neat,  stylish  rockaway,  because  Emily 
said  it  would  be  so  nice  to  go  to  church  in. 

Things  went  on  smoothly  enough  for  a  while,  until  some  of  our 
friends,  or  rather  they  were  my  friends,  being  in  the  horse  line, 
discovered  that  the  rockaway  was  too  heavy  for  Pulaski — for  so  I 
had  named  our  new  horse.  When  I  told  this  to  Emily,  she  put  on 
that  persuasive  smile  again,  and  said,  with  her  bright  eyes  beam 
ing  upon  me,  "Then  I  suppose  we  will  have  to  buy  a  mate  to 
him  ?  After  all,  it  costs  but  a  little  more  to  keep  two  horses ;  one 
man  can  attend  to  two  as  well  as  to  one ;  we  have  plenty  of  stalls 
in  our  stable,  which  is  fortunate ;  it  is  only  the  cost  of  the  first 
outlay;  the  rockaway  only  needed  a  pole,  and  then  we  would  be 
complete." 

There  it  was  again—- when  you  are  at  some  expense,  it  doesn't 
cost  much  more  to  incur  a  great  deal  more.  So  I  bought  another 
horse — splendid  match  he  was  for  Pulaski.  I  called  him  Steuben. 
We  were  indeed  in  luck. 

There  was  another  thing,  however,  that  had  to  be  bought,  that 
Emily  had  not  thought  of.  As  it  is  impossible  to  drive  a  pair  of 
horses  in  single  harness,  a  double  set  had  to  be  purchased. 
"While  you  are  about  it,"  says  Emily,  'get  a  handsome  set;  it's 
poor  economy  to  spend  money  on  an  inferior  article  that  will  soon 
wear  out,  when  something  durable  won't  cost  a  great  deal  more." 


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67 


"Emily,"  sa.vs  I,  ''it  seems  to  me  that  a  span  of  horses  and 
carriage  suggest  so  many  brilliant  ideas  in  the  art  of  economy,  that 
if  we  should  keep  a  coacli  and  four,  the  family,  by  judicious  ex 
penditure,  would  be  able  to  live  out  of  the  savings." 

But  my  poor  wife  was  hurt  by  this  jocose  remark — her  face 
flushed  up,  the  tears  started  from  their  source,  and  trembled  re 
proachfully  in  the  brightest  pair  of  eyes  I  ever  knew.  At  the  time 
it  vexed  me.  Instead  of  comforting  her,  I  said  something — what 
it  was  I  have  forgotten,  but  it  must  have  been  too  sharp,  I  am 
afraid.  She  put  her  hand  to  her  eyes,  and  ran  toward  the  house. 
We  were  standing  at  the  stable  door  when  this  little  tiff  occurred. 
I  was  thinking  what  I  should  do  to  reconcile  her,  when  flap,  flap, 
flap  went  the  double  pair  of  wings  over  my  head.  I  turned  my 
eyes  to  the  ornamental  shelf  and  picturesque  penthouse.  O  you 
emblems  of  innocence!  Little  do  you  know  what  serious  expenses 
you  are  drawing  me  into  ! 

I  must  say  Emily  treated  me  with  a  great  deal  of  magnanimity 
when  I  went  in  to  tea.  I  sat  down  with  a  heavy  heart,  thinking 
of  a  large  payment  on  the  morrow,  for  which  I  was  not  altogether 
provided.  As  for  Billy,  he  was  in  high  glee  ;  he  had  a  new  pet,  a 
Guinea  pig,  and  had  entirely  forgotten  his  fantails.  "Emily," 
says  I,  "  what  shall  we  do  with  Billy's  new  pet  ?  "  "  Put  him  in 
one  of  the  empty  stalls,"  said  she,  with  a  smile.  As  she  did  not 
appreciate  my  joke  about  a  coach  and  four,  I  did  not  smile  at  hers. 

As  luck  would  have  it,  we  had  then  a  succession  of  rainy  Sun 
days.  Either  going  to,  or  coming  from  church,  the  wind  was  in 
our  faces,  and  it  blew  the  rain  through  the  open  front  of  our  rock- 
away,  so  as  to  spoil  several  of  Emily's  best  dresses.  "My  dear," 
said  she,  "  don't  you  think  we  had  better  exchange  this  rockaway 
for  a  close  carriage  ?  It  won't  cost  much  more,  and  I  know  it  will 
save  my  dresses  enough  to  pay  for  the  difference  ;  and  Billy  has 
got  such  a  sore  throat." 

Ah,  there  it  was  again !  Saving,  saving  all  the  time.  I  am 
afraid  this  economy  will  ruin  me  in  the  end.  But  I  bought  the 
carriage. 

(To  t<!  continued.) 


THE  AMATEUR  MEDIUM. 

BY  BAYAKD    TAYLOR. 

LAWRENCE  and  Dirck  and  I  sat,  late  at  night, 
Beside  the  open  hearth,  and  in  the  light 
Of  blazing  wood  talked  of  the  poets  dead — 
Whether  their  spirits  ever  visited 
Their  living  brothers — haply,  stole  unsought' 
Into  some  rapt,  absorbing  trance  of  thought 
And  won  again,  through  other  lips,  the  bliss 
Of  rhythmic  utterance.     "  Such  an  hour  as  this," 
Said  Lawrence,  "  for  his  visits  well  were  fit." 
Then  I :   "  Let  some  one  take  me  as  I  sit, 
Make  me  his  voice  and  bid  my  passive  brain 
Follow  the  footsteps  of  his  alien  strain  ! " 
Dirck  laughed  and  said :   "  I'm  ready  too  :  where'a  Keats  ?  " 
We  drew  the  table  nearer  to  our  seats, 
Placed  pen,  ink,  paper :  and  a  silence  fell. 
I  saw  a  lurid  glow,  as  some  far  hell 
A  moment  oped  its  gates  ;  then  golden  rays 
Shot  through,  as  from  a  falling  star  a-blaze, — 
Al  Araaf  'twas :  and  in  the  midst,  a  form 
Trampling  beneath  its  feet  the  Conqueror  Worm. 
Around  his  head  the  Raven  flew  :  his  hand 
Lifted  the  semblance  of  a  magian's  wand, 
Entwined  with  cypress.     "  Write  for  me,"  he  said, 
'  Of  Substance  only:  I  was  falsely  led, 
In  Life,  to  sing  of  shadows  and  of  dreams, 


The  scorned  Substantial  now  more  worthy  seems." 
Lean  fingers,  lit  with  white  phosphoric  flame, 
Touched  mine,  and  of  itself  the  poem  came : 

THE  MEMORY  OF  THE  STEAK. 

It  was  in  a  city  olden,  by  a  rapid  river  flowing, 

Where  the  silent  seraphs  sauntered,  at  even  and  at  morn  ; 

Where  the  bowers  made  molten  music  in  the  breezes,  balmy  blowing, 
And  Hate  was  homeless  ever,  ever  veiled  the  voice  of  Scorn. 

Then  within  this  city  olden,  seated  in  the  violet  valley, 
In  a  dim  Titanic  tavern  I  my  hunger  huge  did  sate, 

For  the  heavenly  handmaid  (nameless  now,  her  name  was  Sally) 
Brought  me  beefsteak  and  potatoes  on  a  princely  purple  plate. 

0,  that  steak  like  censer  steaming,  how  it  dazzles  on  my  dreaming, 
Deep  in  orient  onions  buried  and  potatoes  in  the  peel ! 

Peppered  in  peculiar  beauty,  with  the  glow  of  gravy  gleaming, 
Nevermore  my  pallid  palate  shall  partake  of  such  a  meal ! 

Nevermore — oh,  word  of  sorrow !  If  a  shilling  I  could  borrow, 
I  would  seek  that  city  olden  and  the  dim  Titanic  door  : 

But  the  mournful  mutton  waiteth  for  my  dinner  on  the  morrow, 
And  the  steak  is  but  a  shadow,  to  be  lifted  Nevermore  ! 

Scarce  could  my  mind  from  that  weird  spell  escape, 
When  in  the  dusk  arose  a  radiant  shape  ; 
His  eyes  were  stars  of  morning,  and  around 
His  youthful  brow  mimosa  leaves  were  wound  : 
Above  his  head  the  skylark,  singing,  soared, 
And  from  beneath  a  rainbow  ;  cataracts  poured 
Afar,  their  soundless  beauty.     Then  I  knew 
Him,  whose  pure  soul  was  made  of  fire  and  dew. 
The  sea  had  given  him  back  :  he  looked  on  me 
With  eyes  where  pain  was  drowned  in  ecstasy, 
And,  bending  forward,  kissed  by  brow,  and  said : 
"  Death  still  is  Life :  write  as  I  were  not  dead  !  " 
I  wrote  :'  but,  ah  !  my  downcast  eyes  were  dim 
And  clouds  made  faint  the  light  that  streamed  from  him : 

THE  WIND  OP  NIGHT. 

When  the  moon  is  lying 

In  the  deeps  of  the  dusky  sky, 
And  echo  chants,  replying 

To  the  owl's  melodious  cry, 
Then  I  feel,  pulsating 

Through  the  starry,  dim  profound, 
The  wind  of  night  creating 

Music  sweeter  far  than  sound. 

Breath  of  Night's  weird  being, 

Touch  the  soft  grass  where  I  lie  : 
Bid  me  read,  far-seeing, 

Secrets  hidden  in  the  faded  sky, — 
Fly  the  spell  that  urges, 

When  the  sun  sees  earth  all  bare, 
And  above  the  ocean-surges, 

Like  a  Mcenad,  shake  my  fiery  hair  ! 

I,  a  leaf  to  moulder 

With  the  wrecks  that  autumn  piles, 
Till  my  heart  is  colder 

Than  the  rocks  of  the  unpeopled  isles, — 
Breath  of  Night,  restore  me 

To  the  life  that  once  was  mine, 
Breathe  thy  spirit  o'er  me 

Till  my  being's  dream  becomes  divine ! 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR 


A  LETTER  FROM  MRS.  MUDDLE. 

MRS.  MUDDLE  presents  her  compliments  to  the  Editor  of  this  paper,  and 
begs  to  say,  I  am  very  glad  indeed  she  was  not  appointed  upon  any  of  your 
committees,  for  I  do  not  countenance  gambling  nor  swindling  nor  arson  nor 
imprisonment  of  treason  nor  manslaughter  nor  a  salt  battery  with  intent  to 
kill  nor  grand  larceny  nor  cold-blooded  murder  nor  grab-bags  nor  raffling 
nor  crimes  of  any  kind  whatever  with  her  compliments.  Help  the  soldiers 
indeed  !  Why  don't  you  make  havelocks  then  ?  Mrs.  Muddle  asks  you 
Sir  what  the  soldiers  are  fighting  for  I  should  like  to  know.  Answer  her 
that.  To  Mrs.  Muddle's  mind  it  is  perfectly  clear  that  it  is  the  people 
called  Bobolinks  or  Bobolinkoners  or  Bobolinkonists  who  have  in  Mrs. 
Muddle's  mind  for  what  can  be  clearer  caused  the  war  in  which  brother  is 
slaying  brother  which  I  cannot  abide  to  think  of  it. 

Beside  what  does  the  Bible  say  ?  Probably  you  do  not  know  Sir  nor 
any  of  your  committees  poor  things  though  I  see  you  have  a  Gray  chairman 
which  ought  to  know  better  and  a  White  Secretary  which  I  am  glad  you 
have  something  white  about  your  insanitary  affair.  Mrs.  Muddle  presents 
more  compliments  and  is  not  in  the  least  surprised  that  the  reverend  clergy 
had  to  protest  you  publicly  and  your  plots  and  conspiracies  against  the  laws 
of  God  and  man  which  makes  me  shudder  to  think  of  and  what  a  yawning 
abcess  of  guilt  she  has  escaped.  Mrs.  Muddle  asks  when  Judas  sent  back 
Ham  to  Solomon  what  does  the  Bible  say.  Now  mark  her  words  and  see 
what  comes  of  Bobolinkonism  for  when  I  asked  my  husband  Jabez  Muddle 
the  very  same  question  he  answered  "  saved  your  bacon  "  which  it  is  no 
wonder  that  an  irreligious  man  like  that  has  given  a  thousand  dollars  out 
of  his  children's  mouths  to  support  your  misanthropical  fair  and  when  I 
said  as  much  to  him  Jabez  Muddle  said  not  given  my  dear  but  only  lint  and 
things.  No  Sir  Mrs.  Muddle  begs  to  say  that  it  said  thou  art  the  man  and 
if  not  Bishop  Hopkins  or  Deacon  Benjamin  were  at  his  office  No.  4,  11,  44, 
will  give  you  chapter  and  verse. 

Mrs.  Muddle  thinks  it  is  dreadful  when  people  whom  nobody  ever  saw 
are  permitted  to  get  up  civil  wars  and  things  especially  when  all  the  high- 
toned  and  chivalrous  gentlemen  from  the  sunny  but  unhappy  S th  say 

that  they  are  like  fathers  to  their  involuntary  servants  and  I  do  not  doubt 
it  and  what  a  privilege  for  our  poor  Irish  people  to  have  owners  to  look 
after  them  and  dispose  of  their  babies  properly  which  it  is  a  crying  shame 
they  introduce  into  the  world  entirely  naked  as  it  were  and  without  any 
provision  whatever  except  something  in  the  milky  way  which  as  Jabez  says 
is  a  very  thin  whey  indeed  as  it  were  which  Mrs.  Muddle  has  no  doubt  of 
with  my  compliments.  So  as  for  helping  such  doings  as  these  Mrs.  Muddle 
wishes  to  have  nothing  at  all  to  do  with  it  and  how  could  you  expect  me 

to? 

RIS-GDOVE  VILLA,  ) 

Thursday  alter  Eantor.       ( 


[The  original  of  the  following  autograph  note  from  Leigh  Hunt  has  been 
presented  to  the  Sanitary  Fair  by  Benjamin  Moran,  Esq.,  Secretary  of  Le 
gation  at  London,  and  will  be  sold  with  the  other  valuable  autographs  which 
have  been  acquired  by  the  Managers  of  the  Fair.  It  possesses  a  peculiar 
value  from  the  fact  that  it  has  never  been  published  before :] 

HAMMERSMITH,  20  min.  to  2. 

DEAR  C.  B. : — It  has  suddenly  rushed  into  my  head  that  I  have  mon 
strously  forgotten  the  thing  you  asked  me  yesterday.  I  was  very  busy  at 
the  moment  your  question  came,  and  hence  the  monstrosity.  The  jest  is 
Canning's,  upon  an  expedition  that  was  sent  to  the  Helder,  and,  I  think, 
ran  thus,  but  am  not  sure  to  the  very  letter,  nor  know  where  to  get  at  it. 
Howcvei ,  I  think  the  lines  may  be  reckoned  upon  : 

"The  Earl  of  Chatham,  with  sword  drawn, 
Stood  waiting  for  Sir  Richard  Strahan  ; 
Sir  Richard,  longing  to  be  nt  'cm, 
Stood  waiting  for  thn  E;irl  of  Chatham." 

Chatham  was  brother  to  Pitt,  and  this  was  one  of  the  unfortunate  cam 
paigns  in  which  the  leaders  recriminated  on  one  another.  The  Earl  was 
the  principal  in  command,  and  turned  out  to  be  a  nobody — albeit  he  was 
brother  to  the  famous  Minister,  and  son  to  the  still  more  famous  Minister, 
the  great  Earl  of  Chatham.  Ever  affectionately  yours, 

LEIGH  HUNT. 


ENGLAND  AND  AMERICA,  1863. 

BY    RICHARD    MOXCKTON    MILNES    (SOW    LORD    HOUGHTON). 

WE  only  know  that  in  the  sultry  weather 
Men  toiled  for  us  as  in  the  steaming-room, 

And  in  our  minds  we  hardly  set  together 

The  bondsman's  penance  and  the  freeman's  loom. 

We  never  thought  the  jealous  God  would  store 
For  us  ill  deeds  of  time-forgotten  graves ; 

Nor  heeded  that  one  day  the  Mayflower  bore 
A  freight  of  pilgrims,  and  another  slaves. 

First  on  the  bold  upholders  of  the  wrong, 
And  last  on  us  the  heavy-laden  years 

Avenge  the  cruel  triumphs  of  the  strong,' 
Trampled  affections  and  derided  tears. 

Labor  degraded  from  her  high  behest 

Cries  "  Ye  shall  know  I  am  the  living  breath 

And  not  the  curse  of  men.     Ye  shall  have  pest — 
The  pest  of  famine  and  the  pest  of  death." 

Oh  happy  distant  hours  that  shall  restore 
Honor  to  work  and  pleasure  to  repose, 

Hasten  your  steps  just  heard  above  the  roar 
Of  angry  passions  and  the  crash  of  foes. 


VERS  DE  SOCIETE. 

A  TRIBUTE  TO  THE  FAIR,  comprising  a  collection  of  Vers  de  Societe.      Published  in 
aid  of  the  Sanitary  Commission. 

THIS  is  the  title  of  a  new  volume  of  Poems,  which  will  be  found  for 
sale  at  several  of  the  tables  during  the  continuance  of  the  FAIR.  The 
author's  name  does  not  appear  on  the  title  page,  neither  does  he  assume  a 
nom  de  plume,  but  modestly  lays  his  gift  on  the  great  altar  of  this  public 
charity,  leaving  it  to  stand  or  fall,  according  to  its  own  merits  or  delects. 
It  is  difficult  for  the  critic  under  such  circumstances  to  attack  this  literary 
offering,  even  if  disposed  so  to  do,  for  the  proverbial  prohibition  with  re 
gard  to  gift  horses  is  applicable  to  this  winged  Pegasus  ;  which  the  author 
permits  to  wander  from  his  private  Jlfews  into  the  battle  field,  to  bear  awav 
some  sick  or  wounded  soldier.  This  poetic  steed,  however,  is  anything  but 
a  war  horse.  He  is  a  very  dainty,  ambling  palfrey,  who  docs  not  distin 
guish  himself  by  vigorous  leaps  into  the  regions  of  ideality,  but  is  just 
such  an  animal  as  an  inexperienced  young  lady  might  covet  to  bear  her 
safely  over  the  soft  tan  of  the  private  riding  school  to  the  sound  of  low- 
toned  music.  It  is  probable  that  in  permitting  these  verses  to  see  the  light 
the  author  did  not  expect  for  his  volume  a  much  larger  sphere  of  action. 
Its  principal  attraction  lies  in  the  association  which  the  reader  will  have 
with  the  author,  who,  notwithstanding  his  modest  retirement  behind  the 
scenes,  will  be  pretty  generally  recognised  as  tin  homme  galant  in  New 
York  society,  not  less  appreciated  by  those  who  know  him  for  bis  honest 
heart  than  for  his  cultivated  tastes. 

The  mechanical  part  of  the  volume  is  creditable  to  printer  and  binder: 
Appleton  &  Co.  never  publish  anything  unworthy  of  their  reputation  in  Ihese 
respects.  The  contents  consist  of  a  series  of  metrical  effusions — mostly 
off-hand — suggested  by  events  and  incidents  in  the  social  experience  of  the 
author.  These  are  all  made  tributary  to  the  beauty  and  loveliness  of  the 
other  sex.  There  is  a  degree  of  painstaking  apparent  in  many  of  the 
poems;  others  seem  to  have  been  cast  off,  on  the  spur  of  the  moment, 
under  the  impression  that  the  ladies'  albums  for  which  they  were  written 
would  be  their  final  resting  place.  Many  of  the  allusions  are  of  a  personal 
character,  yet  are  in  all  instances  conveyed  with  delicacy,  whilst  the  de 
scription  of  certain  ladies  who  have  from  time  to  time  attained  a  supremacy 
in  society,  are  well  given,  and  are  readily  recognised.  The  versification  is 
smooth,  and  the  composition  spirited,  while  occasionally  a  poem  like  that 
of  "  The  Bird  Singing  above  Niagara,"  rises  beyond  simple  melody,  and 


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evinces  spirituality  and  power.  The  " Sleigh  Ride "  and  "The  Midsummer 
Fete"  are  lively  descriptions  of  two  events,  which  will  be  pleasurably  re 
called  by  the  gay  parties  who  participated  in  them.  The  "  Newport  Belle" 
is  ag  sparkling  as  a  glass  of  champagne  with  the  bead  on,  and  the  "Verses 
to  Sally"  are  not  a  bad  reminder  of  that  exquisite  song  in  the  "Miller's 
Daughter. " 

Considering  the  circumstances  of  its  advent,  this  volume  will  be  very 
acceptable  to  the  ladies.  It  is  a  book  for  the  boudoir ;  something  for  the 
intellectual  lips  of  beauty  to  sip  at  as  she  lies  extended  on  her  French 
fauteuil  in  her  elegant  robe  de  matin.  In  this  view,  these  vers  de  societe 
will  be  a  success,  and  may  be  compared  to  those  delicate  creations  of  the 
loom  which  Paul  de  Kock  describes  as  a  happy  combination,  "  Ou  la  sole 
et  1'argent  sont  maries  avec  art."  T. 


TO  THE  FIRST  SNOW-DROP. 

11Y    EPKS   SARGENT. 

EMBLEM  of  purity,  gracefully  lifting, 
Petals  of  beauty  'mid  wintry  snows  drifting, 
Brave  little  snow-drop,  so  fair  and  so  hardy, 
First  flower  to  welcome  the  Spring  chill  and  tardy ; 

Frost  cannot  wither  thee,  cold  cannot  frighten, 
Patiently  tarrying  till  skies  may  brighten  ! 
Snow-piercer,  cloud-gazer,  wind-scorner,  eye-cheerer, 
Bring,  bring  to  this  heart  thy  dear  message  yet  nearer  ! 

When  age  or  sorrow  is  darkly  impending, 

Snows  of  adversity  thickly  descending, 

Then  springing  out  of  them,  checked  by  no  blasting, 

Let  there  bloom  thoughts  of  the  life  everlasting  ! 

Coming  like  snow-drops,  amid  our  endurance, 
Bringing  to  eacli  weary  heart  the  assurance 
To  joy's  frozen  waste  Spring  draws  nigher  and  nigher, 
And  Death  is  the  way  to  life  higher  and  higher. 
Jan.  1864. 


CHARADE.     No.  IV. 

Is  festal  robe  of  brightest  green, 
And  crowned  with  flowers,  my  First  is  seen. 
On  yonder  plain,  a  joyous  throng, 
My  coming  hail  with  dance  and  song : 
As  down  the  woodland  path  you  stray 
Gay  breezes  in  your  temples  play, 
And  ev'ry  breath  that  wafts  the  gale, 
Bears  perfume  from  my  blossoms  pale. 

In  dark  recess  of  forest  wild, 
Where  ne'er  a  ray  of  sun  hath  smiled, 
And  sometimes  in  a  city's  bound, 
My  Second,  sooth  to  say,  is  found. 
The  Holy  Book  of  one  doth  speak, 
Where  impious  king  his  wrath  did  wreak 
On  fearless  saint,  who  'scaped  all  harm, 
From  trust  in  the  Almighty  arm. 

'Neath  the  boughs  of  my  First  where  it  blooms  in  the  vale, 
Stands  a  Knight  of  the  cross  with  helmet  of  mail ; 
Tall  and  noble  his  form,  his  eye  dim  with  sorrow, 
For  Palestine's  shores  he  must  sail  ere  the  morrow. 
For  my  Wiole  he  awaiteth  ;  list !  a  light  step  is  near. 
Thro'  the  dusk  gleams  a  robe,  see  the  loved  one  appear. 
Her  fair  form  how  closely  he  clasps  to  his  heart, 
"  Farewell !  my  soul's  idol,  this  eve  we  must  part. " 


HEINE'S  LORELEI. 

PROBABLY  no  man  would  have  been  more  indignant  than  Heine  at  the 
idea  of  writing  anything  with  a  moral.  Yet  his  ballad  is  of  the  very  essence 
of  allegory,  a  most  transparent  allegory  too.  A  lovely  woman,  charming 
music,  two  of  earth's  greatest  temptations,  the  ordinary  duties  of  life  neg 
lected,  and  the  shipwreck  of  the  entranced  one  on  the  unheeded  rock. 
But  what  shall  be  our  preventive  ?  Must  we,  as  some  would  have  us,  dis 
figure  or  shut  up  all  the  fair  women  and  quench  all  the  sweet  melody  ? 
Nay,  rather  let  the  watchful  mariner,  like  wise  Ulysses,  bind  himself  to 
the  mast  when  he  approaches  the  dangerous  waters. 


CARL  BENSON. 


I  know  not  what  it  bodeth 
That  I  so  sad  should  be  ; 

An  old-time  story  loadeth 
My  mind  continually. 

The  air  is  cool,  and  it  darkles, 
And  quietly  flows  the  Rhine ; 

The  mountain  summit  sparkles 
In  the  evening  sun-shine. 

A  fair,  fair  maid  reclineth 
All  wondrous  over  there ; 

Her  golden  garment  shineth, 
She  combs  her  golden  hair. 

She  combs  it  with  comb  all  golden, 
And  ever  a  song  sings  she, 

A  song  of  a  wondrous  olden, 
Right  powerful  melody. 

In  his  skiff  the  boatman  flying 
Drinks  it  with  wild  delight ; 

He  sees  not  the  ledge  low  lying, 
He  looks  but  up  to  the  height ; 

Till,  I  think,  the  waves  without  pity 
O'er  skiff  and  boatman  run, 

And  this  is  what  by  her  ditty 
The  Lorelei  hath  done. 


WASHINGTON  AND  NAPOLEON— A  FRAGMENT. 

SUCH  is  the  title  of  a  neatly  got-up  pamphlet  for  sale  at  our  bookstall. 
Though  no  name  is  affixed  to  this  brochure,  we  are  not  "  telling  tales  out  of 
school"  in  assigning  its  authorship  to  Prof.  Lieber.  Dr.  Lieber  has  been 
too  long  and  too  favorably  known  to  the  public  to  need  any  special  com 
mendation  from  us.  If  his  classic  and  recondite  allusions  are  sometimes 
"  caviare  to  the  general,"  we  like  him  none  the  worse  for  it.  When  there 
is  so  much  shallowness  and  sciolism  about,  and  ignorance  imposing  itself 
on  the  public  for  knowledge,  we  agree  with  Tayler  Lewis,  that  "  even  a 
sprinkling  of  bookworms  and  pedants  may  be  of  advantage."  Not  that 
we  would  apply  either  of  these  epithets  to  Dr.  L.,  whose  talent  is  not  pre 
vented  by  his  much  learning  from  being  of  a  highly  practical  order,  as  has 
been  shown  on  many  occasions,  and  especially  of  late  in  his  connection 
with  that  useful  and  patriotic  body,  the  Loyal  Publication  Society  of  which 
he  is  now  the  respected  President. 

The  contrast  between  Washington  and  Napoleon — the  worshipper  of 
duty  and  the  worshipper  of  glory — has  ever  been  a  favorite  subject  of 
schoolboy  composition,  college  declamation  and  popular  oratory.  To  han 
dle  a  theme  so  trite  in  such  wise  as  to  make  it  interesting,  proves  high  ar 
tistic  talent,  as  well  as  superior  critical  discrimination,  both  which  qualities 
are  exemplified  in  Dr.  Lieber's  sketch. 


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LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

{To  be  continued  daily.) 


ARTICLES  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDIXG. 


Vase  wax  flowers,  Mrs.  E.  K.  Spencer. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  R.  P.  Spencer. 

Self-heating  smoothing  irons,  Bliss  &  Drake. 

Ladies'  furs,  Daniel  11.  Lawrence,  $100. 

Perfumery,  &c.,  La  Bocie"te  Hygieine,  per  Victor  E. 

Mauger. 
Curiosity. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Harriet  Evans,  Del.  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Assorted  articles,  Paterson,  N.  J. 
Thread,  needles,  &c.,  J.  II.  Jenklnson. 
Tidy,  Mrs.  Bobbins. 
Japanese   fancy  article,  Mrs.  M.  8.  Turrill,    Oswego, 

N.  Y. 

Christian  lyrics,  Geo.  Leach. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Little. 
Groceries,  G.  G.  Yoelin. 
Stationery,  Baker  &  Godwin,  $125. 
Model  Trinity  Church,  N.  P.  Anderson,  $100. 
Large  chair,  A.  Kimbel  and  J.  Cabua. 
Carved  China  frame,  Rev.  W.  I.  Morrison, 
Grindstone,  Walter  P.  "Wood  &  Co. 
Stationery,  Lawrence,  Cohen  &  Co.,  $522. 
Stationery,  Slote,  Janes  &  Co. 
Bureau,  C.  &.  J.  Wesslau. 
Stationery,  Hubbs  &  Yates. 
Stationery,  F.  W.  Cowdin. 

10  boxes  soap,  "W.  B.  Iliggins  &  Co. 
Retail  groceries,  W.  A.  Hoar. 
Pruning  hooks,  Aaron  Travis. 
Wall  paper,  Pinchot,  Warrt  n  4;  Co. 
Furs  (capes  and  muffs),  I.  Kuszets,  $100. 
Rubber  goods,  Union  India  Rubber  Co.,  $120.9a 
Fancy  articles,  dec.,  Mrs.  W.  F.  Plait,  Oswego,  N.  Y. 
Fancy  articles,  unknown. 

Fancy  articles,  West  Point. 

Boot  jacks  and  scales,  W.  F.  Sbattuck  «fc  Co. 

Fancy  articles. 

Fancy  articles,  Ladies  from  New  Market,  N.  J. 

Busts,  Jackson  and  Clay,  Janes,  Bowne  &  Co. 

Clock,  A.  Frankfield  &  Co. 

Fit-Id  glass,  F.  J.  Emnesick. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Jno.  Reid. 

Caps,  &c.,  J.  Small. 

Hats,  Cha's  Fox. 

Children's  furs,  J.  Earner  &  Co. 

Furs,  hats  and  caps,  H.  M.  Silverman,  $105. 

Navy  caps,  Roll  &  Hem. 

Furs  and  caps,  L.  J.  &  I.  Phillips,  $322.50. 

Hats  and  caps,  Rau  &  Goltgereau. 

Perfumery,  J.  Wesnouski. 

Fancy  articles.  Mrs.  Baker  and  Mrs.  Coe,  Washington 

Heights,  $196. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Amasa  McLean,  Freehold,  N.  J. 
Socks,  Mrs.  M.  Dye. 

Stationery,  envelopes,  Berlin  &.  Jones,  $101.14. 
Ladies1  shoes,  L.  II.  Arkush. 
Misses'  coat,  W.  W.  Paddon. 
Sofa  cushion,  Miss  Grumman. 
Pickles,  jellies,  &c.,  Broadmeadow  &.  Stout. 
Fancy  articles,  Mies  Matilda  Brown. 
Cashmere  shawl,  Madam  F.  Pinchon. 
Blankets,  F.  II.  Magee,  Ontario  Woollen  Co.,  $SOO. 
Fancy  goods,  J.  K.  Spratt. 
Germantown  rockaway,  Cha's  11.  Lynde,  $300. 
Inlaid  box,  John  Henry. 

011  painting,  Edw.  King,  $1,200. 

2  sofa  cushions,  Miss  Emma  L.  Cole. 

Sofa  cushion,  Misses  Dortie. 

Books,  Mrs.  Hovey. 

Autograph  Book,  Jno.  Horn,  jr. 

Pamphlets,  &e.,  Nicholas  Muller. 

Champagne,  Bruch,  Foucher  &.  Co.,  $281. 

Perfumery,  Wm.  Neergard. 

Poudrette,  Ricardo  &  Co. 

8  pieces  matting,  Hastings  &  Weed,  $203.50. 

Case  of  books,  Geo.  W.  Carleton,  $250. 

Groceries,  Mrs.  J.  F.  Cole,  $10X69. 

Ginger  wine,  Leslie*:  Co. 

Sword,  anvil,  steel  traps,  and  soap  cup  holder.  Geo    P 

Bcnlefflln. 
Fancy  articles,  Misses  Anderson,  Harlem. 


?ancy  articles,  Mrs.  J.  N".  Quimby  and  Miss  E.  McKee. 
Youths'  P.  L.  boots,  Lorin  Brooks  &  Son. 
Emblematic  signs,  8.  F.  Bailey 

roceries,  J.  F.  Cole. 
Russian  lotion,  It.  D.  Goodwin 
•Stationery,  L.  F.  Valentine. 
Mahogany  vase  inlaid,  Cha's  Reiff. 

lothes  wringers,  Putnam  Manufacturing  Co. 
500  bottles  refined  oil,  Weed  &  Co.,  $125. 

ents'  undergarments,  P.  &  II.  Lewis,  $267. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  L.  Wheeler  and  Mrs.  A.  F.  Dow. 
[vory  rings  and  trinkets,  Dr.  Louie  II.  Stiner, 
Musket,  Jno.  Dalrymple. 
Picture  of  natural  flowers,  Mrs.  Prager. 
Books,  August  Brentano. 
Extra  smith's  bellows,  J.  Michales,  jr. 
100  views  of  Central  America,  Wm.  Faust. 
House  furnishing  articles,  E.  Ketcham  &  Co.,  $300. 
Stationery,  Berolzheimer,  Illfelder  &  Co.,  $100. 
Stationery  articles,  B.  &  P.  Lawrence,  $253.25. 
L  bale  hops,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Foote. 
Neckties,  P.  F.  Smith  &  Fowler,   Cooperstown,  N.  Y., 

$110. 
Bleached  damask  table  coyers,  James  Duncan  &  Co., 

$176. 

Fancy  articles,  Wilkes  Knitting  Society,  $294.95. 
India  rubber  goods,  A.  G.  Day  &  Co.,  $211.21. 
[ndia  rubber  articles,  II.  G.  Norton  &  Co.,  $320.82. 
India  rubber  articles,  N.  Y.  Rubber  Co.,  $331.24. 
Gas  fixtures. 

Wall  paper,  Pinchot,  Warren  <fc  Co. 
Assorted  articles,  the  ladies  of  Owego,  N.  Y. 
5  bbls.  ale,  Koehler  Brothers. 
Books,  Howe  &,  Perry,  $100. 
Pocket  cutlery,  N.  Y.  Knife  Co.,  Walden,  Orange  Co., 

N.  Y. 
Fancy  articles,  Fortieth  street  Presbyterian  Church, 

$184.20. 

Table  linen,  Mrs.  Cyrus  W.  Field,  $200. 
Specimen  telegraph  cable,  Mr.  Cyrus  W.  Field,  $200. 

as  stove,  H.  D.  Blake. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Kellock. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Ja's  Dalrymple. 
Chair  worsted  work,  Mrs.  Green. 
Fancy  articles,  Misses  Bonney. 
Cabriole  chair,  G.  Mathesiae. 
Books,  F.  W.  Perley. 
Cutlery,  H.  &  J.  W.  King. 
Vase  wax  flowers,  Mrs.  P.  E.  Ruckel. 
Oil  painting,  Jno.  Banvard. 
Book  case,  David  Rae. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  L.  Scudder. 
Furnishing  goods,  Smith  &  Blake,  $106.45. 
Stockings  and  medals,  Miss  Lovett. 
Ladies'  dress  trunk,  A.  P.  Stiles. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  C.  V.  B.  Ostrander. 
Stationery,  Cha's  W.  Baker. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Oscar  G.  Mason. 
Bleached  goods,  Lonsdale  Mills,  R.  L,  $706.91. 
Fancy  articles,  D.  W.  Plumb,  Ansonia,  Conn. 
English  engraving,  J.  J.  Jenkins. 
Tables,  D.  Marley. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  A.  Van  8.  Leeds. 
Oil  painting,  Granville  Perkins. 
Oakum,  Geo.  Stratford. 
Lamp  shade,  Miss  Jackson. 
Cutlery,  Wm.  Sanderson. 
Books,  II.  Sherrlll. 

Ladies'  trunk,  J.  H.  &  J.  G.  Cunningham. 
Carpet  tacks,  The  Shelton  Co. 
Gold  pens,  E.  D.  Webster. 
1  bag  coft'ee,  Schembusky,  Lotz  &  Co. 
Faney  inlaid  box,  Robert  Laughlin. 
Fancy  articles,  ladles  of  Bridgeport,  by  Miss  L.   R. 

Ward,  $203. 

Pier  mirror,  Williams,  Stevens  &  Williams,  $160. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  Jaques. 
Curiosities,  R.  J.  Walsh,  Brooklyn. 
Toy  books,  McLoughlin  Brothers,  $150. 
Stationery,  W.  A.  Wheeler. 
Fancy  articles,  ladies  Port  Kent,  N.  Y, 


Iron  bath  tubs,  Harkness  Boyd. 

2  Shetland  ponies,  Jno.  Jay,  $300. 

Pig's  tall  whistle,  W.  B.  Power. 

Boys'  clothing,  Isaac  V.  Brokan,  $100. 

Fancy  goods,  Utica  Lunatic  Asylum,  $146. 

Books,  Trubner  &  Co.,  London. 

Oil  painting,  Henry  W.  Barney,  $250. 

Medicine  chest,  Thos.  Ritter. 

Books,  D.  Appleton  &  Co. 

Books,  Little,  Brown  &  Co. 

Curiosities,  Geo.  W.  Gibbs,  California. 

Curiosities,  Ogden  Haggerty,  $200. 

Refrigerators,  L.  II.  Mace,  $162. 

Family  soap,  Allan  Hay  &  Co. 

Medicines,  B.  Keith  &  Co. 

Breakfast  shawl,  Mrs.  II.  Stocking. 

Willow  ware  md/..,  Mrs.  Sam'l  Colt. 

Table,  R.  &,  H.  Dessoir. 

Spring  back  chair,  Neidig,  Decker  &  Co. 

Crayon  drawings,  Mrs.  O.  D.  C.  Schack. 

Crayon  drawings,  Mr.  Frank  Niles. 

Two  suits  child,  cloth.,  Mrs.  "W".  F.  Rogers,  $100. 

Marble  top  table,  Shearer  &  Jones. 

Books,  J.  F.  Trow. 

Portrait  in  oil,  J.  Gurney  &  Son,  $575. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Graham. 

Range  and  trimmings,  Sheldon  &  Green. 

Pictures,  D.  McLollau  &.  Brother. 

Camp  stool,  Mrs.  Warren  Perry. 

Showcase  and  stand,  Mrs.  Lyle. 

Chairs,  Sam'l  Waterbury. 

Guava  jelly,  Mrs.  F.  E.  Howe. 

Stationery,  Cutter,  Tower  &  Co. 

California  wine  and  bitters,  Cesar  August  Roberts,  fill. 

Knives,  J.  M.  Carter. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Ellen  Ileyer. 

The  market  book,  T.  T.  Dovoe. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Port  Jervis,  by  Mrs.  H.  H. 
Farnum. 

Stationery,  J.  C.  Richards. 
'Shawls,  Peacedale  Mf'gCo.,  R.  L 

Garden  pumps,  box,  garden  force  pump,  sample  stand 
pump,  pump  on  board,  W.  &  B.  Douglas,  Middle- 
town,  Conn. 

Plough,  Griffing  Brothers. 

Washing  machine,  Griffing  Brothers. 

Pumps  (long),  W.  &  B.  Douglas,  Middletown,  Conn. 

Cider  press,  J.  B.  Brown  &  Co. 

Toy  hardware,  J.  W.  Adams. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  B.  8.  Condit,  Troy,  N.  J. 

Books,  Robert  Carter  &  Brothers,  $250. 

Cosmetics,  Wm.  Simpson. 

Horse  shoe  nails,  Ansable  Horse  Nail  Co.,  by  Abm. 
Bussing. 

Step  ladders,  &c.,  H.  F.  Metzler. 

Artificial  leg,  Ja's  W.  Weston. 

Surgical  instruments,  A.  Hernstein  &  Son. 

Two  revolvers,  Bcnj.  J.  liars,  5-200. 

Hair  sealing,  John  B.  Cummings. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Old  Saybrook,  Conn. 

Hardware,  J.  II.  Scott. 

Chairs,  &c.,  P.  J.  Hardy. 

Planing  machine,  Gould  Brothers,  Newark. 

Camp  stools,  Berrien  House,  Faring,  Newark. 

Sifting  machine,  Sam'l  Harris,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Galvanized  pails,  Metallic  Keg  Co. 

1  ox,  3,618  Ibs.,  ladies  of  Livingston  Co.,  $1,000. 

Patent  burial  case,  A.  E.  Lyman. 

Royal  ermine  muff,  David  H.  Solis,  Philadelphia. 

Fancy  buttons,  Hitchcock  &  Castle,  $252.68. 

Boot  toilets,  S.  Mncfarram,  through  L.  B.  Page. 

Perfumery,  Wm.  Rhinelander,  $225. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Townsend. 

Pump,  W.  O.  Mailler. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Jaqnes. 

Brown  stone  flower  vase,  Grant  &,  Short,  $260. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Merritt. 

Fancy  boxes,  Proppeiifils  &.  Bmeok. 

Oil  painting,  Mrs.  J.  Iselton. 

Books,  Jaa.  Miller. 

Glassware,  Platt  Brothers. 

Books,  E.  Seitz. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


ITEMS  AND  INCIDENTS  OF  THE  FAIR. 

A  CULTIVATED  taste  will  find  in  no  Department  of  the  FAIR  (always  ex 
cepting  the  glorious  Art  Gallery)  more  gratification  than  the  Book  room 
can  yield.  Several  of  the  volumes  offered  for  sale  are  of  a  rarity  and 
art  that  invite  the  liberality  of  collectors  able  to  indulge  a  love  of  the  cu 
rious  and  the  exquisite  in  literary  art.  Audubon's  Birds,  for  $200  a  copy 
— Finden's  Gallery  of  British  Art,  for  $100 — Gray's  Botany,  for  $40, 
should  tempt  the  founders  of  libraries.  Art  too,  is  represented  in  this 
Department  by  a  superb  bronze  sent  from  Paris  expressly  for  the  FAIR. 
The  money  value  of  this  unique  work  is  $500 — but  no  estimate  of  its  artis 
tic  excellence  can  be  stated  in  dollars  and  cents.  Among  the  literary  works 
particularly  prepared  for  this  FAIR,  we  direct  attention  to  "  Hartley's  Histo 
ry  of  the  Philanthropic  Results  of  the  War" — to  the  memoir  of  Lieut 
Mitchell — and  to  a  modest  volume  of  verses,  by  Mrs.  Wilson,  which  de 
serves  and  will  receive  a  more  extended  notice. 

AMONG  the  relics  in  the  OLD  CURIOSITY  SHOP,  is  an  extra  copy  of  the 
"N.  Y.  Gazette,"  dated  August,  1763,  containing  an  ordinance  of  the  city 
fathers,  which  possesses  a  melancholy  interest  to  us  who  have  fallen  upon 
these  "  evil  times."  It  runneth  thus :  "  Forasmuch  as  through  the  Avarice 
of  those  who  usually  supply  this  City  with  Provisions,  the  Prices  of  all  Man 
ner  of  Victuals,  daily  brought  to  Market  for  the  Sustentation  of  its  Inhabi 
tants,  are  grown  excessively  great,  and  not  only  ruinous  to  Families  of  the 
poorer  Sort,  but  intolerable  even  to  People  of  better  Estate.  In  order, 
therefore,  to  remedy  this  great  and  growing  evil,  and  to  fix  and  establish 
between  Buyer  and  Seller  reasonable  Prices  of  Victuals  hereafter  to  be 
brought  to  Market,  and  to  regulate  the  Sale  thereof,"  &c.,  certain  strin 
gent  rules  were  ordained  which,  if  enforced,  must  have  filled  the  bosoms 
of  our  worthy  granddams  with  delight.  Beef,  the  worthy  burghers  decreed 
— with  an  "  eye  single  "  to  the  public  good  and  their  own  inward  comfort, 
which  hath  ever  characterized  the  race,  should  not  exceed  three-pence  a 
pound  in  winter,  and  four-pence  in  summer,  which  is  as  if  one  should  order 
in  Fulton  market,  a  delicious  sirloin  for  dinner  at  about  six  or  eight  cents 
a  pound.  Pork  and  mutton  were  fixed  at  three-pence  ha'-penny  to  four- 
pence  ha  -penny,  and  lamb  at  six-pence.  Butter — stand  aghast,  0  extor 
tioners,  who  demand  six  shillings  for  a  pound  of  "  prime !  " — was  es 
tablished  at  from  nine  to  twelve-pence,  according  to  season.  Those  were 
truly  "  good  old  times,"  when  the  tender  sensibilities  of  merciless  specu 
lators  were  not  too  sacred  to  be  sternly  dealt  with  "  pro  bono  publico." 

THE  RESTAURANT  DEPARTMENT,  which  has  contributed  greatly  to  the 
comfort  and  well  being  of  all  connected  with  the  FAIR,  stands  itself  in 
need  of  assistance  by  contributions  in  turn.  Either  supplies  or  funds  for 
their  purchase  would  be  most  welcome  :  we  may  almost  say  they  are  indis 
pensable.  Is  the  public  aware  that  it  has  eaten  and  drunk  like  Gargantua 
in  these  late  days,  and  that  if  its  appetite  grows,  a  famine  is  likely  to  result, 
unless  the  stores  are  replenished  ? 

It  must  be  remembered  that  in  this  Department  the  consumption  is 
constant,  and  the  supplies  ought  to  flow  in  as  steady  a  stream.  For  most 
of  the  articles  used  cash  is  paid,  and  very  few  donations  have  been  made 
of  material  suitable  for  use  in  the  Restaurant. 

The  Department  aims  to  do  its  best  to  repeat  the  miracle  of  feeding 
the  multitudes,  and  at  the  same  time  adding  to  the  receipts  of  the  FAIR  ; 
and  the  public  can  aid  in  both  objects  by  timely  contributions. 

ELIOT'S  INDIAN  BIBLE. — A  copy  of  this  rare  and  interesting  book, 
belonging  to  the  library  of  the  American  Bible  Union,  is  among  the  liter 
ary  curiosities  on  exhibition  at  the  FAIR. 

The  volume  is  opened  at  the  page  containing  the  word,  "  wutappesit- 
tukgussiinnowetunkguoh  "  ("  kneeling  down  to  him,"  Mark  i.  40),  quoted 
in  Appleton's  Cyclopaedia,  vol.  vii.,  p.  90,  as  the  longest  word  in  the  book  ; 
a  good  illustration  of  Cotton  Mather's  dry  jest,  that  "  the  words  of  this 
language  seem  to  have  been  growing  ever  since  the  confusion  of  tongues." 
An  amusing  anecdote  is  told  of  this  translation  ;  and  though  familiar 
doubtless  to  some  of  our  readers,  it  may  serve  as  nil  introduction  to  two 
others,  which  we  have  never  seen  in  print.  The  translator,  when  he  came 
to  Judges  v.  28,  was  at  a  loss  for  a  proper  rendering  of  the  word  "  lattice.'" 
He  described  it  to  the  Indians,  as  well  as  he  was  able,  and  got  from  them 
the  Indian  word  which  they  thought  most  nearly  expressed  what  he  de 


scribed.     He  afterward  found  that  he  had  made  the  reader  say :   "  The 
mother  of  Sisera  looked  out  at  the  window,  and  cried  through  the  eel-pot." 

A  missionary  to  one  of  our  Western  Indian  tribes,  some  years  since,  gave 
us  the  following  illustration  of  the  embarassment  sometimes  occasioned  by 
the  poverty  of  a  savage  tongue.  He  was  preaching  through  an  interpre 
ter,  and  quoted  the  words,  "  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God  !  "  The  interpreter 
interrupted  him,  and  begged  him  to  substitute  some  other  thought ;  "  for," 
said  he,  "  the  language  of  this  tribe  has  no  single  word  for  '  lamb,'  and 
they  can  only  say,  big  sheep's  little  one." 

A  distinguished  missionary  in  the  East  translated  the  Bible  into  the  lan 
guage  of  the  people  among  whom  he  was  laboring.  He  some  time  after 
began  to  pay  his  addresses  to  a  lady  connected  with  the  Mission,  who  was  a 
widow.  When  this  became  known,  he  observed  a  marked  change  in  the 
demeanor  of  an  intelligent  native  preacher,  who  appeared  very  sad  and 
melancholy.  The  missionary  insisted  on  knowing  the  cause.  After  much 
hesitation  he  at  length  said :  "  Alas,  teacher,  I  fear  all  is  not  well.  The 
Bible  says,  '  He  shall  deliver  thee  from  the  snare  of  the  widow ; '  and  I 
hear  that  you  are  falling  into  it."  The  astonished  missionary  found,  that 
in  translating  Psalm  xci.  3,  "  He  shall  deliver  thee  from  the  snare  of  the 
fotoler,  he  had  inadvertently  used  the  nearly  related  one  for  widow. 

A  LIBERAL  PURCHASER. — A  valuable  shawl  bought  at  one  of  the  tables 
on  Thursday,  by  Mr.  George  E.  Barlow,  was  presented  again  to  the  Fair 
by  the  purchaser  the  next  day.  If  the  articles  for  sale  can  or.ly  be  got  rid 
of  by  receiving  them  back  again  together  with  the  prices,  we  shall  be  a 
never-ending  enterprise  of  charity.  It  is  hoped  all  buyers  will  not  go  and 
do  likewise,  or  we  shall  be  driven  to  make  an  Irish  bull  report  of  a  Fair 
at  which  nothing  was  sold  and  everything  brought  its  price. 


NEW  JERSEY  DEPARTMENT. 

THIS  tasteful  department,  under  the  Presidency  of  Mrs.  Theo.  Freling- 
huysen,  contains  two  general  divisions,  and  a  number  of  smaller  compart 
ments.  One  division  is  called  the  Alhambra,  and  the  other  is  dedicated 
to  the  four  seasons.  In  the  first  stall  of  the  Alhambra  is  a  collection  of 
autographs  of  distinguished  persons,  among  which  may  be  mentioned 
Lamartine,  Laboulaye,  Comte  de  Gasparin,  Monod,  and  other  celebrated 
Frenchmen  ;  Lord  Brougham,  Kinglake,  and  others,  of  English  celebrity  ; 
and  Motley,  Corwin,  and  many  distinguished  generals  and  civilians  of 
America.  Besides  these  are  three  photographs,  with  autographs,  of 
Rossini,  Meyerbeer,  and  Laboulaye1.  The  prices  of  these,  of  course,  range 
according  to  the  celebrity  of  the  author.  In  the  next  stall  is  a  handsome 
collection  of  ladies'  work,  among  which  we  noticed  a  very  pretty  mouchoir- 
case,  a  pincushion  adorned  with  raised  flowers,  cunningly  formed  from 
alum,  beautiful  but  frail ;  a  "  lovely  "  tidy,  worked  in  worsted  on  tinsel 
canvas,  valued  at  $12,  and  a  fine  assortment  of  cloaks,  of  various  shapes 
and  sizes  and  workmanship,  at  prices  ranging  from  $10  to  $20. 

The  second  division  is  subdivided  into  four  compartments,  called  re 
spectively  Spring,  Summer,  Autumn,  and  Winter.  Taking  them  in  the 
natural  order,  we  begin  our  cursory  review  with  Spring,  which  is  under  the 
special  charge  of  the  ladies  of  Orange.  The  first  object  which  will  attract 
the  parental  eye — to  say  nothing  of  the  prying  peepers  of  childhood — is 
the  large  "  baby  house  "  at  the  back  of  the  stall.  The  possession  of  such 
an  endless  source  of  enjoyment  would  save  a  vast  amount  of  trouble  in  the 
house,  and  make  the  child,  as  it  ought  to  he,  indeed,  "  a  well-spring  of 
pleasure."  An  "  enchanting  "  doll's  bedstead,  with  mattresses,  comforters, 
pillows,  &c.,  complete,  and  a  toy-ship,  handsome  enough  to  take  Master 
Hal  off  his  feet  with  delight,  with  various  other  "  baby  things,"  are  in 
tended  to  carry  out  the  idea  of  life's  happy  spring-time,  when  play  is  the 
principal  business.  The  visitor  cannot  fail,  however,  to  note  the  elegant 
afghans  and  other  worsted  work,  and  the  beautiful  silk  patchwork  quilt, 
valued  at  $125,  here  exhibited. 

HOBOKEN  takes  care  of  Summer.  This  table,  in  addition  to  the  hand 
some  articles  contributed  by  the  Hobokeu  ladies,  is  indebted  to  Miss  Day 
ton,  the  patriotic  daughter  of  our  Minister  at  the  French  Court,  for  a 
number  of  very  elegant  specimens  of  Parisian  taste.  Delicately  embroi 
dered  slippers,  charming  little  humming-birda  for  the  hair,  gloves,  exquis 
ite  cameos,  formed  by  the  action  of  the  waters  at  Vichy,  French  bronzes, 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by  ACOUBTOT  R.  MAODONOUOH,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  tho  U.  8.,  for  the  Southern  Diet,  of  N.T 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


&.C.,  &c.,  are  some  of  her  beautiful  contributions.  Besides  these,  a  very 
handsome  cloth  table-cover,  simply  and  tastefully  worked  in  worsted,  and 
some  well-executed  bouquets  of  wax  flowers,  are  all  among  many  beauti 
ful  things  that  we  can  mention. 

PATERSON  AND  OTHER  TOWNS. — The  articles  especially  appropriate  to 
Autumn  are  here  represented,  in  the  way  of  pine-cone  picture  frames,  a 
very  curious  and  tasteful  rustic  frame,  made  of  strips  of  rough  bark,  in 
closing  a  collection  of  autumnal  leaves,  a  large  assortment  of  baskets,  toi 
let-boxes,  &c.,  formed  of  cones,  nuts,  &c.  In  addition  is  a  pretty  toy 
bedroom  set,  made  of  rice  glued  to  a  pasteboard  foundation,  and  painted 
in  imitation  of  coral ;  also  a  very  handsome  embroidered  chair,  and  a  large 
collection  of  worsted  sofa-cushions  in  sufficiently  diversified  styles  to  suit 
all  tastes. 

MORRISTOWN  and  MADISON  have  special  charge  of  the  stall  devoted  to 
Winter,  and  their  assortment  appropriately  consists  of  warm,  comfortable- 
looking  afghans  in  splendid  variety,  and  other  articles  in  worsted  work, 
suggestive  of  cozy  ease  in  the  long  winter  evenings.  The  finest  afghan, 
valued  at  $200,  is  presented  by  a  number  of  Newark  ladies.  The  prices 
of  these  tasteful  specimens  of  feminine  industry  range  from  $5  up  to  $200, 
thus  bringing  them  within  the  reach  of  all  sorts  of  purses.  A  number  of 
brilliant  sofa-cushions  greet  the  eye  at  the  further  end  of  the  stall,  and 
some  very  handsome  carriage  rugs,  both  useful  and  ornamental,  hang  from 
the  table  in  front.  One  of  these  especially  is  much  admired  ;  and  no  one 
seems  to  think  the  price — *C5 — should  be  one  whit  less  than  it  is  placed  at. 

THE  TEXT  is  plentifully  adorned  with  articles  beautiful,  costly,  and  use 
ful.  A  writing-desk,  the  perfection  of  cunning  handicraft,  is  the  most 
complete  thing  of  the  kind  we  have  yet  seen.  Three  large  and  splendid 
afghans,  two  of  them  the  work  of  several  ladies,  and  the  third  the  patriotic 
labor  of  a  single  pair  of  hands,  owned  by  a  lady  resident  at  Bergen  Point, 
belong  to  this  stall,  though  one,  bought  for  $'250,  by  Mr.  Bonner,  of  the 
Ledger,  has  wandered  off  to  a  lonely  and  conspicuous  position  by  the  door 
leading  to  the  machinery  room,  where  it  attracts  great  attention.  Two 
valuable  books  also  adorn  this  compartment,  one  an  "  Algology,"  or  col 
lection  of  sea-weed,  presented  by  Mr.  Durant,  and  valued  at  $1, 000,  an 
exquisite  and  always  interesting  ornament  for  parlor  or  library  ;  the  other 
a  collection  of  steel-engraved  portraits,  with  autographs,  of  distinguished 
generals  and  civilians  of  the  day,  very  handsomely  bound,  and  presented 
by  Mrs.  George  Bramhall.  A  beautiful  model,  about  two  and  a  half  feet 
long,  of  the  great  twenty-inch  Rodman  gun,  all  mounted  and  ready  for 
action,  is  on  exhibition,  and  $1  subscriptions  are  taken,  with  the  design  of 
presenting  it  to  Ex-Mayor  Van  Vorst,  of  Jersey  City.  This  model  was 
cast  at  Fort  Pitt  Foundry,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  presented  to  the  FAIR  by  Mr. 
Chas.  Knap.  Among  the  other  multifarious  articles  to  be  found  here  are, 
a  very  elegant  glove-box,  a  wine-case,  a  silver  tea-set,  a  large  stock  of  gen 
tlemen's  furnishing  goods,  slippers,  smoking-caps,  tidies,  etc.,  etc.  A  most 
interesting  relic  of  heroic  days,  kept  carefully  hid  from  desecrating  eyes,  is 
the  identical  flag  of  the  gallant  Bon  Homme  Richard,  Coin.  John  Paul 
Jones's  famous  privateer.  After  the  loss  of  this  vessel,  it  was  transferred 
to  the  Alliance.  It  is  exhibited  by  the  daughter  of  a  lieutenant  who  served 
on  the  latter  ship. 

Is  the  stall  devoted  to  Elizabeth  City,  children's  clothing  is  the  chief 
attraction.  Here  are  displayed,  in  bewildering  profusion,  those  tasteful  and 
delicate  articles,  in  which  doting  mammas  delight  to  array  their  precious 
little  hopefuls.  Here  are  elegantly  worked  dresses,  sacqucs,  blankets, 
hoods,  caps,  under-garmcnts,  &c.,  &c.,  enough  to  set  up  ever  and  ever  so 
many  babies  through  all  the  various  stages  of  infancy.  An  exquisite 
baby-carriage  blanket  of  blue  silk,  lined  with  the  same  material  in  white, 
attracts  much  attention.  It  is  valued  at  $20— a  cheap  bargain.  It  is  the 
general  remark  of  all  ladies  who  visit  this  stall  that  the  articles  exhibited 
are  remarkably  well  made.  They  certainly  make  a  very  fine  and  most 
attractive  appearance. 

RAIIWAY. — Among  the  more  noticeable  articles  at  this  table  are  several 
very  exquisite  "  phantom  bouquets,"  whose  lace-like  texture  seems  almost 
too  ethereal  to  endure  the  gaze  of  plebeian  eyes.  One  of  them,  of  particu 
lar  beauty  and  perfectness,  is  gracefully  wreathed  around  a  small  ebony 
cross.  An  elegant  silk  mouchoir-casc,  adorned  with  flowers  of  rare  device, 
valued  at  $50,  is  shown  with  just  pride.  A  pair  of  handsome  shell  vases, 


and  a  miscellaneous  assortment  of  useful  and  ornamental  articles,  make  up 
a  fine  collection,  and  finish  the  "  Alhambra"  division  of  the  New  Jersey 
department. 


AUTOGRAPHIC. 

MRS.  J.  C.  BANCROFT  DAVIS  wrote  to  Mrs.  Adams,  the  wife  of  our  min 
ister  in  England,  for  a  contribution  of  autographs  for  the  METROPOLITAN  SAN 
ITARY  FAIR.  That  lady  applied  to  our  English  friends,  and  has  sent  a  very 
large  and  interesting  collection,  which  includes  notes,  letters,  or  written 
sentiments  by  the  Royal  family,  the  statesmen,  authors,  and  military 
celebrities,  as  well  as  many  eminent  persons  of  high  social  position  and 
character  in  the  kingdom.  Some  of  these  arc  very  curious  and  charac 
teristic.  There  is  a  charming  letter  from  Mrs.  Norton,  one  of  a  very  sug 
gestive  character  from  Charles  Matthews,  Lady  Bulwer's  application  to 
Patmore  in  regard  to  her  first  novel,  and  notes  from  Dickens,  Milman, 
Lord  Mahon,  Lyeil,  Buckland,  C'obden,  Bright,  Tom  Brown,  Thackeray, 
Charles  Reade,  Thomas  Hughes,  etc.,  etc.,  in  a  word,  a  remarkably  com 
plete  series  of  autographic  memorials  of  living  English  celebrities.  A 
catalogue  has  been  printed,  and  the  autographs  beautifully  arranged 
in  an  elegant  morocco  case.  It  is  proposed  to  obtain  one  hundred  sub 
scribers,  at  $10  each,  and  on  or  about  the  20th  of  April  to  call  a  meeting 
of  the  subscribers  and  dispose  of  the  collection  as  they  may  determine. 
A  catalogue  and  subscription  paper  may  be  found  at  the  Curiosity  Shop, 
in  charge  of  Mrs.  Robert  Gracie,  or  by  personal  application  to  J.  C.  Bancroft 
Davis,  Esq  ,  No.  11  Pine  street. 

AUTOGRAPH  LEAVES  OF  OCR  COUNTRY'S  AUTHORS. 
This  is  a  collection  of  Poems  and  Prose  Pieces  of  American  authors, 
in  their  own  handwriting,  multiplied  by  the  lithographic  art.  It  opens 
with  the  "  Star  Spangled  Banner,"  in  the  handwriting  and  with  the  signa 
ture  of  Key,  and  doses  with  "  Home,  Sweet  Home,"  in  the  handwriting 
with  signature  of  Payne.  It  includes  the  manuscript  of  the  address  of 
the  President  at  Gettysburg,  and  embraces  choice  selections  from  ninety 
distinguished  American  authors.  Specimen  pages  of  this  interesting  work, 
with  subscription  paper  to  secure  copies,  may  be  found  at  the  Book 
store  and  Curiosity  Shop  of  the  FAIR.  The  number  of  copies  is  limited, 
the  price  is  $G — the  day  of  publication,  April  1'Jth. 


WOMAN'S   CENTRAL   ASSOCIATION   OF   RELIEF,  10   COOPER   UNION. 

OUR  present  magnificent  enterprise  finds  in  the  above-named  association 
a  sister  of  charity  less  conspicuous,  but  quite  as  useful.  It  is  the  Woman's 
Branch  of  the  Sanitary  Commission  for  this  State  and  its  immediate  neigh 
borhood.  In  the  whirl  of  excitement  created  by  the  FAIR,  its  constant, 
quiet,  and  effective  labors  run  some  risk  of  being  overlooked.  The  want 
of  public  interest  in  it  is  even  now  felt,  more  than  the  want  of  funds. 
Such  silent  unresting  influence  as  it  exerts  is,  after  all  of  the  most  perma" 
nent  and  valuable  kind,  and  we  believe  our  readers  will  thank  us  for  draw 
ing  attention  to  its  works  and  needs. 


ST.  Louis  intends  to  follow  in  the  train  of  the  other  great  cities  which 
have  held  Fairs  in  aid  of  the  Sanitary  Commission,  and  will  open  its  enter 
prise  on  the  17th  of  May.  Donations  of  every  kind,  whether  in  goods  or 
money,  will  be  acceptable.  They  should  be  addressed  to  JAMES  E.  YKAT- 
MAN,  St.  Louis,  Mission,  marked  (M.  V.  S.  F.)  Mississippi  Valley  Sanitary  Fair, 
and  notice  should  also  be  sent  to  Major  ALFRED  MACKAY,  No.  10,  Lindeli 
Hotel,  St.  Louis. 

A  FAIR  for  the  soldiers  will  also  be  held  in  Baltimore  on  the  1 7th  of  this 
month.  Let  our  own  charity,  which  has  so  grandly  begun  at  home,  not  be 
content  with  staying  there,  but  go  forth  to  make  a  royal  progress  through 
all  the  land,  with  the  open  hand  of  aid  to  these  enterprises. 

BACK  NUMBERS  of  the  Spirit  of  the  Fair  for  sale  at  our  counter.  The 
demand  for  the  early  numbers  increases  so  rapidly,  that  we  presume  the 
majority  of  readers  are  by  this  time  aware  that  the  matter  is  worth  pre 
servation  in  a  serial  form. 

CORRECTION. — The  Welsh  Table,  No.  17,  has  no  connection  whatever 
with  any  Church.  Welsh  citizens  from  all  churches  have  contributed. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


HOW  I  CAME  TO  BE  A  NURSE.— No.  3. 
THE  lOrii  INDIANA. 

FINALLY,  the  summons  from  the  army  came,  and  ten  or  twelve  good 
women  started  for  the  Washington  General  Hospital.  No  one  knows,  who 
did  not  watch  the  thing  from  the  beginning,  how  much  opposition,  how 
much  ill-will,  how  much  unfeeling  want  of  thought,  these  women  nurses 
endured.  Hardly  a  surgeon  whom  I  can  think  of  received  or  treated  them 
with  even  common  courtesy.  Government  had  decided  that  women  should 
be  employed,  and  the  army  surgeons — unable,  therefore,  to  close  the  hos 
pitals  against  them — determined  to  make  their  lives  so  unbearable  that 
they  should  be  forced  in  self-defence  to  leave.  It  seemed  a  matter  of  cool 
calculation,  just  how  much  ill-mannered  opposition  would  be  requisite  to 
break  up  the  system. 

Some  of  the  bravest  women  I  have  ever  known  were  among  this  first 
company  of  army  nurses.  They  saw  at  once  the  position  of  affairs,  the 
attitude  assumed  by  the  surgeons,  and  the  wall  against  which  they  were 
expected  to  break  and  scatter  ;  and  they  set  themselves  to  undermine  the 
whole  thing. 

None  of  them  were  "  strong-minded."  Some  of  them  were  women  of 
the  truest  refinement  and  culture ;  and  day  after  day,  they  quietly  and  pa 
tiently  worked,  doing,  by  order  of  the  surgeon,  things  which  not  one  of 
those  gentlemen  would  have  dared  to  ask  of  a  woman  whose  male  relative 
stood  able  and  ready  to  defend  her,  and  report  him.  I  have  seen  small 
white  hands  scrubbing  floors,  washing  windows,  and  performing  all  menial 
offices.  I  have  known  women,  delicately  cared  for  at  home,  half  fed  in 
hospitals,  hard  worked,  day  and  night,  and  given,  when  sleep  must  be  had, 
a  wretched  closet  just  large  enough  for  a  camp  bed  to  stand  in.  I  have 
known  surgeons  who  purposely  and  ingeniously  arranged  these  inconve 
niences  with  the  avowed  intention  of  driving  away  all  women  from  their 
hospitals. 

These  annoyances  could  not  have  been  endured  by  the  nurses,  but  for 
the  knowledge  that  they  were  pioneers ;  who  were,  if  possible,  to  gain 
standing  ground  for  others — who  must  create  the  position  they  wished  to 
occupy.  This,  and  the  infinite  satisfaction  of  seeing  from  day  to  day  sick 
and  dying  men  comforted  in  their  weary  and  dark  hours — comforted  as 
they  never  would  have  been  but  for  these  brave  women — was  enough  to 
carry  them  through  all,  and  even  more  than  they  endured. 

At  last,  the  wall  against  which  they  were  to  break,  began  to  totter ;  the 
surgeons  were  most  unwilling  to  see  it  fall,  but  the  knowledge  that  the  faith 
ful,  gentle  care  of  the  women  nurses  had  saved  the  lives  of  many  of  their 
patients,  and  that  a  small  rate  of  mortality,  or  remarkable  recoveries  in 
their  hospitals,  reflected  credit  immediately,  however  undeserved,  upon 
themselves,  decided  them  to  give  way,  here  and  there,  and  to  make  only  a 
show  of  resistance.  They  could  not  do  without  the  women  nurses — they 
knew  it,  and  the  women  knew  that  they  knew  it,  and  so  there  came  to  be  a 
tacit  understanding  about  it.  I  think  of  one  hospital  now,  where  great  in 
dignities  were  put  upon  the  women,  and  where,  since  the  commencement 
of  the  war,  some  of  the  same  faithful  nurses  have  toiled,  living  down  the 
daily  annoyances,  and  working  now,  happy  and  assured  at  last,  though  the 
fight  for  it  was  hard,  and  gray  hairs  are  their  lines  of  battle. 

One  of  the  first  extemporized  hospitals  of  the  war  was  in  the  top  story 
of  the  Patent  Office,  where  the  19th  Indiana  regiment  was  brought,  nearly 
every  man  of  them.  The  great,  unfinished  lumber  room  was  set  aside  for 
their  use,  and  rough  tables — I  can't  call  them  beds — were  knocked  together 
from  pieces  of  the  scaffolding.  These  beds  were  so  high  that  it  was  impos 
sible  to  reach  them,  and  we  had  to  make  them  up  with  brooms,  sweeping 
off  the  mattresses,  and  jerking  the  sheets  as  smooth  as  we  could.  About 
six  men  could  be  accommodated  on  one  table ;  these  ran  the  whole  length 
of  the  long  room,  while  on  the  stacks  of  marble  slabs,  which  were  sonic 
day  to  be  the  floor,  we  spread  mattresses,  and  put  the  sickest  men.  As 
the  number  increased,  camp-beds  were  set  up  between  the  glass  cases  in 
the  outer  room,  and  we  alternated — typhoid  fever,  cog-wheels  and  patent 
churns — typhoid  fever,  balloons  and  mouse-traps  (how  many  ways  of  catch 
ing  mice  there  are !) — typhoid  fever,  locomotives,  water-wheels,  clocks, — 
and  a  general  nightmare  of  machinery. 

Here,  for  weeks,  went  on  a  sort  of  hospital  pic-nic.  We  scrambled 
through  with  what  we  had  to  do.  The  floors  were  covered  with  lime  dust, 
shavings,  nails,  and  carpenters'  scraps.  We  had  the  rubbish  taken  up 
with  shovels,  and  stacked  in  barrels  at  one  end  of  the  ward.  The  men 
were  crowded  in  upon  us ;  the  whole  regiment  soaked  with  a  malignant, 
malarial  fever,  from  exposure,  night  after  night,  to  drenching  rains,  without 
tents.  There  was  so  much  of  this  murderous  blundering,  want  of  previ 
sion  and  provision,  in  the  first  few  months  of  the  war — and  is  now,  for  that 
matter. 

Gradually,  out  of  the  confusion  came  some  system  and  order.  Climbing 
up  to  the  top  of  the  Patent  Office  with  each  loaf  of  bread,  was  found  not 
to  be  an  amusing  occupation,  and  an  arrangement  of  pullies  was  made  out 
of  one  of  the  windows,  and  any  time  through  the  day,  barrels  of  water, 
baskets  of  vegetables  and  great  pieces  of  army  beef,  might  be  seen  crawl 
ing  slowly  up  the  marble  face  of  the  building. 

Here,  for  weeks,  we  worked  among  these  men,  cooking  for  them,  feed 
ing  them,  washing  them,  sliding  them  along  on  their  tables,  while  we  climbed 
up  on  something  and  made  up  their  beds  with  brooms,  putting  the  same 


powders  down  their  throats  with  the  same  spoon,  all  up  and  down  what 
seemed  half  a  mile  of  uneven  floor  ; — coaxing  back  to  life  some  of  the  most 
unpromising, — watching  the  youngest  and  best  die. 

I  remember  rushing  about  from  apothecary  to  apothecary,  in  the  lower 
part  of  the  city,  one  Sunday  afternoon,  to  get,  in  a  great  hurry,  mustard, 
to  help  bring  life  into  a  poor  Irishman,  who  called  me  Betty,  in  his  deli 
rium,  and,  to  our  surprise,  got  well,  went  home,  and  at  once  married  the 
Betty  we  had  saved  him  for. 

By-and-by  the  Regiment  got  through  with  the  fever,  improvements 
came  into  the  long  ward,  cots  took  the  place  of  the  tables,  and  matting 
covered  the  little  hills  of  the  floor.  The  hospital  for  the  19th  Indiana  be 
came  the  "  U.  S.  General  Hospital  at  the  Patent  Office,"  and  the  "  volun 
teers  for  emergencies  "  took  up  their  saucepans  and  retired. 


LINES   BY   A   PRIVATE   SOLDIER. 

"  How  Bleep  the  brave  who  sink  to  rest, 
By  all  their  country's  wishes  blest  I" 

WE  were  gathered  around  the  couch  of  our  soldier, 
And  his  mother  had  taken  his  thin,  wasted  hand; 

She  said,  "  Tell  us  some  of  your  strangest  adventures 
On  those  bloody  fields  in  the  far  Southern  land. 

"  Say,  how  look  the  foemen  when  first  they  come  on  ? 

And  what  sort  of  sound  do  they  call  a  death-rattle  ? 
And  how  do  they  bury  our  brave  who  are  killed  ? 
And  does  the  sun  shine  on  the  day  of  a  battle  ?  " 

When  the  soldier  replied  :  "  When  the  long  fight  is  over, 

And  you  only  can  tell  by  the  distant  gun-fire 
That  the  foe  against  whom  we  have  struggled  so  fiercely 

Is  slowly  and  sullenly  forced  to  retire. 

"  Then  you  see  that  the  tie  which  binds  soldiers  together 

Is  as  strong  as  the  strongest  we  feel  in  this  life. 
Does  not  the  true  heart  that  stands  by  you  in  danger 

Share  the  love  you  would  give  to  your  child  or  your  wife  ? 

"  Ah,  many,  many  a  time  have  I  seen  the  stern  old  soldier 

Examine  by  the  setting  sun  the  faces  of  the  dead. 
He  was  calling  in  hoarse  tones,  or  shaking  by  the  shoulder 
Some  comrade  whose  soul  to  a  better  world  had  fled. 

"  And  when  he  finds  all  he  can  do  is  in  vain, 

That  his  friend  must  be  placed  on  the  roll-call  to-morrow 
As  '  killed,'  he  perhaps  sheds  a  few  tears  of  sorrow, 
Perhaps — for  a  warrior  his  grief  must  restrain. 

"  And  he  takes  the  dead  man's  blanket  that  he  had  often  shared, 

Or  if  that  has  been  lost  in  the  fight,  he  takes  his  own ; 
He  waits  till  he  can  find  a  spade,  the  first  that  can  be  spared, 
And  goes  out  in  the  night  to  bury  his  friend  alone. 

"  To  be  buried  alone,  alone — 
Even  that  is  an  honor  rarely  shown ; 
In  a  common  grave 
Lie  many  brave 

We  have  no  means  of  knowing ; 
Their  hopes  and  fears  are  forever  hid 
•    In  the  cold  ground — some  ill-carved  box-lid 
Their  regiment  only  showing." 

"  And  why  should  this  be  so  ?  "     Then  we  all  cried  out  indignant- 

"  Are  not  our  soldiers  heroes,  though  they  die  far  off,  alone  ? 
Don't  they  deserve  at  least  what  the  murderer  gets  among  us  ?  " 
But  our  boy  raised  his  head  and  more  cheerful  was  his  tone. 

"  Were  we  for  every  comrade  gone 
To  raise  a  fitting  funereal  stone, 
Were  we  to  stop  for  memory's  tears 
The  work,  the  grief,  would  last  for  years. 
When  the  sun  which  shines  on  battles  red 
Sees  peaceful  lands  and  treason  dead, 
Then  let  them  build  the  stately  pile, 
Let  funereal  dirges  fill  each  aisle. 
Then  tell  the  tale  from  sire  to  son, 
By  whose  rich  blood  this  soil  was  won, 
This  be  our  record.     This  alone 
Is  worth  a  pyramid  of  stone. 
Heroes  of  whom  the  world  is  proud 
Will  calmly  sleep  in  blanket  shroud." 


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SPIRIT     OF    TIIE    FAIR. 


SPIKIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 


NEW    YORK,    TUESDAY,    APRIL    12,    1864. 


A  PAIR  OF  PIGEONS. 

A  STORY  BY  AN  OLD  SOLDIER  OF  THE  AKMY  OF  THE  POTOMAC. 

BY   FREDERIC   8.    COZZENS. 

(Continued.) 

I  HAD  now  the  reputation  of  growing  very  wealthy.  And  an 
extraordinary  stroke  of  good  luck  made  me  believe  it  myself. 

Some  years  before,  I  had  taken,  in  lieu  of  a  bad  debt,  some 
worthless  lands  in  an  uninhabited  part  of  the  country.  And  when 
I  had  almost  forgotten  them,  it  happened,  in  the  course  of  events, 
that  the  magic  wand  which  so  often  transmutes  the  gross  material 
soil  into  gold — the  railroad — touched  my  property.  It  sprang  up 
from  its  ragged  thistles  at  once  into  a  valuable  estate !  It  was 
pegged  and  lined  and  mapped,  under  the  surveyor's  hands,  beauti 
fully  laid  out  on  stone,  and  arose  from  the  lithographic  press  a 
glorified  village !  I  was  a  hardware  Croesus.  When  I  came  home 
at  evening,  to  my  entranced  vision  the  double  pair  of  wings  seemed 
to  bear  aloft  into  the  tinted  skies  two  birds  of  paradise. 

At  this  time  my  gardener  revolted  on  account  of  the  double 
duties  imposed  upon  him.  I  promptly  discarded  him,  and,  out  of 
about  forty  Scotch  gardeners  who  had  answered  my  advertisement, 
employed  one  who  had  not  been  in  the  service  of  the  Duke  of 
Devonshire.  I  also  hired  a  professional  coachman,  equipped  him 
in  blue-and-silver  livery,  clapped  an  argent  braid  around  a  shinier 
hat  than  ever  I  had  worn,  put  it  on  his  head,  and  set  himself  up 
on  a  carriage  throne  of  white  wolfskin.  One  of  my  horses  fell 
sick ;  I  bought  another,  and  turned  the  invalid  out  to  grass,  like  a 
gentleman.  The  loud  flipflaps  of  the  pigeons  sounded  in  my  ears 
like  the  plaudits  of  approaching  success.  And  there  were  younger 
wings,  too,  hanging  over  the  shelf  under  the  picturesque  pent 
house.  I  enjoyed  it  all.  I  bought  Billy  a  pony.  I  was  negotiating 
for  a  beautiful  saddle  horse  for  Emily  to  ride,  not  just  then,  but  by 
and  by— when  the  great  globe  gave  one  more  roll  over,  and 
ushered  in  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-seven! 

During  the  two  preceding  years  I  had  not  paid  that  strict  atten 
tion  to  my  business  that  was  customary.  Indeed,  I  had  been 
rather  reckless  in  selling  to  parties  who  at  other  times  I  should 
have  avoided.  Still  I  thought,  if  all  things  turn  out  well  in  these 
good  times,  I  shall  be  the  richer  for  it ;  and  if  I  meet  with  any 
losses,  my  glorified  village  will  bear  me  out.  On  the  other  hand, 
I  had  sold  none  of  my  lots,  because  the  growing  income  from  iny 
business  enabled  me  to  hold  them  for  better  prices.  So  between 
the  two  I  was  buoyed  up  beyond  my  height,  and  between  the  two 
I  fell  to  the  ground.  The  crisis  came.  The  best  notes  that  I  held, 
like  the  semblance  of  money  in  the  Arabian  Nights  tale,  turned  to 
withered  leaves  in  my  drawer,  and,  to  meet  my  engagements,  my 
beautiful  village  fell  under  the  auction  hammer,  without  yielding 
enough  to  bridge  over  the  deficiencies  in  my  business.  There  was, 
to  be  sure,  stock  enough  left  in  my  store  to  pay  all,  and  still  leave 
something  to  begin  the  world  anew  with,  in  a  small  way ;  but  how 
could  I  break  the  truth  to  Emily?  And  besides,  I  yet  had  hopes. 
Fortune's  wheel  had  once  suddenly  turned  in  my  favor ;  it  might 
as  suddenly  turn  again. 

Nobody  dreamed  that  I  was  straitened  in  my  means.  I  had 
met  all  my  obligations  at  sight,  and  asked  no  favors.  My  business 
continued  as  usual — dull  it  was  true,  but  then,  it  was  a  dull  season 
for  all. 


Firm  after  firm  had  cracked  and  tumbled  to  pieces.  Why  do 
they  call  them  so  ?  Mine  as  yet  showed  no  flaw  even  to  the 
piercing  eye  of  mercantile  suspicion ;  but  there  were  my  beautiful 
carriage,  and  silver-mounted  coachman,  the  semblances  of  prosper 
ity,  eating  me  up.  Every  time  I  ventured  near  the  stable  the  flap 
of  those  fateful  birds'  wings  was  like  a  cut  across  my  heart.  Ah, 
there  I  had  a  little  bit  of  a  dark  secret !  I  could  tell  it  all  in  five 
words  to  Emily,  and  be  relieved.  But  the  folly  was,  I  didn't  in 
time.  I  preferred  it  to  break  forth  of  itself,  and  bring  ruin  on  us 
all,  when  it  was  too  late  to  retrieve  myself. 

Well,  my  silver-mounted  coachman,  my  fine  span  of  horses, 
soon  rolled  off  what  little  money  I  had  left.  Still  I  had  maintained 
a  reputation  for  being  sound  to  the  core,  times  were  beginning  to 
look  better,  business  was  breezing  up,  many  formidable  rivals  had 
gone  by  the  board  and  were  out  of  my  way,  my  credit  was  unlim 
ited,  some  sudden  flow  of  success  might  send  me  careering  on  my 
way  into  the  very  sunshine  of  prosperity.  I  began  already  to  see 
the  rosy  dawn  of  that  future,  when  the  little  mortgage  that  had 
been  hanging  over  my  property  from  the  time  I  had  built  my 
house,  and  which  I  had  intended  to  pay  off  before  I  built  that 
stable,  was  called  in.  I  could  easily  have  paid  it  off,  but  for  that 
pair  of  pigeons.  They  had  led  me  into  an  expenditure  of  money 
more  than  would  have  satisfied  it  twice  over.  The  loud  Happing  of 
their  wings  now  sounded  in  my  ears  like  the  approach  of  doom. 

I  did  not  want  to  tell  this  to  Emily,  the  day  I  received  the 
summons;  but  when  I  heard  the  approaching  sound  of  her  car 
riage  wheels  on  the  garden  gravel,  and  saw  the  silver  livery  com 
ing  to  the  porch,  it  made  my  heart  ache.  She  stepped  out  of  the 
carriage,  radiant  in  beauty,  gloved  and  braceleted,  with  a  little 
gilt  prayer-book  in  her  hand,  and  a  rich  sable  cape  on  her  shoul 
ders,  that  made  her  the  envy  of  the  church  on  that  Ash  Wednes 
day.  Then  the  carriage  was  put  up,  the  horses  stalled,  and  the 
pony  dispatched  to  bring  Master  Billy  from  school. 

Now,  if  I  had  been  a  strong  man,  and  not  a  weak  one,  even 
then  I  might  have  spoken.  We  were  all  alone,  the  burden  was  at 
my  heart,  five  words  would  have  rolled  the  stone  from  the  month 
of  the  sepulchre.  Instead  of  which  I  smothered  my  feelings,  by 
drinking  brandy  and  water  out  of  a  cut-glass  tumbler  of  the  richest 
pattern.  I  drink  sutler's  whiskey  now,  out  of  a  tin  cup, — when  I 
can  get  it. 

That  night  Emily,  in  tripping  up  stairs,  caught  her  slipper  in  a 
detached  stair  rod,  and  fell  heavily.  That  night,  I  drove  furiously 
for  the  doctor.  That  night, — but  why  repeat  all  the  distressed 
agonies  of  her  situation  ?  Married  women  can  appreciate  them. 
Young  people  do  not,  cannot  comprehend  them. 

So,  while  my  business  troubles  were  mournfully  beating  their 
final  tattoo,  poor  Emily  was  lingering,  day  after  day,  on  a  bed  of 
sorrow.  One  evening  I  took  her  poor,  thin  hand  in  mine,  and  told 
her  all  about  it.  She  was  too  feeble  to  rally  against  the  shock. 
She  put  her  languid  fingers  to  her  eyes — they  were  soon  strung 
with  tears — then  laid  them,  all  wet,  in  mine,  turned  her  sad,  pale 
lips  toward  me,  gave  me  a  kiss  that  was  all  a  sob,  and  dropped 
back  upon  her  pillow.  It  wrung  my  heart  to  bear  her  repeat 
faintly,  "  Forgive,  forgive,  forgive  me,  dear  William  !  " 

Day  by  day  that  dear  face  grew  thinner  and  paler.  Day  after 
day  those  dear  lips  smiled  faintly  as  I  approached  the  bedside. 
Day  after  day  those  thin  arms  were  wound  around  my  head  and 
neck  with  the  feeble  strength  of  unalterable  affection.  Then  that 
affectionate  clasp  faltered,  the  voice  grew  fainter,  the  smile  passed 
away. 

When  Billy  and  I,  in  our  splendid  carriage,  rode  to  the  ceme 
tery,  following  a  solemn  vehicle  which  bore  her  who  had  never 
thought  in  her  bloom  and  beauty  that  she  would  bo  its  solitary 
passenger,  it  seemed  as  though  the  sound  of  those  fatal  wings  ac- 


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companied  us  all  the  way.  And  tho  dropping  of  the  gravel,  at 
the  close  of  the  service,  recalled  the  ominous  sound. 

Well,  I  sent  Billy  to  boarding  school,  and  he  did  not  long  sur 
vive  his  mother.  I  think  in  some  schools  they  pay  too  little  atten 
tion  to  sick  boys  under  their  charge.  They  took  poor  Billy  out  of 
his  room  when  he  was  sick  with  the  scarlet  fever,  and  carried  him 
to  the  house  of  one  of  the  under  teachers,  where,  I  am  afraid,  he 
was  much  neglected.  I  do  not  wish  to  say  it  was  so,  for  I  may  be 
wrong  about  it,  but  I  think  so. 

And  thus  I  was  alone  again.  Even  then  I  might  have  saved 
myself;  but  what  was  myself?  I  was  nothing!  I  was  a  human 
being,  detached  from  all  other  human  beings  ;  like  a  wounded  vi- 
dette,  slowly  bleeding  to  death,  when  the  pickets  are  driven  in, 
and  he  hears  the  battle  rolling  off  miles  away  from  his  post. 

Ah,  I  heard  them  say,  he  is  rich,  and  will  soon  get  another 
wife  to  console  him,  To  console  me?  Rich?  The  auctioneer's 
flag  soon  told  the  truth. 

Away  went  house  and  grounds,  stables  and  horses,  carriage 
and  livery.  Only  the  pigeons  were  not  sold.  They  went  for 
nothing,  although  they  had  cost  me  more  than  all  the  rest  of  the 
property. 

Then  I  took  steadily  to  drinking.  People  said  it  had  been  the 
cause  of  my  ruin.  How  little  they  knew !  It  was  the  consequence 
that  followed  my  ruin.  I  did  not  take  to  the  bottle  till  everything 
else  was  played  out. 

Well,  what  little  was  left  after  the  sale,  was  soon  spent.  The 
war  broke  out.  I  joined  my  old  colonel's  cavalry  regiment, 
bought  me  a  good  horse  with  the  few  dollars  I  had  left,  and  en 
tered  the  employ  of  Uncle  Sam.  It  wasn't  long  before  I  was  in  a 
scrape,  and  as  soon  as  I  got  out  of  one  I  was  in  another.  They 
used  to  say  my  little  sprees  slid  as  easily  into  big  ones  as  the  joints 
of  a  telescope  slip  into  each  other. 

It  was  all  fun  at  first ;  but  one  day  I  was  brought  up  suddenly. 
General  McClellan  was  in  command  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 
Where  I  had  been,  or  what  I  had  been  doing,  I  couldn't  remem 
ber  ;  hut  I  woke  up  under  arrest,  my  sword  was  gone,  and  a  senti 
nel  was  at  the  tent  door.  I  was  soon  after  before  a  court  martial 
for  stealing  an  old  woman's  bed-curtains  in  Virginia.  What  I  ever 
wanted  with  her  old  bed-curtains,  or  why  I  had  abused  her  shame 
fully,  I  could  not  imagine ;  but  they  proved  it  on  me.  So  I  was 
found  guilty,  had  my  straps  stripped  from  my  shoulders  in  front  of 
the  regiment,  and  was  marched  off  the  ground  to  the  music  of  a 
familiar  air  which  I  have  since  heard  pretty  often.  As  it  was, 
I  could  not  go  back  to  civil  life,  for  my  disgrace  had  been  in  the 
newspapers ;  so  I  enlisted  as  a  full  private.  Who  cares  ?  A  pri 
vate  has  no  responsibility  1  He  is  not  obliged  to  keep  himself 
sober — that  is  his  superior  officer's  duty. 

And  here  I  am.  I  began  as  a  cavalry  officer  under  the  gallant 
little  Mac,  and  now  I'm  only  a  private  case  of  typhoid  under  the 
gallant  George  Meade.  Never  mind,  I'll  be  better  by  and  by,  and 
may  yet  die  for  my  country,  under  the  old  flag.  That  would  be 
glorious !  I  don't  want  to  live  any  longer.  Carry  me,  boys,  into 
the  hottest  fire,  and  let  me  stop  a  bullet,  or  maybe  a  piece  of  shell. 
I  don't  want  to  be  among  the  survivors  when  this  cruel  war  is 
over. 

It's  getting  shivery  cold,  and  the  candles  our  darkey  brought  in 
are  flaring  too  much  to  write.  I  think  I  hear  the  boys  coming 
back  from  picket,  for  there's  a  sharp  trot  of  cavalry  on  the  frozen 
ground.  Yes,  there  they  are,  dismounting  at  the  picket-line,  and 
at  their  old  duty.  How  I  wish  I  could  get  a  turn  at  it  as  one  of 
the  stable  police,  as  I  have  often.  That's  right,  boys !  Make  fast 
your  horses  to  the  picket  line  by  the  halter  strap.  Now  unbridle 
and  unsaddle,  and  carry  your  traps  to  tho  tressler.  Down  go  bri 
dle  and  saddle,  and  I  hear  the  soft,  pudgy  sound  of  the  blankets  as 


the  boys  fold  them  over  the  leather  to  keep  off  the  rain.  Now  for 
a  half-hour's  grooming;  at  it,  boys,  and  rub  'em  down  well,  for 
they've  had  a  long  road  to  travel  this  day.  That's  over  now,  and 
here  they  are.  Hallo,  Jack !  Hallo,  old  Brierwood !  Any  news 
from  the  front !  Rebs  all  quiet,  heh  ?  Hallo,  there's  taps  1 


Lights  out ! 


R-r-r-rat-tat-tat, 
R-r-r-rat-tat-tat, 
R-r-r-rat-tat-tat,  etc. 


TO  A  FRIEND  WHO  SENT  ME  A  MEERSCHAUM. 

BY  JAMES  RUSSELL   LOWELL. 

Well  was  it  named  ecume  de  mer 
The  gracious  earth  so  light  and  fair ; 
Mysterious  cross  of  foam  and  clay, 
From  both  it  stole  the  best  away  ; 
If  clay,  'tis  such  as  sense  might  doubt  of, 
The  same  Jove  made  the  Naiads  out  of, 
If  foam,  then  such  as  crowns  the  glow 
Of  beakers  brimmed  with  Veuve  Clicquot, 
And  here  combined  they  sure  must  be 
The  birth  of  some  enchanted  sea, 
Shaped  to  immortal  form,  the  type 
And  very  Venus  of  a  pipe  ! 

For  Fancy  that :  but  since  they  say 
We  Yankees  think  it  wrong  to  play, 
And  love  a  moral  bench  to  squirm  on 
Harder  than  flint,  I  add  a  sermon. 
Whene'er  I  fill  it  with  the  weed 
From  Lethe  wharf,  whose  potent  seed 
Nicotia,  child  of  Bacchus's  age, 
Heir  of  his  cheer  but  not  his  rage, 
In  misty  Indian  summer  bore 
From  Dreamland  to  Virginia's  shore, 
I'll  think  ;  so  fill  the  costliest  bowl, 
And  strange  alembic  of  the  soul, 
With  herbs  far-sought  that  shall  distill 
Not  fumes  to  slacken  thought  and  will, 
But  gracious  essences  that  nerve 
To  wait,  to  dare,  to  strive,  to  serve. 

While  curls  the  smoke  in  eddies  soft, 

Wreathing  fantastic  shapes  aloft, 

That  give  and  take,  though  chance-designed, 

The  impress  of  the  dreamer's  mind, 

And  in  a  mild  enchantment  blends 

The  fireside  thoughts  of  musing  friends, 

I'll  think  ;  so  let  the  vapors  bred 

By  passion  in  the  heart  or  head, 

Pass  off  and  upward  into  space, 

With  bright  farewells  of  tender  grace, 

Remembered  in  some  happier  time 

To  blend  their  beauty  with  my  rhyme. 

While  slowly  through  its  candid  grain 
The  color  deepens,  as  the  brain 
That  burns  in  mortals  leaves  its  trace 
Of  bale  or  blessing  in  the  face, 
I'll  think ;  so  let  the  virtue  rare 
Of  life  consuming  make  me  fair, 
So  may  its  temperate  fires  imbue 
My  soul  and  sense  with  riper  hue, 
So  'gainst  our  earthly  ills  profuse 
Steep  me  in  some  nepenthe-juice  ; 


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And  if  my  years  must  part  with  all 
That  whiteness  which  men  greenness  call, 
And  the  gods  wisdom,  if  I  must 
Doubt  where  I  grandly  took  on  trust, 
Grant  me,  Experience,  this  alone, — 
Turn  me  to  meerschaum,  not  to  stone ; 
Smoothe,  grim  Medusa,  half  thy  frown, 
Making  me  slowly,  gently  brown  ! 

And  while  the  ardor  shrinks  away 
To  hide  itself  in  ashes  gray ; 
When  Eld's  Ash  Wednesday  comes  about 
To  strew  my  head  from  fires  burnt  out ; 
I'll  think,  as  inward  Life  retreats, 
And  careful  spares  his  wasting  heats, 
While  one  spark  stays  to  light  the  eye 
AV'ith  a  last  flash  of  memory, 
So  may  it  be,  till  wholly  gone, 
But  deeper  in  my  heart  withdrawn, 
With  kindling  touch  to  make  it  glow 
For  the  kind  friend  of  long  ago  ! 


OUR  WORLD  HAS  LOVE. 

BT   RICHARD    MONCKTON    MILNES   (NOW   LORD  IIOUGHTOX). 

There  are  yet  brighter  suns  in  worlds  aborc, 

And  blazing  gems  in  worlds  below ; 
Our  world  has  love  and  only  love, 

For  living  warmth  and  jewel  glow. 
God's  love  is  sunlight  to  the  good, 

And  woman's  pure  as  diamond's  sheen : 
And  friendship's  mystic  brotherhood, 

In  twilight's  beauty  lies  between. 


EXILE. 

THE  LEECH'S,  March — ,   1864. 

MY  intended,  my  Amboline,  lias  been  working  herself  up  into  a  high 
state  of  dress-making  exaltation,  during  the  past  week,  preparatory  to  cer 
tain  solemnities  in  which  she  is  soon  to  take  a  prominent  part ;  so  I  was 

not  much  astonished,  yesterday,  to  see  her  enter  the  room,  erect,  excited 

with  resolution  in  her  eye,  and  half  a  dozen  needles  in  her  mouth.  I  took 
a  base  advantage  of  this  latter  fact,  and  before  she  could  open  her  lips  I 
invaded  the  enemy's  country  forthwith : 

"That's  a  dangerous  habit,  Ambie  dear — pause,  young  woman!  Your 
little  hands  were  never  made  to  put  useless  needles  into  your  mouth  with." 

"  I  think  I  smell  cigars — you."     This  was  all  the  reply  I  got. 

In  such  cases  it's  in  vain  to  mince  matters.  So  I  ate  the  pie  of  humility 
in  silent  slices.  And  I  had  my  reward  at  once  :  she  immediately  placed 
herself  in  an  appropriate  yet  graceful  position,  pleasantly  combining  prox 
imity  with  affection. 

"  Listen  now,"  said  she,  her  words  threading  their  way  through  the 
needle  straight  to  the  point,  without  any  idle  circumlocution.  "  I  haven't 
one  minute  to  talk :  I  don't  want  you  to,  but  you  really  must.  Run  away 
out  of  town,  for  four  days ;  only  four,  my  lamb." 

"  Bah  !  "  pleaded  the  Iamb,  "  What  for  ?  The  idea  of  sending  any  one 
out  of  town  in  March." 

"  Well,  then,  it's  all  settled— good-hy."  And  thereupon,  after  some 
thing  else,  she  fled  up  stairs.  (I  mean,  of  course,  after  taking  the  needles 
out  of  her  mouth.) 

There  was  nothing  left  for  me  to  do  but  to  obey.  So  I  bade  farewell 
to  my  trunk,  and  walked  myself  oft"  up  Broadway  to  the  station,  meeting  a 
dusty,  dusky  crowd  of  amateurs  accompanying  witli  great  gusto  Grafulla's 
band  of  (March)  wind  instruments.  Just  as  I  passed  the  sacred  edifice 
where  the  midnight  mass  of  stockjobbers  may  be  heard  at  their  devotions 
—the  weary  and  the  rest  all  rising,  I  am  told,  at  the  first  call  to  sin" 


WhatVhts-name  and  Select's  beautiful  Visionary's  hymn  (short  metre)  be 
ginning 

"  Of  greenbacks  I  see  mountains,"  &c. 

just  as  I  passed  this  temple,  who  should  I  see,  but  my  venerable  friend 
Bearing,  the  President  of  the  Gasville  and  Smashuppa  Air-line  Railroad, 
who,  as  everybody  knows,  lately  put  up  on  the  Hudson  river  that  sweet 
trap  which  he  calls  "  The  Margin,"  (a  touching  tribute  to  the  money  virtues 
of  his  late  wife,  whose  name  was  Margaret). 

"Bad  fall  in  Harlem,  "  said  he,  with  a  delighted  air. 

"  Last  year  ?  "  I  inquired. 

"  No,  now." 

"Now?  Why,  it  isn't  fairly  spring  yet." 

"  No ;  but  then,  this  is  leap-year,  you  know." 

We  laughed — I,  from  sympathy  only.     I  didn't  know  what  he  meant : 
these  practical  men  jump  at  conclusions  so. 

"Pretty  thing,  that  gold  corner,"  he  resumed  after  a  moment. 

"  Well,  rather,"  said  I,  innocently,  "  green  and  gold  make  a  good  con 
trast." 

He  dropped  his  jaw,  and  went  off  like  a  shot. 

Absolutely  nothing  of  interest  in  the  cars,  except  that  a  torpid  young 
gentleman  next  me  opened  his  mouth  once,  and  dropped  this  pearl ; 
"  Bumpy  scenery,  sir,  isn't  it  V  " 

Singularly  enough,  on  arriving  I  found  my  trunk  and  bag  had  come 
on  in  the  same  train,  and  were  "  standing  prancing  there,"  stranded  on 
the  platform,  as  innocently  as  if  it  was  not  their  usual  habit  to  float  off  to 
inaccessible  parts  of  space.  (I  feel  it  in  my  bones,  that  next  summer  these 
two  pieces  will  take  their  revenge  and  wag  off  playfully  somewhere,  never 
to  return.)  And  as  luck  would  have  it,  Adam,  the  gardener,  was  there  too, 
as  ugly  as  ever.  That  face  of  his  is  as  good  as  a  Bridgewater  treatise.  No 
fortuitous  concourse  of  atoms  ever  produced  that  phiz.  It  exhibits  marks 
of  design  as  plainly  as  it  does  of  the  smallpox.  In  fact  it  is  all  plan,  no 
finish.  When  his  countenance  opens  upon  you  with  its  wide  staring  eyes, 
and  its  endless  mouth  like  an  old  torn  button  hole,  surrounded,  not  en 
closed,  by  a  tract  of  commonplace  beard,  you  think  of  that  other  vista 
which  opened  upon  poor  Jonah  when  he  first  made  the  acquaintance  of 
that  disagreeable  spermaceti  whale,  just  before  going  down  into  his  lord 
ship's  larder.  (Not  a  very  profitable  investment  for  the  whale,  that  Jonah 
turned  out.)  Adam  is  a  good  fellow,  however,  much  better  naturcd  than 
the  rest  of  the  quarrelsome  people  who  live  at  "  Sword's  point,"  and  it  won't 
do  in  his  case  to  let  the  end  try  the  man.  Last  winter  he  became  suddenly 
infatuated  with  a  very  thin  woman,  as  thin  as  varnish,  and  married  her  on 
the  spot,  where  they  now  live.  It  subsequently  appeared  that,  to  take 
Adam,  she  gave  old  Doctor  Wharf  the  slip,  though  he  had  stuck  to  her 
like  a  leech  for  ever  so  many  years.  Dr.  W.,  as  the  last  week's  issue  of 
the  "  Swordsman  "  truly  said,  "  is  one  of  the  greatest  oculists  and  aurists, 
almost,  perhaps,  in  this  country.  His  is  the  only  natural  system :  nn  in- 
truments  or  medicine  put  down  the  throat  to  cure  ringing  in  the  ears.  And 
we  speak  from  personal  experience  when  we  say  that  his  Elixir  of  Balsam 
of  Fir  is  the  best  hair  regenerator  we  know  of." 

Adam  lifted  my  trunk  into  the  buggy  with  a  tender  hand,  ingeniously 
nserted  his  long  legs  into  the  vacant  spaces,  and  in  half  an  hour  I  was  here 
ighting  a  cigar,  and  then  wandering  about  the  place,  wondering  what  to 
do  with  myself.  It  was  stupid  work  to  pelt  the  rock  with  wave  offerings 
of  clamshells  and  seaweed,  to  take  fruitless  strolls  in  the  orchard,  whist- 
ing  the  "  apple  chorus,"  to  watch  Adam's  aforesaid  wife  Em,  drive  off  the 
lens  scratching  among  the  peas.  Surely  man  was  not  made  to  live  alone, 
n  the  country.  Nor  am  I,  often,  in  March,  thank  fortune.  Besides,  we 
enow  who  finds  occupation  for  idle  hands. 

What  was  found  for  me  I  will  tell  in  my  next : 

0,  Ambie  darling  !  Distance  don't  lend  enchantment  to  your  view ,  and 
f  it  did,  it  doesn't  pay  ; — but  I  must  stop  here.  No  getting  away  from 
*«'•  QDARRY. 


FALLING  stars  are  discords  in  the  music  of  the  spheres. 
THE  profile  gives  the  character  more  clearly  than  the  full  face,  as  a 
deway  view  of  a  star  presents  it  more  distinctly  than  a  direct  one. 


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SOPHIA;  OR,  THE  REIGN  OF  WOMAN. 

SOLD  AT  THE  METROPOLITAN  FAIR  FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OF  THE  U.  S. 
SANITAKY  COMMISSION. 

HERE  we  have  a  third  gay  and  gallant  Scribbeleer  coming  forward  to 
render  assistance  to  our  great  charity.  This  minstrel  brings  with  him 
some  eight  hundred  or  a  thousand  lines,  headed  by  a  Proem — a  full  regi 
ment  of  verse  equipped  in  Hudibrastic  measure — divided  into  seven  cantos ; 
each  canto  commanded  by  an  Argument.  The  banner  they  march  under 
is  the  bird  sacred  to  the  strong-minded  Minerva,  the  spinster  goddess,  who 
read  all  the  Olympian  magazines,  was  fully  up  to  Mars  himself  in  army 
matters,  and  who  would  have  headed  a  Sanitary  Commission  had  such 
things  existed  under  the  Pagan  dispensation.  In  casting  our  eye  over  the 
ranks,  we  noticed  some  good,  strong,  serviceable  lines,  hard  hitters,  evi 
dently,  and  ordered  them  out  for  inspection.  Here  are  some  of  them : 

"  The  maids,  too,  in  their  ( teens  '  loathe  reading, 
And  sigh  in  vain,  for  special  pleading, 
For  innocently  in  their  sight, 
A  lover  is  a  woman's  right, — 
Thus  woman's  rights,  like  all  things  new, 
Grew  out  of  nothing  else  to  do." 

"  A  thought  that  once  can  hurst  its  shell, 
Will  soon  find  legs  to  run  as  well." 

"  Oh,  Scribblers,  goslings  of  the  quill, 
Relieve  the  world  by  keeping  still, 
Or  try  to  rise  on  well-greased  wings 
And  take  a  bird's-eye  view  of  things." 

"  While  man,  afraid  of  Madam  Grundy, 
Cast  down  his  eyes  and  blushed — which  shows 
That  everything  by  custom  goes — 
Ah  !  truly,  'tis  a  moral  code 
That  trims  itself  with  every  mode." 

L'Envoi,  at  the  close,  is  a  warning  to  critics. 

"Both  Newton  and  his  dog  as  well 
Beheld  an  apple  as  it  fell, 
And  in  its  fall,  grave  Newton  saw 
His  long-sought  gravitation  law  ; 
While  subtle  Pompey  only  found 
A  rotten  apple  on  the  ground." 

At  the  risk  of  being  as  subtle  as  Pompey,  we  will  point  to  a  speck  on 
the  apple  before  us.  Our  bard  bringa  his  garlands  of  myrtle,  but  he  slyly 
hides  a  sharp  bodkin  in  them.  He  means  mischief.  He  sings  the  reign 
of  woman,  but  he  sings  it  as  a  failure.  In  Canto  VII.  she  is  forced  to 
abdicate,  and  man  resumes  his  sway.  The  minstrel  is  evidently  disposed 
to  narrow  down  woman's  rights  to  the  right  of  a  lover,  and  holds  to  the 
exploded  theory,  that  all  her  ways  should  be  family  ways,  and  all  her  paths 
be  peace.  We  need  not  protest  against  this  narrow  view.  This  FAIR 
itself  is  a  crushing  refutation  of  the  antiquated  notion.  But  we  will  for 
give  the  author  the  sins  he  has  offered  so  gracefully  for  the  benefit  of  the 
cause,  and  take  leave  of  him  with  the  warning,  that  if  he  adheres  to  his 
heretical  doctrines,  he  may  become  indeed  "  the  Muses's  pride,"  like  Pope, 
but  will  never  attain  Pope's  higher  dignity,  of  being  "  the  ladies'  plaything." 


PARVENU  AND  SHODDY. 

THE  words  are  too  indifferently  applied  to  things  far  apart.  It  would 
be  confounding  all  nicety  of  censure  not  to  distinguish  between  terms  so 
distinct  in  meaning.  There  is  a  choice  in  epithets  of  dispraise,  as  there 
is  a  subtle  aptness  to  be  regarded  in  compliment. 

Parvenu  shows  in  some  lights  a  shade  of  approval,  while  shoddy  always 
scornfully  accuses  of  wrong.  Parvenuism  is  the  normal  state  of  our  country, 
and  necessary  fruit  of  the  great  Declaration.  Shoddyism  is  the  local 
flowering  of  a  noxious  seed,  common  to  all  people  and  times,  under  the 
heat  of  revolution.  The  French  invented  the  first  name — parvenir  is  to 


get  on,  and  getting  on  is  the  life  of  America,  and  is  what  we  were  put 
on  this  continent  to  do.  English  trading  craft  found  out  the  last  term — 
its  other  name  there  is  devil's  dust,  and  smacks  of  its  father. 

That  which  was  at  first  a  reproach  in  the  name  of  parvenu,  has  come 
with  the  change  of  times  and  standards  to  be  nearly  a  praise.  The  man 
who  made  his  way  by  force  of  character  or  grasp  of  circumstances  up 
among  the  haughty  noblesse  of  France  was  half  respected.  His  reality 
contrasted  with  their  sham,  and  they  showed  fear  at  his  near  approach  by 
the  very  brand  with  which  they  marked  him  as  one  apart  from  them.  The 
emigres  learned  how  weak  and  late  the  attempt  was.  Lieutenant  Bona 
parte  was  one  day  cooling  his  heels  in  the  Directory's  antechamber,  when 
Ouvrard,  then  banker  and  millioimaire,  passed  by.  Seeing  him  in  the  same 
place  as  he  returned  three  hours  hours  after,  the  rich  man  said,  "il  par- 
viendra" — he  will  get  on.  Some  ten  years  later,  the  Emperor  Napoleon 
ruined  and  banished  Ouvrard,  detected  in  frauds  as  a  contractor.  He 
had  got  on,  and  the  parvenu  had  his  revenge  upon  the  shoddy.  This  sec 
ond  Emperor  is  parvenu  and  shoddy  both. 

We  said  that  parvenuism  is  the  normal  state  of  America.  For  it  is 
under  the  sanction  of  that  "  all  men  are  born  free  and  equal,"  that  our 
countrymen  conquer  the  accidents  of  station  and  fortune,  and  win  the  sub 
stance  of  both.  Manners  suffer  in  the  struggle,  but  merit  of  some  kind  at 
least  is  there,  and  may  ripen  in  the  third  generation  into  grace  and  culture. 
There  is  no  real  sting  in  the  phrase  in  this  longitude ;  only  the  same  sense 
we  put  in  the  words  "self-made  man"  qualifying  a  character  very  likely 
limited,  certainly  crude,  yet  strong  in  creative  power.  When,  therefore, 
I  hear  one  of  our  curled  darlings  fling  the  epithet  in  derision  at  some  plain 
successful  worker,  I  think  he  has  not  reflected  on  the  inexorable  logic  of 
facts  which  binds  us  all  in  this  Republic  either  to  join  the  panting  race,  or 
to  yield  the  palm  to  those  who  court  the  sweat  and  dust.  No  man  here 
inherits  sure  prosperity.  Restless  workers  scarcely  honor  cool  observers, 
and  worth,  however  rough,  little  deserves  or  heeds  their  sneers.  Such 
sarcasm  suits  Southern  lips  better  than  ours. 

But  shoddyism  has  no  such  natural  root  in  our  body  politic.  It  is  that 
shirking  of  work  and  swindling  of  gain  which  is  hateful  to  our  national 
common  sense.  Esau  protested  against  shoddyism  when  invented  by  the 
original  Jacob.  King  John  Lackland,  of  England,  was  a  shoddy  of  high 
degree — the  poor  stuff  in  him  showing  its  native  dirt  through  all  the  usurp 
er's  purple.  It  is  the  moral  meanness  of  this  thing  that  we  have  a  right 
to  scorn.  Its  baseness  turns  all  the  stolen  diamonds  it  wears  to  paste. 
Houses  and  lands  can  never  ennoble  it,  nor  a  seat  in  Congress  give  it 
dignity.  Should  its  corrupt  hulk  not  decay  before  the  next  generation,  its 
descendants  will  be  more  burdened  with  its  dishonor,  than  blessed  with 
its  riches.  It  is  the  same  prosperous  profligacy  that  has  provoked  the 
wrath  of  satire  in  all  ages.  Let  us  flog  these  fellows,  as  the  Spartans 
scourged  their  drunken  slaves,  as  a  warning  to  their  children.  The  shafts 
of  ridicule  may  pierce  their  way  where  "  the  strong  lance  of  justice  hurt- 
less  breaks."  H. 


SERENADE. 

GOOD  night,  good  night, 
The  weary  stars  are  winking, 
Aurora  wills  not  that  their  eyes 
Should  vie  with  her  less  tender  dyes  ; 
While  to  the  world  she  roses  brings, 
Poppies  at  each  of  them  she  flings : 

Good  night,  good  night. 
The  poison  juice  they're  drinking. 

Farewell,  farewell, 
The  glowing  God  advances, 
Soon  will  he  kiss  thy  forehead  fair 
And  touch  with  brighter  gold  thy  hair, 
While  I  in  shadow,  cold  at  heart, 
Beneath  thy  window  stand  apart. 

Farewell,  farewell ; 
I  hate  his  ardent  glances. 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

(To  be  continued  daily.) 


ARTICLES  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


Furniture. 

Photographs,  Sanitary  Commission. 

Patent  knife  cleaner,  E.  P.  Watson. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  D.  Gordon,  Schraalenburgh,  N.  J., 

$320. 

Stained  glass,  Geo.  Morgan  4  Brother. 
Cosmetics,  Geo.  W.  Laird,  $108. 
Furniture,  Ingersoll,  Watson  4  Co.,  $128.50. 
Coat,  Ja's  Pringle. 

125  dahlia  roots,  C.  8.  Pell,  N.  Y.  Orphan  Asylum. 
Books,  photographs,  game,  Walter  Low. 
Kissengen  water,  Hanbury  Smith,  $175. 
Two  loads  box,  greens,  4c.,  Mrs.  Ja's  G.  King,  High 

wood,  N.  J. 

Washing  boards,  Simonds  4  Fisher. 
Six-light  chandel'r,  John  Homer. 
Imperial  photographs,  J.  Gurnoy  4  Son,  $500. 
Lot  of  hams  and  sausages,  H.  A.  Amelung. 
Polyorama,  P.  Goldbacher. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Wickham. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Smith. 
Lot  of  old  India  China,  Mrs.  Mitchcl. 
Clothes,  Wm.  Wade. 

Simnel  cakes,  and  autographs,  P.  T.  Barnum. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  P.  8.  Hoes. 
Cutlery,  Wm.  Harmer  4  Co. 
Pictures,  Helen  A.  Bulkley. 
Sandwich  Inland  articles,  Constantino  Pisani. 
Sewing  silk,  T.  N.  Dale  4  Co.,  $880.50. 
Perfumery,  C.  J.  Stuart. 
Chair,  J.  Zigler  4  Co. 
Slippers,  Mrs.  Taylor. 
Washing  machines,  Wm.  M.  Doty. 
Schooner,  H.  J.  Seaver. 
Sofa  cushion,  Julia  A.  Clark. 
Wine,  C.  Maletta  4  Co.,  $212.50. 
Stell  steel,  Park  Brothers  4  Co.  $195.25. 
Crayon  drawing,  Metropolitan. 
Fancy  articles,  Central  Park  engineers  and  architects, 

$390.75. 

Poney  phaeton,  B.  W.  Tllton,  $275. 
Oil  painting,  G.  W.  Carlton,  $100. 
2  vases,  and  1  baptismal  font,  Sinclair  4  Milne,  $380. 
Prismatic  blocks,  8.  R.  Scofleld,  Lisle,  Broome  Co.,  N.Y. 
Stationery,  A.  Dougherty,  $1.00S. 
Books,  Geo.  R.  Lockwood,  $280. 


Canes,  battle  ground  Gettysburg,  L.  R.  Baughcr. 

Sewing  silk,  Williams  4  Co. 

Calves'  foot  jelly,  John  Duncan  4  Sons,  $147.50. 

India  rubber  goods,  Rubber  Clothing  Co.,  $263.41. 

Lith.  pictures,  L.  Prang  4  Co.,  Boston,  $107.20. 

Brown  stout,  C.  E.  Habicht. 

Cutlery,  Hilger  4  Sons. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Nathan  Anderson. 

Photographs,  Rogers'  Locomotive  and  Machine  Works. 

Clothing,  P.  D.  Brower. 

22  pieces  steel,  Walter  Gregory  &  Co. 

Crayon  picture,  Miss  Seeley. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Wm.  Lockwood. 

Candles  and  starch,  Josiah  Macy's  Sons,  $501. 

Rug,  J.  Y.  D.  Wolf  4  Co. 

Fancy  articles,  Revolutionary  quilt,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Crissey. 

Worsted  shawl,  Miss  Ella  M.  Breck. 

Cambric  handkerchiefs,  Mrs.  8.  P.  Breck. 

Candles,  Alanson  Swan,  $216. 

Books,  G.  P.  Putnam,  $350. 

Books,  Mason  Brothers,  $101.50. 

Books,  L.  W.  Schmidt, 

Illuminated  text,  N.  Perkins. 

Cage  and  bird,  John  Sobeck. 

Monument  and  brown  stone,  Cha's  E.  Finch. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Pinckncy. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  McCully. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Gussio  Pinckney. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  8.  J.  Pinckney. 

Writing  desk,  C.  Bembe,  $300. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Dr.  Gupenhainer. 

Bedstead,  W.  Jordan. 

Wiudow  shades,  F.  G.  Richardson. 

Drake's  bitters,  P.  H.  Drake  4  Co. 

1  pair  vases  and  fancy  basket,  Misses  Hastace. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  D.  K.  Hallock. 

Military  goods,  W.  J.  Syms  &  Brother,  $500. 

Washing  machine,  Howard  Tilden. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Faris. 

Stationery,  J.  Q.  Preble,  $500.73. 

House  furnishing  goods,  Atwater,  Uenham  4  Co.,  $111. 

House  furnishing  goods,  Musgrove  4  Young. 

Books,  Alex.  Hamilton. 

Engravings,  T.  Bernhard. 

Books,  Bcribner  4  Co.,  $350. 

Whips,  Bader,  Delancy  4  Adamson,  $216. 


Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Clark. 

Brackets  and  eagle,  Smith  4  Crane. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Harlem,  $800. 

Saltpetre,  Battelle  4  Rcnwick. 

Bonnet,  Mrs.  G.  Mohle. 

Photographs,  lady  of  Cooperstown. 

Fancy  articles,  Misses  Parkin. 

Fancy  articles,  M.  R.  Parkin. 

Fancy  articles,  Wm.  Parkin. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Parkin,  $674. 

Bedsteads,  Crondal's  Patent  Manufacturing  Co. 

Fancy  goods,  Mr«.  C.  V.  S.  Roosevelt. 

Varnish,  A.  Wchle. 

Cosmetics,  Dr.  B.  C.  Perry,  $125. 

Boat,  Ja's  Snellgrove  4  Brother. 

Shot,  Tatham  &  Brothers,  $314.37. 

Wax  flowers,  Mies  Anna  N.  Denny. 

Billiard  table  and  picture,  Phelan  4  Collen.ien,  $810. 

Fancy  articles,  German  Ladies'  Society  St.  Muthew's 

Lutheran  Church,  SS24.S9. 
Fancy  articles,  Merry  Sociable,  $128.02. 
Perfumery,  Tadman  4  Co. 
Cane,  Cha's  Rothweiler. 
Fancy  goods,  Wm.  Kind,  $165. 
Dressing  case,  Wm.  Saunders. 
Fancy  goods,  Hicht  Brothers,  $150.50. 
Brushes,  C.  *  E.  Wood,  $100.17. 
Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Dr.  Chapln's  Church. 
Oil  painting,  Miss  8.  M.  Barstow. 
Fancy  goods,  Aiken  4  Miller,  $402.83. 
Sofa  cushion,  Mrs.  C.  V.  Anderson. 
Tidy  and  toilet  cushion,  Miss  E.  B.  Johnston. 
Tidy,  Miss  Sarah  Armstrong. 
Dolls,  4c.,  Mr.  D.  Bennett. 
Toilet  mats  and  razors,  Miss  Mary  II.  Quin. 
Toilet  soaps  and  colognes,  Mr.  A.  G.  Dunn. 
Cradle  quilt,  Mrs.  Reid. 
Sundry  articles,  Mrs.  Wicke". 
Velvet  toilet  cushion,  1  pair  braided  slippers,  Mrs.  IL 

W.  Quin. 

2  doz.  silver-plated  spoons,  2  doz.  pairs  scissors,  3  mili 

tary  writing  and  work  canes,  Mr.  R.  P.  Morrison. 
14  educational  tables,  Mr.  J.  E.  Cooley,  $125. 

3  doz.  cologne,  Messrs.  Tarrant  &  Co. 
1000  tags,  Mr.  V.  E.  Manger. 

Bundles  of  mapping  paper,  Mr.  It.  Morse. 


CONTRIBUTIONS  FROM  THE  DRY  GOODS  COMMITTEE. 


SUMS  OF  $10,000. 
Alex'r  T.  Stewart. 

SUMS  OF  $5,000. 
Hoyt,  Spragues  4  Co. 

SUMS  OF  $2,500. 
Wm.  Watson. 
E.  8.  Jaffray  4  Co. 
Fred.  Buttcrficld  4  Co. 
George  Bliss  4  Co. 
II.  B.  Claflin  4  Co. 
Garner  4  Co. 

SUMS  OF  $2,000. 
Lathrop,  Ludington  &  Co. 
Low,  Harriman,  Durfee  4  Co. 
Spauldlna,  Hunt  4  Co. 
Arnold,  Constable  4  Co. 

SUMS  OF  $1,000. 
Wilson  G.  Hunt. 
Sullivan,  Randolph  4  Budd. 
L.  P.  Morton  4  Co. 
Wm.  Lottimer  4  Co. 
Lee,  Bliss  4  Co. 
TeftX,  Griswold  4  Kellogg. 
Bowers,  Beekman  4  Bradford,  Jr. 
Sprague,  Cooper  4  Collum. 
Ilalsted,  Haines  4  Co. 
Abernethy  4  Co. 
Blade  4  Colby. 
Turnbull,  Slade  4  Co. 
SuttoD,  Smith  4  Co. 


Stone,  Starr  4  Co. 

Hunt,  TiHinghast  4  Co. 

Woodward,  Lawrence  4  Co. 

Paton  4  Co. 

Weaver,  Richardson  4  Co. 

Wicks,  Smith  4  Co. 

Kessler  4  Co. 

John  J.  Phelps. 

Campbell,  Maorec  4  Co. 

Van  Wyck,  Townsend  4  Co. 

Wilmerdings  4  Mount. 

Locschigk,  Wescndonck  4  Co. 

Anthony  4  Hall. 

Thos.  Slocumb. 

Ilaggerty  4  Co. 

Paton,  Stewart  A  Co. 

A.  Iselin. 

Butler,  Cecil,  Rawson  4  Co. 

K.  R.  Mudge,  Sawyer  &  Co. 

James  L.  Little  4  Co. 

W.  C.  Langley  4  Co. 

Jordan,  Marsh  4  Co. 

Sam'l  McLean  4  Co. 

Gardner,  Dexter  4  Co. 

Henry  W.  T.  Mali  4  Co. 

John  M.  Danes  4  Co. 

Wilmerding,  Hoguet  4  Co. 

George  Opdyke. 

Dale  Brothers  4  Co. 

Dibblee,  Work  4  Moore. 

Giraiul,  B:irU-y  4  Co. 


Francis  Skinner  4  Co. 

Charles  Welling. 

G.  M.  Richmond  4  Co. 

J.  C.  Howe  4  Co. 

A.  4  A.  Lawrence  4  Co. 

James  F.  White  4  Co. 

James  M.  Beebe  4  Co. 

SUMS  OF  $750. 
Griffith,  Prentiss  4  McComb. 

SUMS  OF  $500. 
Bradley  4  Howe. 
Rice,  Chase  &  Co. 
Knower  4  Platt. 
John  4  HughAuchincloss. 
Curvin,  Hurxthal  4  Sears. 
U.  4  Strusbcrg  4  Co. 
Stanfleld,  Wentworth  4  Co. 
Carpenter,  Vail  4  Fuller. 
Fairchild  4  Fanshaw. 
Elliot  C.  Cowdin  4  Co. 
Kitchen,  Montross  4  Wilcox. 
Pardee,  Bates  4  Co. 
Opdyke,  Loeschigk  4  Co. 
White  4  Heath. 

N.  Y.  Dyeing  and  Printing  Establishment. 
MtrrtVy  4  Harris. 
Northrup,  Taylor  4  Co. 
Fisher,  Donnelly  4  Co. 
Fischer,  Ilachez  4  Co. 
Geo.  A.  Clark  4  Brother. 
Clark,  West  4  Co. 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR 


A  WORD  TO  OUR  READERS. 

WITH  newspapers  whose  existence  is  measured  by  years,  it  is  customary 
to  mark  each  annual  birthday  with  a  congratulatory  address  to  Patrons. 
Our  little  ephemeron,  expecting  to  drop  its  gauzy  wings,  and  exhale  ita 
vital  spark  into  the  elements  within  the  compass  of  a  few  bright  days,  must 
count  its  life  by  periods  proportioned  to  that  brief  span.  A  week  ago, 
yesterday,  it  burst  from  the  chrysalis,  and  perchance  another  week  may 
find  it  nowhere.  Seven  days,  therefore,  must  stand  for  its  little  year,  and 
the  dawn  of  a  new  week  be  greeted  as  the  anniversary  of  its  birth.  Nor 
need  our  bigger  sisters  of  the  press  smile  at  the  ambition  to  bring  its  trans 
itory  career  into  a  golden  round.  What  is  their  year,  forsooth,  compared 
with  the  years  of  a  newspaper  in  Saturn  ! 

Friends,  Patrons,  Readers  !  Wo  congratulate  you,  ourselves,  and  the 
world  generally,  on  the  success  of  our  little  messenger.  Fed  on  the 
freshest  honeydew  of  Parnassus,  and  floating  on  the  balmy  air  of  popular 
acceptance,  it  has  lived  a  week !  We  may  now  consider  its  existence 
assured  for  the  full  term  of  its  assigned  duration.  So  long  as  the  Fair  it 
self  lasts,  will  our  miniature  daily  hover  over  it,  a  bright  embodied  emana 
tion  of  its  essence,  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 

And  here  we  may  be  permitted  to  complain  gently  of  the  non-appear 
ance,  thus  far,  of  a  compliment  on  which  we  had  securely  reckoned.  Our 
friends,  remembering  the  short  time  we  have  to  live,  and  that,  in  respect 
both  to  contributions  and  compliments,  it  must  be  now  or  never,  will  par 
don  us  for  seeming  to  "  fish  "  for  our  own  praises.  We  really  have  ex 
pected  some  handsomely  turned  encomiums  on  our  bantling's  name.  Have 
our  readers  failed  to  perceive  in  its  pretty  equivoque  the  intended  recogni 
tion  of  the  most  delicate  and  vital  element  of  the  grand  beneficence  of 
which  it  is  the  humble  organ  ?  What  is  this  whole  vast  movement  for  the 
bodily  relief  and  the  heart-solace  of  our  stricken  heroes,  but  a  breath  from  the 
soul  of  HER  who  is  preeminently  the  FAIR  ;  most  fair  because  most  good, 
the  true  Kalokagathon  on  earth  !  And  how  more  aptly  could  we  baptize 
this  record  of  her  mighty  love-work,  the  record  which,  as  we  fondly  trust, 
is  to  be  laid  up  as  a  memorial  in  thousands  of  families,  and  handed  down 
as  an  heirloom  to  future  generations,  than  as  THE  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR  ! 
With  this  suggestion,  which  we  take  to  be  nearly  equal  to  a  hint,  we  trust 
our  deservings  in  this  particular  to  a  grateful  public. 

Cheerily,  then,  to  the  toils  of  another  week  !  The  experience  of  the  one 
just  past  bids  us  not  be  weary  in  well-doing,  for  we  shall  reap  a  glorious 
harvest  for  our  brave  boys  if  we  faint  not.  And  that  our  noble  matrons 
nnd  maidens  may  not  faint,  we  entreat  the  fine  brains  to  which  we  are  al 
ready  so  largely  indebted,  and  others  of  like  calibre,  to  spin  on  with  an 
emulous  persistency  of  labor.  The  demands  of  the  exhibition  and  sales 
rooms  on  nerves  and  feet  unused  to  such  fatigues,  are  prodigious ;  and  our 
SPIRIT  should  be  the  good  Fairy  to  lighten  with  pleasant  devices  the  unac 
customed  task. 

May  we  be  allowed  to  suggest  also  that  it  is  not  so  much  wise  words  as 

witty  ones  that  are  needed;  as  also  that  "  brevity  is  the  soul  of  wit."     Our 

gentle  workers  have  not  time  for  a  solid  meal  of  thought. 

"  The  babbles  that  swim 

On  the  beaker's  brim," 

are  the  true  type  of  contributions  for  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIP.. 


THE  NEW  BEDFORD  MARINE  TABLE  is  under  the  charge  of  three  ladies 
of  New  Bedford,  whose  generous  and  untiring  labors,  amidst  many  difficul 
ties  and  discouragements,  are  deserving  of  special  notice.  Last  January 
these  ladies — Mrs.  Ellis,  Mrs.  Jones,  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Sisson — beiran  their 
patriotic  task  of  collecting  material  to  furnish  a  table  at  the  METROPOLITAN 
FAIR,  and,  though  receiving  but  little  favor  from  those  who  ought  to  have 
rejoiced  to  aid  them  in  their  laudable  endeavors,  they  succeeded  in  prepar 
ing  a  table  which  does  them  high  credit,  and  has  brought  already  a  hand 
some  sum  into  the  Treasury  of  the  FAIR. 

The  collection  of  articles  is  appropriate  to  the  marine  character  of  the 
town  represented,  consisting  chiefly  of  sea-shells  in  great  variety.  Many 
of  these  are  tastefully  arranged,  and  set  in  handsome  shell  frames.  Of  the 
latter  the  assortment  is  very  fine.  It  would  be  difficult  to  find  a  more 
elegant  piece  of  workmanship  than  the  bouquets  of  bird  feathers,  in  shell 
frames,  whose  soft  and  delicate  colors  have  a  most  charming  effect.  A 


beautiful  Voluta  shell — of  which  there  are  two — was  bought  by  Mr.  D.  J. 
Steward,  of  this  city,  for  $25.  Besides  the  shells,  there  are  a  number  of 
curious  and  interesting  objects  exhibited,  among  which  we  notice  a  beau 
tiful  little  whale  boat,  with  coils  of  rope,  harpoons,  lances,  sheath-knife, 
&c.,  all  complete — the  work  of  Capt.  L.  N.  Howland,  of  New  Bedford,  an 
old  whaler  ;  a  Feejee  Island  bark  blanket ;  several  bows  from  the  Solo 
mon  Islands,  coast  of  New  Guinea,  with  a  bundle  of  poisoned  arrows ;  and 
a  precious  piece  of  New  England's  "blarney  stone, "certified  to  as  genuine, 

a  Trustee  of  the  Pilgrim  Society,  and  valued  at  $25.  A  fine  "  sea- 
piece,"  by  Mr.  Bradford,  a  New  Bedford  artist,  was  sold  for  $100.  The 
sum  realized  thus  far  amounts  to  $600,  with  every  prospect  of  obtaining 
several  hundred  more — which  is  certainly  a  sufficient  justification  for  the 
benevolent  perseverance  of  the  fair  collectors  of  this  unique  assortment. 

STALL  No.  36  is  devoted  to  cordwainers"  handicraft.  Above  the  stall  are 
inscribed  the  names  of  distinguished  cobblers  of  the  past,  the  list  headed  of 
course  by  St.  Crispin,  the  patron  of  shoemakers,  and  followed  by  Bochme, 
Sachs,  Fox,  and  Sherman,  all  illustrious  practitioners  of  the  "  gentle  craft." 
A  large  assortment  of  the  finer  qualities  of  boots  and  shoes  are  offered  for 
sale,  among  which  one  cannot  fail  to  note  the  bridal  shoes  and  slippers, 
contributed  by  Middleton  &  Co.,  valued  at  $10.  A  great  variety  of  "  work 
ed  "  slippers,  in  tasteful  patterns,  attract  the  eyes  of  elderly  gentlemen,  who 
are  fond  of  cozy  comfort  after  the  labors  of  the  day.  The  principal  con 
tributors  are  Geo.  T.  Glaze;  J.  Hunt;  Middleton  &  Co.,  831  Broadway; 
Cantrell,  813  Broadway  ;  Fisk  &  Goldsmith ;  and  Gorharn,  371  Canal ;  who 
present  some  very  handsome  fancy  shoes. 

STALL  No.  37,  presided  over  by  Mrs.  F.  F.  Thompson,  displays  some  very 
fine  specimens  of  saddlery.  A  pair  of  horse  blankets,  valued  at  $100, 
presented  by  Harmer,  Hayes,  &  Co.,  and  a  splendid  military  saddle  and 
equipments,  held  at  $250,  given  by  Betts,  Nichols,  &  Co.,  349  Broadway, 
are  the  most  costly  articles  exhibited.  In  addition,  there  are  harnesses, 
elegant  riding-whips,  a  handsome  side-saddle,  and  large  travelling  trunks  or 
"  arks,"  ranging  in  price  from  $16  to  $35. 


WHAT  may  we  not  expect  from  the  Metropolis,  when  "out-of-town" 
has  done  so  nobly,  as  the  annexed  letter  shows? 

OFFICE  CHIEF  ENGINEER,          ) 
BINGHAMPTON,  April  4,  1864.       f 
WM.  H.  WICKIIAM,  Esq.,  Chairman  San.  Comm.  N.  Y.  F.  D. 

DEAR  SIR  :  In  accordance  with  a  circular  received  from  you  some  time 
since,  we  hereby  transmit  a  draft  for  $2,125.56,  being  the  avails  of  a  Fair 
and  Festival  held  by  the  Binghampton  Fire  Department  in  aid  of  the 
METROPOLITAN  FAIR  now  being  held  in  your  city  for  the  benefit  of  the  TT.  S. 
Sanitary  Commission.  Please  present  the  enclosed  draft,  with  the  best 
wishes  of  the  Binghampton  Fire  Department. 
Respectfully  yours, 

F.  A.  MORGAN,  Chairman  San.  Com.  B.  F.  D. 
M.  CLAY  PRKSTON,  Treasurer  San.  Com.  B.  F.  D. 

MR.  J.  BINGHAM,  of  Hudson  City,  a  venerable  gentleman  who  once 
filled  the  place  of  Marshal  at  the  Bunker  Hill  Monument  Fair,  contributes 
a  pair  of  crutches  to  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR,  accompanying  the  gift  with 
these  modest  and  apt  words — "Although  of  no  great  value,  their  sale  may 
help  to  heal  a  wound — or  lift  up  a  bruised  heart.  Our  soldiers  need  all 
we  can  give,  were  it  a  million  times  as  much  as  this  mite,  in  aid  of  your 
treasury." 

THE  ladies  in  charge  of  the  Floral  Temple,  acknowledge  with  thanks 
the  liberality  of  Mr  J.  Buchanan,  the  well-known  florist  of  17th  street,  in 
presenting  to  their  department  a  number  of  beautiful  bouquets,  valued  at 
fifty-five  dollars. 

THE  collection  in  the  Book  room  has  been  increased  by  the  generous 
gift  from  Mr.  Marie,  of  a  large  number  of  copies  of  the  graceful  volume 
of  Vert  de  Socii'te,  published  by  him  for  the  benefit  of  the  FAIR. 

FRANCIS  AND  LOUTREL  have  contributed  to  the  FAIR  a  magnificent 
Ledger  and  Journal,  extra  size,  bound  in  full  russia,  very  heavy  boards, 
gilt  tooling.  The  panels  are  set  with  calf  and  turkey  morocco,  tooled 
in  the  most  elegant  and  artistic  style.  The  paper  is  thick  and  of  the  finest 
manufacture.  Each  page  is  ornamented  with  heavy  and  appropriate  ruling. 
The  value  of  this  contribution  to  the  FAIR  is  $150.  For  sale  in  the  Sta 
tionery  Department. 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by  AUGUSTUS  R.  MACDOSOUOH,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  U.  S.,  for  the  Southern  Dist.  of  N.Y. 


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SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


THE  mutilated  green-back  dollar  bill  whose  history  was  given  in  the 
first  number  of  this  paper,  has  been  purchased  by  a  lady  of  this  city  for 
one  hundred  dollars. 

THE  naive  and  popular  lithograph,  representing  a  little  girl  selling  minia 
ture  American  flags,  with  the  motto,  "Every  little  helps"  for  sale  at  the 
Art  Gallery,  was  drawn  on  stone  and  presented  to  the  FAIR  by  Ernest 
Tuckerman. 

THE  Emperor  of  China  is  an  involuntary  contributor  to  the  FAIR,  the 
hangings  and  robes  in  the  Old  Curiosity  Shop  being  loot  from  palaces  be 
longing  to  that  august  personage.  The  magnificent  square  robe  was  torn  from 
his  state  bed,  and  the  green  robe  was  taken  from  the  celebrated  Summer 
Palace,  which  was  plundered  by  the  French  and  English  soldiery.  These 
articles  are  valued  at  $500  each. 

TABLE  No.  20,  simply  marked  EXCELSIOR,  well  deserves  an  independent 
place  and  a  special  mention.  It  is  filled  with  contributions  from  some 
twenty  ladies  and  gentlemen,  brought  together  by  no  more  formal  organi 
zation  than  patriotic  purpose  and  devotion  to  the  cause  of  charity  furnish. 
A  cross,  beautifully  enwreathed  with  spectral  flowers  and  ferns,  and  some 
prettily  painted  vases,  are  conspicuous  among  a  great  variety  of  tasteful 
articles  upon  this  stand.  But  the  most  interesting  contribution  is  a  photo 
graphic  album,  prepared  by  Wm.  Henry  Arnoux,  in  which  the  likenesses 
are  from  original  negatives  taken  by  Brady,  the  binding  being  done  in  a 
masterly  style  of  tooling  by  Huthcwg,  and  the  cardboard  presented  by 
Smith  &  Peters. 

The  original  plan  of  this  album,  now  being  carried  out,  was  to  have  on 
each  left-hand  page  a  photograph,  and  on  the  right,  facing  it,  the  auto 
graph  of  some  distinguished  officer.  The  place  of  honor  is  given  to  General 
Scott,  and  Generals  McClellan,  Grant,  Fremont,  Banks,  and  others,  follow. 
Admirals  Farragut  and  Dupont  lead  the  navy  list. 

Perhaps  the  last  page  in  the  volume  is  the  most  eloquent.  It  contains 
a  small  vignette  of  General  Anderson,  presented  by  himself,  with  a  photo 
graphic  view  of  Fort  Sumter  as  it  was  at  the  first  bombardment  in  1861, 
signed  with  his  autograph.  His  shattered  health  prevents  any  prolonged 
mental  effort. 

The  mounting  of  this  page  is  by  Williams  &  Stevens.  The  album  is 
valued  at  $500. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  autographic  inscriptions  in  this  rare 
volume : 

"N.  T.,  JfarcAll,  ISM. 

"  For  the  purpose  of  establishing  the  Government  under  which  we  live, 
and  which  has  brought  us  so  much  prosperity,  our  fathers  endured  seven 
years  of  hardship  and  sacrifices.  Where  is  the  man  worthy  of  all  it  has 
given  us  who  will  not,  if  need  be,  endure  as  many,  to  preserve  and  per 
petuate  it  ?  JOHN  A.  Dix." 

"  Is  there  any  sacrifice  too  great  an  offering  to  save  our  glorious  coun 
try,  whether  of  opinion,  of  prejudice,  or  of  life  itself? 

"  A.  PLEASANTON,  Mai. -Gen. 
"NEW  YOKE,  March  30,  1864." 

"  Renewed,  regenerated,  disenthralled,  shall  this  beloved  land  rise  from 
the  sin  and  sorrow  of  to-day,  all  glorious  in  her  liberty,  and  radiant  in  her 
resurrection.  IRVIN  McDowKLL. 

"  March  25,  1S64." 

"  I  urgently  recommend  that  the  noble  efforts  that  have  been  made  to 
secure  the  comfort  of  our  soldiers  be  continued,  and  extended  in  behalf  of 
their  families,  espec-ially  those  of  the  officers  and  men  who  have  given 
their  lives  for  their  country.  GEO.  B.  MCC'LELLAN,  Maj.-Gen. 

"March  18,1864." 

ANY  "THING  OF  BEAUTY  "  perishing  in  an  hour,  yet  leaving  a  lasting 
fragrance  of  good  will  and  kind  purpose,  naturally  finds  its  way  to  the 
shrine  of  flowers,  which  is  the  central  ornament  of  the  FAIR  rooms  ;  and  of 
such  a  nature  are  both  the  subject  and  the  sentiment  of  the  following  note- 
let. 

HUDSON  CITY,  N.  Y.,  April  9,  1864. 

FAIR  LADIES  : — Will  you  please  accept  for  your  Floral  Temple  this 
splendid  butterfly.  Last  Fall  it  was  a  large  green  worm,  about  four  inches 
long.  I  found  it  weaving  its  cocoon  on  our  gate,  and  when  it  was  all  hid 
den  in  its  silken  prison  we  took  it  into  the  house,  and  cut  a  window  in  its 
prison  wall,  through  which  to  watch  the  changing  chrysalis.  Last  Thurs 
day  it  came  out  of  its  snug  hiding  place,  robed  in  beauty  like  the  flowers. 
Now,  ladies,  will  you  take  my  pretty  pet,  and  let  it  live  out  its  brief  life 


among  the  sweet  blossoms  in  your  bower  ?  It  may  be  that  some  naturalist 
will  pay  a  trifle  for  my  bright  winged  beauty.  Hoping  it  may  be  so,  I  bring 
with  me  the  little  house  it  built.  Should  it  contribute  aught  to  the  attrac 
tiveness  of  your  fairy  temple,  or  if  the  proceeds  of  its  sale  shall  add  even 
a  trifle  to  some  brave  soldier's  comfort,  my  heart  would  be  as  happy  as  my 
butterfly  is  beautiful. 

Yours  respectfully, 

EDDIE  W.  KILBOURNE. 


OLD  CURIOSITY  SHOP. 
[ADVERTISEMENT.] 

WHEN  tired  of  Afghans,  with  cushions  when  furious, 

Just  stop  in  to  see  what  we  have  got  curious. 

We  don't  speak  of  worsteds  with  envy  or  pique, 

We  have  china  the  rarest  and  gems  most  antique. 

We  have  Chinese  pagodas  and  idols  and  vases, 

And  hats  d  la  mode  in  all  its  queer  phases. 

We've  a  temple  of  Mammon,  for  each  Japanese, 

As  well  as  ourselves,  worships  wealth  on  his  knees ; 

We  have  shells,  birds,  and  beasts ;  we  have  reptiles  and  fishes ; 

The  finest  of  gems,  and  the  quaintest  of  dishes, 

Brocades  that  were  worn  in  our  grandmothers'  day, 

The  court  dress  and  robes  of  Chief  Justice  Jay, 

And  most  lovely  flowers,  unrivalled  by  Flora; 

And  relics  of  Franklin,  the  great  Arctic  Explorer. 

And  all  who  are  proud  of  our  own  noble  Kane, 

Most  sadly  can  gaze  on  his  boat  flag  again. 

Then  as  we  wish  the  attraction  to  vary, 

There's  a  portrait,  original,  of  Scotland's  fair  Mary. 

We  have  autographs,  photographs,  pictures  most  rare ; 

We  beg  you  to  buy  for  the  good  of  the  FAIR. 

We've  a  Mandarin's  dress  in  work  most  exquisite  ; 

We  hope  all  will  feel  tempted  to  pay  us  a  visit. 

If  we  have  succeeded  in  winning  attention, 

Our  time  and  our  labor  is  not  worth  the  mention ; 

We  work  for  our  country,  without  fee  or  guerdon, 

Though  often  we  feel — a  horseshoe  a  burden. 


METROPOLITAN  FAIR  FOR  THE  IT.  S.   SANITARY  COMMISSION- 
AUCTION  NOTICE. 

HEADS  of  departments  wishing  to  make  sales  by  auction,  will  please 
hand  in  their  invoices  two  days  before  sale,  to  either  of  the  following  auc 
tioneers,  or  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Committee.  Each  department  will 
arrange  with  the  gentlemen  whom  they  may  elect  to  make  their  sales,  in  re 
gard  to  the  reception  and  delivery  of  their  goods. 

All  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  will  be  received  and  accounted  for 
by  those  employed,  who  will  furnish  their  own  clerks  and  attend  to  their 
own  advertising. 

The  following  arc  the  names  and  places  of  business  of  the  gentlemen 
tendering  their  services,  in  the  order  they  were  received : 

DANIEL  A.  MATIIEWS,  66  Nassau  street. 

EDWARD  SCHENCK,  60  Liberty  street. 

GEOROE  WELLES  NICHOLS,  113  Pearl  street. 

HENRY  D.  MIXER,  37  Nassau  street. 

DANIEL  II.  BURDETT,  109  Wall  street. 

HENRY  MOLTON,  235  Broadway. 

J.  II.  DRAPER,  36  Pine  street. 

EDWARD  SINTZKNICH,  155  Broadway. 

J.  E.  HALSEY,  10  Barclay  street. 

WALTER  M.  LLOYD,  15  Nassau  street. 

E.  T.  WILLS,  47  Murray  street. 

JOHN  II.  AUSTEN,  340  Broadway. 

THOMAS  J.  MILLER,  74  Broadway. 

ALFRED  L.  CURTIS,  23  Murray  street 

All  goods  sold  for  this  Commission  are  free  from  United  States  duties, 
as  well  as  the  District  License. 

E.  D.  LUDLOW,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Auctioneers. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  Secretary. 


SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


ASOLDIER'S    DREAM. 

BY    DONALD    G.    MITOHKLL. 

"  CHEER  up  my  man  !  and  we'll  carry  you  through." — This  was  what 
the  Surgeon  said. 

It  was  a  cruel  shattering  wound  of  the  thigh.  I  knew  it  was  a  doubt 
ful  case.  There  was  not  much  around  me  to  make  cheer.  Only  one  dim 
light  in  the  ward,  and  that  swaying  in  the  wind  that  found  its  way  through 
the  chinks,  two  poor  fellows  muttering  in  a  fever,  not  far  off;  and  in  the 
cot  next  me  a  drummer  boy — dead.  The  hospital  people  didn't  know  it 
as  yet,  but  I  did  :  just  before  dark  he  had  given  a  lunge  forward  as  if  he 
would  have  grasped  at  something  out  of  reach,  and  there  lay  his  hand 
stiffened — just  where  it  fell.  Until  dark,  I  watched  his  eyelids — open  stark 
wide,  and  never  a  wink. 

It  threatened  a  change  of  weather ;  at  least,  the  nurse  laid  some  extra 
covering  at  the  foot  of  each  of  the  cots ;  and  pat — pat— pat,  I  heard  her 
steps  go  down  the  wards. 

Then  I  dreamed  : — It  was  the  old  house,  red  with  white  trimmings,  and 
a  lilac  bush  at  the  door.  Within,  there  is  a  bright  fire  on  the  hearth. 
Polly  (that's  wife)  is  seated  at  the  table  sewing.  The  two  girls,  Nelly  and 
"Little  Maid"  (so  we  call  her)  are  perched  on  stools  near  their  mother, 
busy  at  their  patch-work ;  (they  made  a  deal  of  patch-work,  those  little 
ones  !) 

It  seemed  to  me,  "  Little  Maid  "  said  presently,  "  See  Andy,  mother !  " 
And  Polly  looks  at  Andy — which  was  our  shag-terrier,  and  a  rare  ratter 
to  be  sure — and  says  "  Take  it  from  him,  child,  quick  ! " 

And  the  maid  takes  from  the  dog  a  long  strip  of  brown  cloth,  with 
little  sprigs  scattered  up  and  down,  which  I  remember  was  a  part  of  an 
old  dress  in  which  I  had  often  seen  Polly ;  she  wore  it  the  first  day  we 
went  into  the  red-house  home,  and  now  she  is  making  some  patch-quilt  of 
it ; — always  busy,  that  little  woman  ! 

The  children  are  stitching  upon  diamond-shaped  pieces,  which,  though 
I  had  never  much  eye  for  colors,  or  for  figures,  I  see  plainly  are  parts  of 
baby  dresses  which  they  wore  years  before.  The  little  ones,  from  time  to 
time,  hold  up  a  row  of  those  diamond  shapes  to  show  their  mother  what 
brave  work  they  have  done,  and  Andy  thereupon  cocks  his  eye  and  pricks 
up  his  ears,  as  if  he  were  a  party  to  their  needle  triumphs.  All  the  while 
there  is  a  low  restless  prattle  between  Nelly  and  the  "  Little  Maid, "  but 
somehow  I  do  not  catch  the  meaning  of  it,  only  Polly  (I  hear  her  tones 
full  and  clear)  says  once  and  again — "  Well  stitched,  Little  Maid ! "  or 
"  there's  a  good  girl,  Nelly  ! " 

Andy  stirs,  sniffs  the  air  with  his  eye  on  the  door ;  'tis  only  a  neighbor's 
step,  some  good  woman  who  has  come  for  a  half-hour's  chat ;  and  in  this 
way  I  hear  that  the  "Little  Maid"  has  come  to  the  fifth  page  in  her  spell 
ing,  and  that  the  patch-work  they  are  so  busily  stitching  upon  is  to  be  sent 
away  for  the  soldiers,  and  that  the  scarlet  fever  is  in  the  village.  Where 
upon  Polly  says,  "  I  wouldn't  have  John  (that's  my  name)  know  it  for  the 
world  ! " 

And  the  neighbor  asks  "  how  is  John  ?  " 

"  Quite  well,"  says  Polly,  "  and  coming  home,  God  willing,  in  May." 

Whereupon  "  Little  Maid  "  and  Nelly,  with  one  voice  as  it  were — "I'm 
so  glad  ! " 

At  this  I,  who  had  said  nothing  thus  far,  and  was  not  seen,  felt  stirred 
to  speak. 

"  Bless  your  dear  hearts  !  "  said  I,  but  had  got  no  further  when  Andy, 
knowing  the  voice  I  suppose,  sprang  on  me ;  sprang  upon  my  poor  leg 
— such  a  twinge  as  it  gave  me — and  I  woke. 

It  was  not  the  old  home  I  was  in  at  all ;  only  the  pain  was  real ;  the 
solitary  lamp  swayed  in  the  wind  ;  the  dead  drummer's  hand  lay  idle,  no 
more  waking  up  for  him. 

The  nurse,  good  soul,  spread  a  coverlet  over  me — the  same  which  had 
been  lying  at  my  feet  since  dark.  The  warmth  was  very  quieting  to  me, 
and  I  fell  away  shortly  into  dozing  and  then  to  dreaming  again. 

In  the  red-house  once  more,  but  this  time  they  know  I  am  there  and  the 
little  ones  nestle  about  me — so  fondly  !  God  bless  their  little  hearts  !  And 
Polly  in  her  quiet  way,  stepping  softly  and  lifting  her  finger,  checks  their 
noisy  mirth — "  Not  so  rough,  Little  Maid  !  you  will  disturb  Papa  !  " 

I  am  sick  then  ;  possibly  the  old  wound  is  unhealed  ;  indeed  I  see  cloths 


lying  upon  the  little  stand  at  the  bed-side,  such  as  were  lying  in  the  hos 
pital  yesterday.  Polly  folds  them— Polly  arranges  them  ;  she  lifts  a  warn- 
big  finger  as  "  Little  Maid  "  begins  to  riot  again,  she  hangs  a  screen  before 
the  fire  to  keep  the  light  from  my  eyes — is  it  my  soldier  coat?  The  little 
ones  are  probing  the  pockets  and  admiring  the  buttons. 

But  strangely  enough,  it  seems  to  me  that  Polly  is  wearing  the  same 
dress  which  before  she  had  been  cutting  into  pieces,  and  the  children — 
though  they  must  have  outgrown  them  by  two  years  or  more — wear  the 
same  baby  gowns  which  I  had  seen  them  stitching  into  these  diamond 
shapes. 

But  though  I  see  all  this  and  can  hear  Andy  as  he  paces  across  the  room, 
and  the  rap  of  his  knuckle  joint  on  the  floor  as  he  gives  his  fore-shoulder  a 
lively  scratch — I  can  say  nothing.  The  waiting  faces  seem  to  expect  no 
word  from  me.  This  worries  me ;  and  I  make  a  grasp  at  the  familiar  dress 
of  Polly  as  she  passes  to  get  some  explanation. 

"  Quiet,  John,  quiet !  " 

It  is  not  Polly  who  speaks  the  last  word,  it  is  the  nurse  :  I  am  awake 
again,  and  have  a  fierce  clutch  upon  the  coverlet  which  the  nurse  would  take 
away,  now  that  morning  has  fairly  come. 

As  she  lifts  it— as  Heaven  is  true — I  see  the  brown  stripes  of  my  wife's 
dress  with  the  fairy  green  sprigs  : — I  see  the  diamond  shapes  of  the  baby 
dresses  which  my  children  had  stitched  ! 

I  renew  my  clutch,  "  Leave  it  good  woman,  it's  my  own,  I  saw  them 
make  it ;  my  wife's  dress,  I  know  the  colors." 

The  woman  slips  away  and  presently  comes  back  whispering  with  the 
Surgeon.  "  If  he's  crazed,  the  game  is  up  with  him,"  says  he. 

But  I'm  not  crazed,  my  pulse  will  tell  him  that ;  but  a  great  cheer  has 
come  to  me  from  that  little  glimpse  of  home,  and  the  fragment  of  it  that 
came  to  me  by  God's  mercy,  that  night. 

I  shall  be  strong  enough  to  travel  in  May,  and  will  keep  Polly's  word 
good. 

Nelly  ! — Little  Maid  !  look  for  me  when  the  lilacs  are  in  bud  !  And 
don't  be  frightened  by  a  crutch. 


SONG  OF  FREEDOM. 
(To  a  German  air.) 

BY   C.  T.  BROOKS. 

Deep  devotion — 
Warm  emotion 
Fill  and  fire  and  fuse  all  souls, 

While  from  patriot  bosoms  welling, 
One  loud  song  of  freedom  swelling, 
Through  the  listening  concave  rolls. 

Swell  the  chorus ! 
Heaven  smiles  o'er  us, 
Freedom's  banner  leads  the  van ; 

Upward,  hearts  !  and  footsteps,  forward  ! 
Here's  no  traitor — here's  no  coward  ! 
Upward,  onward,  man  by  man  ! 

Sainted  sires ! 
Freedom's  fires, 
Lit  by  you,  still  flame  on  high  ; 

On  our  hills  and  hearthstones  gleaming 
From  our  hearts  and  faces  beaming, 
Never — never  shall  they  die ! 

Lo !  high  o'er  us, 
Far  before  us, 

All  the  skies  in  splendor  stand  ! 
Bloody-red  the  moon  is  glowing, 
Freedom's  wind  is  freshly  blowing 
O'er  a  cleansed  and  ransomed  land. 


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NEW    YORK,    WEDNESDAY,    APRIL    13,    1864. 


NEW   YORK. 

BY  JAMES  FENIMOKE  COOPER. 

(Continued.) 

THAT  some  extravagant  notions,  in  which  interest  lias  thrown 
its  mists  before  the  reason  of  our  people,  exist,  is,  wo  think 
undeniable ;  and  we  concede  that  the  two  recently  promulgated 
figments  of  the  equilibrium  and  the  rights  of  persons  over  the 
property  and  Territory  of  the  United  States,  have  a  character  of 
feebleness  and  obvious  delusion  that  would  excite  our  wonder,  did 
we  not  have  so  many  occasions  to  observe  and  comment  on  the 
frailty  of  human  judgment  when  warped  by  motives  of  this  nature. 
To  us  it  would  seem,  that  the  people  of  any  particular  State  have 
just  the  same  claim  to  use  the  ships  of  war,  and  forts,  and  public 
buildings  of  the  United  States,  as  they  have,  unpermitted  by  the 
sovereign  power,  to  occupy  any  of  its  lands.  That  which  is  the 
property  of  the  public  is  no  more  the  property  of  individuals,  in 
law  or  reason,  than  the  estate  of  any  one  man  is  the  estate  of  his 
neighbor.  Carry  out  the  doctrine  in  spirit,  and  it  would  load  to 
general  confusion,  and  a  state  of  things  so  impracticable  as  to  dis 
organize  society.  If  the  people  are  thus  intrinsically  masters  and 
owners  of  all  around  them,  why  are  they  not  the  proprietors  of 
the  banks  and  other  corporations  created  by  themselves?  They 
made  the  government,  if  you  will,  though  in  a  very  limited 
capacity  ;  and  they  made  these  corporations,  much  more  directly 
and  unequivocally  ;  and,  admitting  the  truth  of  this  copartnership 
principle,  in  which  every  man  is  so  far  a  member  of  the  firm  that 
he  may  take  his  share  of  the  assets,  we  cannot  sec  that  he  is  not 
equally  entitled  to  lay  hjs  hands  on  all  the  other  progeny  of  the 
popular  will.  In  a  word,  the  doctrine  would  seem  to  be  not  only 
weak,  but  absurd ;  and  we  find  a  difficulty  in  believing  that  any 
cool-headed  and  reflecting  man  can  feel  the  necessity  for  refut 
ing  it. 

But  other  dangers  undeniably  beset  the  country,  that  have  no 
connection  with  this  question  of  Slavery.  However  repugnant  it 
may  be  to  the  pride  of  human  nature,  or  the  favorite  doctrines  of 
the  day,  there  can  bo  little  question  that  the  greatest  sources  of 
apprehension  of  future  evil  to  the  people  of  this  country,  are  to  be 
looked  for  in  the  abuses  which  have  their  origin  in  the  infirmities 
and  characteristics  of  human  nature.  In  a  word,  the  people  have 
great  cause  to  distrust  themselves ;  and  the  numerous  and  serious 
innovations  they  aro  making  on  all  sides,  on  not  only  the  most 
venerable  principles  in  favor  with  men,  but  on  the  divine  law, 
must  cause  every  reflecting  man  to  forebode  a  state  of  things,  far 
more  serious  than  even  that  which  would  arise  from  a  separation 
of  the  States  into  isolated  parts. 

The  particular  form  in  which  this  imminent  danger  is  now,  for 
the  first  time  seriously  since  the  establishment  of  the  Government, 
beginning  to  exhibit  itself,  is  through  the  combinations  of  the  de 
signing  to  obtain  a  mercenary  corps  of  voters,  insignificant  as  to 
numbers,  but  formidable  by  their  union,  to  hold  the  balance  of 
power,  and  to  effect  their  purposes  by  practising  on  the  wilful, 
blind,  wayward,  and,  we  might  almost  add,  fatal  obstinacy  of  the 
two  great  political  parties  of  the  country.  Here,  in  our  view,  is 
the  danger  that  the  nation  has  most  to  apprehend.  The  result  is 
as  plain  as  it  is  lamentable.  In  effect,  it  throws  the  political  power 
of  the  entire  Republic  into  the  hands  of  the  intriguer,  the  dema 
gogue,  and  the  knave.  Honest  men  are  not  practised  on  by  such 


iombinations ;  but,  with  a  fatality  that  would  seem  to  bo  the  very 
port  of  demons,  there  they  stand,  drawn  up  in  formidable  array, 
in  nearly  equal  lines  of  open  and  deriding  hostility,  leading  those 
who  no  longer  conceive  it  necessary  to  even  affect  the  semblance 
of  respect  to  many  of  the  plainest  and  most  important  of  the 
principles  of  social  integrity  that  have  over  been  received  among 
men. 

Any  one  familiar  with  the  condition  of  Europe  must  know, 
that  under  the  pressure  of  society  in  that  quarter  of  the  world, 
and  toward  which  we  are  fast  tending  by  a  rapid  accumulation  of 
numbers,  the  present  institutions  of  America,  exercised  under  the 
prevalent  opinions  of  the  day,  could  not  endure  a  twelvemonth. 
That  which  is  now  seen  in  France  rendering  real  political  liberty 
a  mere  stalking-horse  for  the  furtherance  of  the  projects  of  the 
boldest  adventurers,  would  inevitably  be  seen  here ;  the  bayonet 
alone  would  be  relied  on  for  the  preservation  of  the  nearest  and 
dearest  of  human  rights.  There  could  and  would  be  no  other 
security  for  the  peace  of  society,  and  that  circle  of  power  which, 
rising  in  the  masses,  ends  in  the  sceptre  of  the  single  despot, 
would  once  more  be  made  as  it  might  be  in  derision  of  all  our 
efforts  to  be  free. 

If  the  existence  of  nations  resembled  that  of  individuals,  it 
would  not  be  difficult  to  foretell  the  consequences  of  this  state  of 
things  ;  but  communities  may  be  said  to  have  no  lives,  and  are 
ever  to  bo  found  occupying  their  places,  and  using  the  means  as 
signed  to  them  by  Providence,  whether  free  or  enslaved,  prosper 
ous  or  the  reverse.  No  one  can  foretell  the  future  of  this  great 
country,  in  consequence  of  the  extent  and  number  of  its  outlets, 
each  a  provision  of  Providence  to  put  a  check  on  revolutions  and 
violence. 

The  elements  of  a  monarchy  do  not  exist  among  us;  the  habits 
of  the  entire  country  are  opposed  to  the  reception  of  such  a  form 
of  government.  Nor  do  we  know,  bad  as  our  condition  is  rapidly 
getting  to  be,  strong  as  are  the  tendencies  to  social  dissolution,  and 
to  the  abuses  which  demand  force  to  subdue,  that  anything  would 
be  gained  by  the  adoption  of  any  substitute  for  the  present  polity 
of  the  country  to  be  found  in  Europe.  The  abuses  there  are 
possibly  worse  than  our  own,  and  the  only  question  would  seem 
to  be  as  to  the  degree  of  suffering  and  wrong  to  which  men  aro 
compelled  to  submit  through  the  infirmities  of  their  own  nature. 
There  is  one  great  advantage  in  the  monarchical  principle,  when 
subdued  by  liberal  institutions,  as  in  the  case  of  the  government 
of  that  nation  from  which  we  are  derived,  which  it  would  seem  a 
republic  cannot  possess.  We  allude  to  the  transmission  of  a  nom 
inal  executive  power  that  spares  the  turmoil,  expense,  and  strug 
gles  of  an  election,  and  which  answers  all  the  purposes  of  the  real 
authorities  of  the  State  in  designating  those  who  aro  to  exercise 
the  functions  of  rulers  for  the  time  being.  It  has  often  been  pre 
dicted  that  the  periodical  elections  of  the  chief  magistrate  of  this 
country  will,  at  no  distant  day,  destroy  the  institutions.  It  would 
be  idle  to  deny  that  the  danger  manifestly  increases  with  the 
expedients  of  factions ;  and  that  there  are  very  grave  grounds  for 
apprehending  the  worst  consequences  from  this  source  of  evil. 
As  it  now  is,  the  working  of  the  system  has  already  produced  a 
total  departure  from  the  original  intention  of  the  Government ; 
a  scheme,  probably,  that  was  radically  defective  when  adopted, 
and  which  contained  the  seeds  of  its  own  ruin.  Recourse  to  elec 
tors  has  become  an  idle  form,  ponderous  and  awkward,  and  in 
some  of  its  features  uselessly  hazardous.  We  are  in  the  habit  of 
comparing  the  cost  of  government  in  this  country  with  that  of 
other  nations  in  the  Old  World.  Beyond  a  question,  the  Amer 
icans  enjoy  great  advantages  in  this  important  particular,  owing 
to  their  exemption  from  sources  of  expenses  that  weigh  so  heavily 


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on  those  who  rely  for  the  peace  of  society  solely  on  the  strong 
hand.  But  confining  the  investigation  simply  to  the  cost  of  Execu 
tives  it  may  well  be  questioned  if  wo  have  not  adopted  the  most 
expensive  mode  at  present  known  among  civilized  nations.  We 
entertain  very  little  doubt  that  the  cost  of  a  presidential  election 
fully  equals  the  expenditures  of  the  empire  of  Great  Britain,  liberal 
as  they  are  known  to  be,  for  the  maintenance  of  the  dignity  of  its 
chief  magistracy.  Nor  is  this  the  worst  of  it ;  for  while  much  of 
the  civil  list  of  a  monarch  is  usefully  employed  in  cherishing  the 
arts,  and  in  fostering  industry,  to  say  nothing  of  its  boons  to  the 
dependent  and  meritorious  in  the  shape  of  pensions,  not  a  dollar 
of  the  millions  that  are  wasted  every  fourth  year  among  ourselves 
in  the  struggles  of  parties,  can  be  said  to  be  applied  to  a  purpose 
that  has  not  a  greater  tendency  to  evil  than  to  good.  The  simple 
publication  of  documents,  perhaps,  may  form  some  exception  to 
these  abuses ;  but  even  they  are  so  much  filled  with  falsehoods, 
fallacies,  audacious  historical  misstatements,  exaggerations,  and 
every  other  abuse,  naturally  connected  with  such  struggles,  that 
we  are  compelled  to  yield  them  our  respect  and  credulity  with 
large  allowances  for  caution  and  truth.  Were  this  the  place,  and 
did  our  limits  permit,  we  would  gladly  pursue  this  subject ;  for  so 
completely  has  the  hurrah  of  popular  sway  looked  down  every 
thing  like  real  freedom  in  the  discussion  of  such  a  topic  as  to 
render  the  voice  of  dissent  almost  unknown  to  us.  But  our  pur 
pose  is  merely  to  show  what  probable  effects  are  to  flow  from  the 
abuses  of  the  institutions  on  the  growth  of  the  great  commercial 
mart  of  which  we  are  writing. 

(To  be  continued.*) 


GEMS  FROM  THE  NEW  AND  ADMIRED  OPERA  OF  RAFFLELETTO. 

(The  music  of  the  overture  expresses  chaos  and  universal  woe.  The 
exulting  shouts  of  demons  are  heard  engaged  in  "  debauching  the  public 
conscience  and  corrupting  the  public  virtue."  The  voices  of  the  head 

d — vils  are  recognized  as  those  of   Mrs. ,  Miss  ,  and  

j  an(j 1 1  Esquires.     A  few  faint  puffs  of  expiring  vir 
tue  are  indicated  by  the  cornet-a-piston). 

( Time,  the  day  on  which  the  celebrated  Protest  appears). 
(Enter  Deacon  Aminidabino  Sleekini,  coming  from  the  B-ok-rs  Board  and 
reading  the  morning  paper). 

RECITATIVO. 

Che !  Lottery !  Gambling !  Chances  at  a  Charity  !  0  Cielo !  Jingo !  But  ye 
streets  of  William  and  of  Wall,  paths  of  honor,  honesty  and  law,  never 
shall   the  gold  or  greenbacks  eke  I  find  in  you,  be  stained  by  such  vile 
uses.     Chances  !  Lotteries  !  0  precious  Erie !  Harlem  coy  !  and  thou,  most 
steady  Central;  whither  tends  the  time?    (Reads.)     Thanks,  gentle  Rev 
erends  !  'gainst  the  serious  sins  how  gladly  doth  this  heart  see  ye  arrayed  ! 
(Enter  a  poor  woman  asking  for  a  penny  to  feed  "  six  small  children")   Go 
to  the  D— vil !     (Reads.)    Alas  !  A  Grab  bag !    Oh  infamy  !  A  Fishing 
Pond  !  "  Chances  "  to  help  the  sick  and  dying  soldiers !  Nay,  nay.     By 
heaven,  never  ;  so  help  me,  Genius  of  the  B-ok-rs  Board ! 
Some  sins  are  venial,  so  the  Doctors  say 
But  this  debauching  Raffle, — well-a-day  ! 
The  Fair  is  foul ;  I  will  not  be  its  prey. 
ARIA  BASSO,  clericalmente  e  nasaloso. 
What  a  pity  'tis  tainted  with  sin  ! 
What  a  pity  it  leads  to  the  Pit ! 
'Tis  here  that  corruption  comes  in, 
And  virtue  falls  dead  in  a  fit — 
In  a  fit,  fit,  fit, 
Ri-too-ral-loo ; 
And  virtue  falls  dead  in  a  fit. 

Scene  changes.     Drawing  Room  at  No. Twenty Street. 

Enrico  and  Clara. 
ARIA  TENORE,  con  hatinhando. 
Come  fly  with  me,  dearest  girl, 

Take  my  arm  to  the  wonderful  Fair  ; 


'Tis  all  a  no  end  of  a  whirl 

In  Fourteenth  Street  and  sweet  Union  Square, 

SOPRANO,  longingtogoamente. 
Enrico  !  how  great  is  your  power  ! 

But  I  cannot  consent  to  such  sin ! 
The  Fair  may  be  bright  as  a  flower, 
But  oh  !  there's  a  serpent  within — 
Within-in-in 
Tol-de-rol-lol-la, 
But  oh  !  there's  a  serpent  within. 

ARIA  TENORE,  solemcholico. 
Clara  !  ne'er  shall  you  be  shocked  or 

Pained  ;  so  free  your  heart  from  doubt, 
For  a  Seventy-reverend-  Doctor 

Power  has  pulled  the  serpent  out. 

DUETTINO,  ffiocosomente. 
Let  virtue  shout, 

Tittery-tee ! 
The  demon  rout, 

Behold  it  flee. 
And  we  are  free, 

Both  you  and  I. 
And  Sleckini, 

To  go  and  buy, 
Rum-ti-iddity. 

Rum-ti-ti ! 
Gioia !  Gioia ! 

We  can  buy. 

(Enter  DEACON  SLEEKINI.) 

TRIO. 
Gone  the  serpent  that  debauches, 

Lo !  corruption  disappears, 
Let  us  wave  triumphal  torches, 

Let  us  wag  victorious  ears. 
(ENRICO)  Long  ears  ! 
(CLARA)  Dear  ears ! 
(DEACON  SLEEKINI)  Our  ears  ! 
(Tom)  Let  us  wag  victorious  cars  ! 

(They  go  in.    Tableau.  They  buy  subscription  tickets  to  the  Artists'  Al 
bum.     Triumphal  march :) 

Jacky  shall  have  a  new  ribbon 

And  Jacky  shall  go  to  the  Fair. 
Scene  closes. 

GEORGE  WILLIAM  CORTIS. 


{From  American  Civilization. — In  press.] 
AMERICA  AND  HER  COMMENTATORS. 

BY  H.  T.  TUCKKRMAN. 

IT  has  long  been  an  accepted  proposition,  that  the  peculiar  interest,  im 
portance,  and  moral  significance  of  the  United  States  in  the  family  of  na 
tions,  rests  exclusively  on  a  practical  realization  of  the  "  greatest  good  of 
the  greatest  number ;"  in  other  words,  Europe  has  represented  the  idea  of 
culture  and  of  society — America  of  material  prosperity,  the  paradise  of 
the  masses,  the  one  place  on  earth  where  nourishment  and  shelter  can  be 
had  most  certainly  in  exchange  for  labor:  hence  the  manners  of  the  coun 
try  have  been  invariably  criticized,  and  physical  resources  magnified ;  and 
hence,  too,  the  cant  whereby  a  few  general  facts  are  made  to  overshadow 
countless  special  details  of  life,  of  character,  and  of  civilization.  Never 
was  there  a  populous  land  whose  inhabitants  were  so  uniformly  judged  en 
masse,  or  one  about  which  the  truth  has  been  more  generalized  and  less 
discriminated.  We  find  it  (mite  easy  to  imagine  the  far  different  conclu- 


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sions  to  which  an  observant  and  perspicacious  student  of  life  in  America 
'might  arrive,  with  ample  opportunities  and  sympathetic  insight.  To  such 
a  mind,  the  individual  of  adequate  endowments,  born  and  bred  or  long 
resident  here,  would  offer  traits  and  triumphs  of  character  or  experience, 
directly  resulting  from  the  political,  social,  and  natural  circumstances  of 
the  country,  which,  to  say  the  least,  would  impress  him  with  the  originali 
ty  and  possible  superiority  thereof  in  a  psychological  or  ethnological  view. 
To  group,  define,  or  analyze  these  peculiarities,  would  require  not  only  an 
artist's  insight  and  skill,  but  a  much  broader  range  than  a  traveller's  hasty 
journal  or  a  reviewer's  flippant  commentary.  There  is  one  branch  of  the 
subject,  however,  to  which  every  thinking  observer  is  irresistibly  led — the 
remarkable  diversities  of  tone  and  tact,  of  vigor  and  adaptation,  of  person 
al  conviction  and  individual  careers,  which  the  life  of  the  prairies  and  the 
mart,  and  the  plantation,  the  seaboard,  nnd  the  interior,  the  scholar  of  the 
East,  the  hunter  of  the  West,  the  agriculturist  of  the  South,  and  the  man 
ufacturer  of  the  North,  mould,  foster,  and  train  ;  the  rare  and  rich  social 
combination  thence  eliminated ;  the  occasional  force  and  beauty,  bravery 
and  influence  thus  developed  in  a  way  and  on  a  scale  unknown  to  Europe  : 
such  possibilities  and  local  tendencies  being  furthermore  infinitely  modi 
fied  and  tempered,  intensified  or  diffused,  by  the  extraordinary  degree  of 
personal  freedom  and  range  of  speculation  and  belief,  experiment  and  in 
quiry — religious,  scientific,  political,  and  economical ; — perhaps  not  the 
least  striking  evidence  whereof  is  to  be  found  in  the  modification  of  na 
tional  traits  observed  in  foreigners  who  become  Americanized — the  sensi 
tive  and  capricious  native  of  Southern  Europe,  often  attaining  a  self-reli 
ance  and  progressive  energy ;  the  English  solidity  of  character  becoming 
"touched  to  finer  issues"  by  attrition  with  a  more  liberal  social  life  and  a 
less  humid  climate  ;  and  even  Gallic  vivacity  reaching  an  unwonted  practi 
cal  and  judicious  equilibrium :  for  it  is  a  curious  fact,  that  the  student  of 
character  can  nowhere  detect  in  solution  so  many  of  the  influences  of  all 
climes  and  the  idiosyncrasies  of  all  nations,  as  in  this  grand  rendezvous 
nnd  arena— obnoxious,  indeed,  to  the  evils  that  attend  extravagance,  su 
perfluity,  incongruity,  the  wilfulness  and  the  wantonness  of  gregarious 
prosperity  ;  but  none  the  less  radiant  and  real  with  the  hope  and  the  health 
of  abundant  human  elements,  and  the  abeyance  of  caste,  despotism,  and 
conformity  ;  so  that,  more  and  more,  the  great  lesson  of  moral  independ 
ence  comes  home  to  personal  conviction.  From  early  learning  to  work 
nnd  think  for  themselves,  and  to  feel  for  others,  our  people  grow  in  the 
intimate  conviction  that  hi  re  and  now,  if  nowhere  else  in  God's  universe, 
men  and  women  can,  by  the  just  exercise  of  their  will  and  the  wise  use  of 
their  opportunities,  live  according  to  their  individual  wants,  capacities,  and 
belief;  rise  above  circumstances;  assert  their  individuality;  cultivate 
their  powers  in  faith  and  freedom  ;  enjoy  their  gifts;  and  become,  however 
situated,  true  and  benign  exemplars  of  manhood  and  womanhood.  And 
in  all  these  natural  and  civic  agencies  that  excite  and  eliminate  and  inten 
sify,  ay,  and  often  prematurely  wear  out  and  unwisely  concentrate  the  en 
ergies  and  the  life  of  humanity  here,  we  behold  an  arena,  a  series  of  influ 
ences,  a  means  and  medium  of  experience  and  experiment,  designed  by 
Infinite  Wisdom  for  a  special  purpose  in  the  vast  economy  of  the  world  : 
nnd  before  this  conviction  the  pigmies  of  political  prejudice  and  the  venal 
critics  of  the  hour  sink  into  contempt. 

In  a  broad  view  and  with  reference  to  humanity,  as  such,  it  is  Oppor 
tunity  that  distinguishes  and  consecrates  American  institutions,  nationality, 
nature,  and  life.  No  microscopic  or  egotistical  interpretation  can  do  jus 
tice  to  the  country.  A  narrow  heart,  a  conventional  standard,  are  alike 
inapplicable  to  test  communities,  customs,  resources,  as  here  distributed 
and  organized.  Berkeley  as  a  Christian,  Washington  as  a  patriotic,  and 
De  Tocqucville  as  a  political  philosopher,  recognized  Opportunity  as  the 
great  and  benign  distinction  of  America.  The  very  word  implies  the  pos 
sible  and  probable  abuses,  the  periods  of  social  transition,  the  incongrui 
ties,  hazards,  and  defects  inevitable  to  such  a  condition.  Commerce,  sci 
ence,  and  freedom  are  the  elements  of  our  prosperity  and  character ;  and 
it  is  no  Utopian  creed,  that,  by  the  Inns  of  modem  civilization,  they  work 
together  for  good ;  but  the  dilettante  and  the  epicurean,  the  rigid  conserv 
ative,  the  exacting  man  of  society,  and  the  selfish  man  of  the  world,  find 
their  cherished  instincts  often  offended,  where  the  generous  and  wise,  the 
noble  and  earnest  soul  is  lost  in  "an  idea  dearer  than  self,"  when,  with 


disinterested  acumen  and  sympathy,  regarding  the  spectacle  of  national 
development  and  personal  success. 

To  the  eye  of  a  historical  and  ethical  philosopher,  no  possible  argu 
ment  in  favor  of  liberal  institutions  can  be  more  impressive  than  the  in 
sane  presumption  which  has  led  men  of  education  and  knowledge  of  the 
world  to  stir  up  and  lead  an  insurrection  to  secure,  in  this  age  and  on  this 
continent,  the  perpetuity  and  political  sanctity  of  Human  Slavery.  So  despe 
rate  a  moral  experiment  argues  the  irrationality  as  well  as  the  inhumanity 
of  "  property  in  man "  with  trumpet-tongued  emphasis.  And  this  sol 
emn  lesson  is  enforced  by  the  new  revelation,  brought  about  by  civil  war, 
of  the  actual  influence  of  Slavery  upon  character.  The  ignorance  and 
recklessness  of  the  "  poor  whites  "  became  fanatical  under  the  excitement 
to  passion  and  greed,  which  the  leaders  fostered  to  betray  and  brutalize 
the  "  landless  rcsolutes."  Under  no  other  circumstances,  by  no  conceiva 
ble  means,  except  through  the  unnatural  and  inhuman  conditions  of  such 
a  social  disorganization,  could  a  white  population,  in  the  nineteenth  centu 
ry,  on  a  flourishing  continent  and  under  an  actually  free  Government,  be 
cajoled  and  maddened  into  hate,  unprovoked  by  the  slightest  personal 
wrong,  and  exhibiting  itself  in  blasphemy,  theft,  drunkenness,  poisoning, 
base  and  cruel  tricks,  barbarities  wholly  unknown  to  modern  civilized  war 
fare  :  such  as  bayoneting  the  wounded,  wantonly  shooting  prisoners,  dese 
crating  the  dead  to  convert  their  bones  into  ghastly  trophies,  and  leaving 
behind  them,  in  every  abandoned  camp,  letters  malign  in  sentiment,  vul 
gar  in  tone,  and  monstrous  in  orthography — patent  evidences  of  the  pos 
sible  coexistence  of  the  lowest  barbarism  and  ostensible  civilization,  and 
the  moral  necessity  of  anticipating  by  war  the  suicidal  crisis  of  a  fatally 
diseased  local  society. 

When  the  English  replied  to  John  Adams's  defence  of  the  American 
Constitution,  their  chief  argument  against  it  was,  that,  in  war,  the  Execu 
tive  had  not  adequate  power.  This  supreme  test  has  now  been  applied  in 
a  desperate  civil  conflict.  An  educated  people  have  sustained  the  Govern 
ment  in  extending  its  constitutional  authority  to  meet  the  national  exigen 
cy,  without  the  least  disturbance  of  that  sense  of  public  security  and  pri 
vate  rights  essential  to  the  integrity  of  our  institutions.  Nor  is  this  all. 
The  war  for  the  Union  has,  in  a  few  months,  done  more  to  solve  the  prob 
lem  of  free  and  slave  labor,  to  do  away  with  the  superstitious  dread  of 
servile  insurrection  in  case  of  partial  freedom,  to  expose  the  fallacies  of 
pro-slavery  economists,  to  demonstrate  the  identity  of  prosperous  in 
dustry  with  freedom,  to  mutually  enlighten  different  populations,  to  make 
clear  the  line  of  demarcation  between  the  patriot  and  the  politician,  to  na 
tionalize  local  sentiment,  to  make  apparent  the  absolute  resources  of  the 
country  and  the  normal  character  of  the  people,  and  thus  to  vindicate  free 
institutions,  than  all  the  partisan  dissensions  and  peaceful  speculation  since 
the  Declaration  of  Independence.  Moreover,  the  war  has  developed  origi 
nal  inventive  talent  in  ordnance  and  camp  equipage,  afforded  precisely  the 
discipline  our  people  so  "  disinclined  to  subordination  "  needed,  won  our 
self-indulgent  young  men  from  luxury  to  self-denial,  evoked  the  generous 
instincts  of  the  mercantile  classes,  called  out  the  benign  efficiency  of  woman, 
confirmed  the  popular  faith,  fused  classes,  made  heroes,  unmasked  the  selfish 
and  treacherous,  purified  the  social  atmosphere,  and,  through  disaster  and 
hope  deferred,  conducted  the  nation  to  the  highest  and  most  Christian  self- 
assertion  and  victory.  The  history  of  the  Sanitary  Commission,  the  im 
provements  in  military  science,  the  letters  of  the  rank  and  file  of  the  Union 
army  preserved  in  the  local  journals,  the  typographical  revelations,  person 
al  prowess,  vast  extent  of  operations,  new  means  and  appliances,  and  mo 
mentous  results,  will  afford  the  future  historian  not  only  unique  materials, 
but  fresh  and  surprising  evidence  of  the  elements  of  American  civilization 
as  exhibited  through  the  fiery  ordeal  of  civil  war. 


TO  A  DISCONTENTED  BACHELOR. 

To  change  your  boarding  house  is  vain  : 

You  change  the  place  but  keep  the  pain. 

You'll  learn  at  length,  from  one  of  Eve's  fair  daughters, 

A  better  half  alone  gives  better  quarters. 

G.  F.  D. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


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THE  PRIMEVAL  POLL-TAX. 

(Contributed  by  a  Sexton  in  Good  Society.) 

WHEN  the  Empress  Eugenie  gets  a  new  bonnet,  a  shock  is  felt  through 
out  the  United  States  in  the  souls  of  the  women,  and  in  the  pockets  of  the 
men.  An  irresistible  wave  of  change  pours  over  city  and  country.  The 
height  and  the  force  of  it  may  be  gauged  at  any  milliner's  shop,  as  easily 
as  Prof.  Bache  measured  the  wave  of  the  earthquake  of  Simoda  when  it 
reached  our  Pacific  coast.  It  sweeps  over  all  ages  and  conditions ;  over 

"  The  tall,  the  wise,  the  reverend  heads," 

as  certainly  as  over  little  young  giddy  pates.  Strong-minded  women,  earn 
est  women,  women  with  eighteen  accomplishments,  even  women  with  a 
mission,  gather  like  their  less  gifted  sisters  around  the  apostles  from  the 
Grande  Nation  who  come  over  here  to  spread  the  orthodox  patterns,  and 
enlarge  the  area  of  their  profits.  These  envoys  meet  with  no  infidels.  A 
female  freethinker  in  fashionable  doctrines  is  as  rare  as  the  Phoenix : — never 
more  than  one  living  at  a  time.  Very  few,  indeed,  are  so  lost  as  to  fall 
from  style  and  become  castaways  in  clothes.  It  is  so  hard  to  bear  up 
against  the  scrutinizing,  pitying,  sneering  eyes  of  their  fellow-dressers. 

To  avoid  a  sorrow  so  crushing,  great  efforts  are  often  made  and  great 
anxiety  and  anguish  of  spirit  endured.  Indeed,  there  must  be  moments 
suggestive  of  martyrdom  in  the  lives  of  ladies  whose  taste  exceeds  their 
pin-money — I  mean  the  fatal  moment,  when  forced  by  lapse  of  credit,  they 
must  present  the  bills  to  the  cashier  that  nature,  or  their  own  charms,  has 
provided  for  them.  Shakespeare's  allusion  to  the  deplorable  state  of  a  mind 
watching  the  approach  of  this  distressing  crisis  must  haunt  their  memories 
as  a  prophecy — and  as  a  doom : 

"Between  the  buying  of  ft  beauteous  thing 
And  the  cash  payment,  all  the  interim  is 
Like  ft  phantasma,  or  a  hideous  dream." 

When  the  first  Christian  missionaries  came  among  the  heathen,  a  whole 
people  often  abandoned  the  old  faith  and  overthrew  their  idols.  Historians 
speak  of  it  as  miraculous ;  but  a  miracle  very  like  it  happens  at  least  twice 
a  year  before  our  eyes.  Can  anything  be  more  sudden  and  complete  than 
the  conversions  made  by  the  priestess  of  the  great  French  Goddess  La 
Mode  ?  The  bonnet  idolized  yesterday  is  offered  up  without  a  sigh  if  it 
refuses  to  adopt  the  new  shape ;  cast  into  the  flames,  or  thrown  to  wild 
Biddies  to  be  worn  to  pieces. 

I  have  seen  foolish  male  persons  affe'ct  to  smile  at  this  weakness  of  the 
sex ;  they  will  find  out  some  day  or  other  that  they  cannot  afford  their 
smile.  For  those  who  preach  the  fashion  must  live  of  the  fashion  ;  and 
you  men 

"  With  sisters  dear" —  and 
"  AVith  mothers  and  wives," 

must  certainly  pay  this  tax  whereby  they  live.  You  derive  no  benefit  from 
the  outlay ;  you  are  never  consulted  in  the  matter ;  it  is  clearly  taxation 
without  representation,  the  very  thing  against  which  your  ancestors  took 
up  arms ! — but  here  resistance  is  useless  ;  the  yoke  is  on  your  necks.  You 
are  condemned  eternally  to  slavery  :  the  base  slavery  of  paying,  as  Ancient 
Pistol  feelingly  terms  it. 

This  curse  was  entailed  upon  man  at  the  Fall.  The  serpent  was  a 
French  M'lle.,  and  it  was  not  an  apple  with  which  it  tempted  Eve,  but  a 
new  bonnet  vert-pomme.  And  for  her  sin  and  his  weak  connivance,  Man 
is  irrevocably  doomed  to  earn  by  the  sweat  of  his  brows  a  fantastic  cover 
ing  for  those  of  his  woman  kind. 


OLD  SAWS  WITH  NEW  READINGS.— No.  II. 

LET   THOSE    LAUGH    WHO   TVIN. 

BY  no  means.  Setting  aside  the  rudeness  to  the  unlucky,  real  success 
is  too  serious  and  too  hard  won  to  exult  over.  Let  me  bear  more  meekly 
such  honors  and  fortune  as  may  fall  to  me.  If  deserved,  they  have  been 
struggled  for,  and  are  then  best  welcomed  with  silent  pride,  and  not  noisy 
boasting. 

Even  if  life  were  all  a  game,  and  tricks  only  counted,  such  winning 
laughing  would  be  unseemly.  Is  not  gentlemanhood  justly  offended  when 
Cousol,  reeking  with  his  Wall-street  gain,  riots  with  rough  mirth  through 


all  the  avenues  ?  Long-eared  Midas  found  his  treasures  no  laughing  matter, 
and  the  stealthy  smile  of  the  miser  over  his  hoards  has  more  of  fear  and 
warning  than  joy  in  it.  Sudden  prosperity  owes  too  much  to  chance  for 
exultation  over  that  which  another  turn  of  the  wheel  may  whirl  away,  while 
the  weary  toil  that  builds  gradual  fortunes  too  often  dries  up  the  sources 
of  enjoyment.  The  winners  of  riches  have  rather  need  to  be  very  grave 
upon  the  manner  of  keeping  them. 

Shall  I  expand  into  an  absurd  grin  over  the  prize  that  comes  to  me  in 
the  long-courted  and  coyly  yielded  hand  of  Calist?  May  she  not  justly 
snatch  it  away  again,  when  the  rapture  which  should  only  sparkle  in  the 
eye,  or  glow  in  the  blush,  is  vulgarized  by  a  chuckle  ?  Some  prescience 
would  surely  tell  her  that  the  boisterous  lover  who  laughs  in  winning  must 
sink  into  the  ungentle  husband  at  home,  or  the  rollicking  haunter  of  clubs 
and  taverns.  Even  hearty  Henry  the  Fifth,  with  his  plain  "and  uncoined 
constancy,"  became  gravely  courteous  in  winning,  though  he  was  gay 
enough  in  wooing  royal  Katharine. 

The  ancients  knew  a  wiser  way :  their  prosperity  drew  after  it  a  shadow 
of  apprehension.  That  prince  of  Samos  rather  trembled  than  smiled  at 
the  unhoped-for  fortune  that  brought  him  back  the  ring  he  had  thrown 
into  the  waves  to  propitiate  Fate. 

We  would  be  startled  at  the  levity  of  a  bishop  who  should  giggle  in 
enduing  his  new  lawn,  or  at  the  cabinet  minister  in  convulsions  of  delight 
on  receiving  his  portfolio.  Fancy  a  coronation  oath  with  a  laughing  chorus 
for  its  amen !  Even  our  unhappy  victims  of  popular  favor,  our  successful 
candidates,  have  too  much  to  do  in  wiping  off  the  stains  of  the  course  and 
counting  the  cost  of  victory,  to  give  rein  to  mirth.  An.  Alderman  may 
find  it  fit  to  wake  the  echoes  of  the  Pewter  Mug  with  guffaws  because  he 
has  tricked  his  rivals  out  of  a  place  in  the  Ring ;  but  very  few  would 
choose  to  exchange  their  smile  of  contempt  for  his  base  jollity.  If  fail- 
success  should  suggest  no  mirth,  still  less  should  the  counterfeit  honors 
filched  through  intrigue.  Evil  gains  indeed  bring  remorse  with  their  very 
triumph.  It  was  with  no  outburst  of  gaiety  that  Macbeth  clutched  the 
usurped  crown — and  Louis  Napoleon's  compressed  lips  on  that  December 
night  shut  in  something  quite  different  from  merriment. 

Besides,  winners  who  grasp  the  solid  profit  may  be  well  content  to  leave 
the  consolation  of  laughter  to  the  losers.  They  need  no  such  superfluous 
satisfaction.  Let  matters  be  better  equalized.  To  these  the  gain,  to  those 
the  fun.  Perhaps  the  laugh  may  be  a  little  bitter.  It  is  doubtful  whether 
philosophers  in  rags  are  wholly  sincere  in  their  ridicule  of  the  fortunate.  But 
it  is  all  they  have.  The  skinflint  of  Horace  was  wise  enough  to  let  the 
derision  of  the  people  have  full  swing,  while  he  solaced  himself  with  the 
reality  of  his  money  bags  at  home.  Let  us  laugh  who  are  poor,  for  honest 
mirth  brings  sunshine  with  it,  though  you  who  are  rich  may  prefer  the 
gleam  of  your  coins.  Only  have  a  care  that  they  are  fairly  distributed, 
whether  fairly  or  unfairly  won.  For  there  is  a  terrible  laughter  of  the 
miserable,  which  may  translate  it-self  into  grim  deeds,  such  as  made  Paris 
red  while  Marat  thundered  in  the  poor  men's  clubs.  M. 


CHARADE. 

TIED  to  the  tail  of  a  fiery  dragon, 

He  is  bold  who  rides  with  my  first, 
That  stays  not  for  rest,  nor  food,  nor  flagon, 

But  shrieks  and  speeds,  like  a  thing  accurst, 
Straight  through  the  rivers  and  mountains,  and  hollows, 
While  my  first  with  a  quiver  and  rattle  follows. 


Plunged  in  the  depths  of  sunless  chasms, 
He  is  bold  who  my  last  would  seek, 

'Mid  poisonous  deaths  and  pale  phantasms, 

Through  caves  that  with  slime  and  vapor  reek ; 

Where  the  gem  and  crystal  veil  their  sheen, 

And  echoing  cataracts  rush  unseen. 


Pillowed  in  folds  of  a  hopeless  vision, 
He  is  bold  who  would  grasp  my  whole. 

Where  it  glows  in  the  clouds  with  tints  elysian, 

In  the  wild  flower's  cup,  or  the  mushroom's  scroll — 

Who  would  steal  it  from  beauty's  lip  or  palm, 

From  the  seashcll's  curl,  or  the  sunset's  calm. 


94 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


HORACE.— Odes  I.  38. 
I  LOVK  not,  pretty  page,  such  orient  splendor, 
Nor  flowery  crowns,  that  linden  slips  enclose  ; 
Cease  so  to  search  the  nook  that  shall  surrender 
The  lingering,  late-fading  rose. 
Deck  not,  with  aids  that  dim  its  beauty  proper, 
Curious  in  care,  the  myrtle,  whose  slight  twine 
Graces  both  thee,  the  page,  and  me,  the  toper, 
Under  the  bowery  vine. 
I  like  not,  boy,  these  Persian  shows, 
Nor  wreaths  with  linden-seivcrs  plaited. 
Give  o'er  to  hunt  what  nook  the  rose 
Hay  haunt,  belated. 


Deck  the  plain  myrtle  with  nought  more, 
Nor  strive  to  better  what  so  well  is  ; 
It  fits  us,  as  I  drink,  you  pour, 
'Neath  the  dense  trellis. 

Come,  waiter,  away  with  Dclmonico's  flash, 

And  bouquets  tied  together  with  tinfoil  and  filagree  ; 

Nor  hunt  up  Reid's  hothouse,  to  ask  for  what  cash 

He  to  force  me  a  bunch  of  late  tea  roses  will  agree. 

To  wear  aught  but  a  plain  Panama  I'd  be  loth. 

We'll  not  trouble  our  heads  with  pomades  or  the  barber, 

Our  natural  locks  look  becoming  on  both, 

While  you  let  the  corks  fly,  and  I  drink,  in  my  arbor. 


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(To  be  continued  daily.) 


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Thos.  J.  Davis. 
Edward  Warburg  &  Co. 

C.  Marie  4  Co. 
Henry  Schmieder. 
Field,  Morris  4  Co. 
Yutte  4  Dieckmann. 
Mills  4  Ray. 

Wm.  F.  Oakley. 
H.  W.  Stehr  &  Co. 
W.  F.  GrinnelL 
Cha's  Heussner  4  Co. 
Louis  Lehmaier  &  Co. 
Qeo.  Underbill  4  Co. 
Ottenheimcr  Brother. 

D.  Douglass  \  Co. 
L.  A.  Freund  4  Co. 
Assil  St  Erdtnan. 


George  W.  Knowlton. 
Francis  Baker. 
John  B.  Hall. 
Cha's  J.  Howell. 
S.  H.  Pearce  4  Co. 
Oscar  Prolss  4  Co. 
A.  Xorth  4  Co. 
Brann,  Elian  4  Co. 
Burgess  &  Seaver. 
Brumley  4  Kellogg. 
Peter  Donald. 
E.  4  W.  Cock  &  Co. 
Dimock  4  Moore. 
S.  F.  Barry. 
De  Bust  Brothers. 
H.  Appold. 
Bronson  Peck. 
Curtis  4  C.i. 
Terry  4  Doolittle. 
Gulterman  Brothers. 
Rockwell  4  Scott. 
A.  C»  Lamson. 
H.  Herrman  Si.  Co. 
S.  4  H.  Brown. 
Graham  &,  Aitkin. 

E.  H.  Van  Ingen. 
I).  Valentine. 
McCunc,  Scott  4  Cooper. 

SUMS  OF  $50. 
C.  Morlot  4  Co. 
Marshall  Oliver. 

F.  1 loose. 
Davis  4  Gowing. 
Charles  II.  Hatch  &  Co. 
E.  8.  Lockwood. 
Cha's  C.  Peck. 

John  Syz  4  Co. 

Wm.  H,  Phelps. 

Naef  &.  Schaeppl. 

C.  Greppo  &  J.  Granzctte. 

Thompson  &  Casserly. 

I'lmann,  Flegenheim  4  Co. 

James  Elliott  4  Co. 

SUMS  OF  fK-    • 
Wilson  4  Vail. 
H.  &  H.  C.  Henrici. 
A.  G.  Hyde. 
C.  H.  Llppltt. 
Wm.  H.  Van  Vorst. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 
Hutterfleld  Brothers,  Bradford,  Eng.,  $1,221.07. 
Sundry  parties  in  Yorkshire,  Eng  ,  through  Messrs. 

John  F.  Brigg  4  Co.,  and  Thos.   Stepbenson,  Con 
sular  Agent,  $5,082. 
Through  Messrs.  Fairchild  4  Fanshawc— 

Johnson  Brothers  4  Co.,  Hud.,  $336. 

Allen,  Raynor  4  Co.,  Hud.,  »105. 

Robinson  Brothers  4  Co.,  Leeds,  $101. 
Frith,  Booth  4  Co.,  of  Bradford,  Eng.,  through  Mr. 

Geo.  Bliss  (£100),  $782.22. 
ChamlnTlin,  Heard  4  Donner,  Manchester,  Enirlandi 

through  William  II.  Lee,  $395.64. 


SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


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THE  GHOSTS  AT  UNION  SQUARE. 

IT  is  a  curious  fact  that  one  of  the  most  remarkable  objects  of  interest 
connected  with  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR,  has  thus  far  attracted  but  little 
notice.  The  phenomena  lately  introduced  in  our  city  theatres,  and  called 
"  Ghosts,"  are  nightly  reproduced  in  the  fountain  of  Union  Square.  A 
person  standing  on  the  south  side  of  the  fountain  and  looking  north  will 
behold,  sometimes  one  and  sometimes  a  whole  procession  of  male  and 
female  ghosts  rising  from  the  centre  of  the  fountain  and  walking  to  the 
edge  of  the  basin  where  they  disappear.  Sometimes  he  will  see  one  or 
more  ghosts  returning  and  again  plunging  into  the  jet  whence  comes  the 
water. 

The  ghosts  do  _not  walk  upon  the  water,  but  wade  through  it,  and  the 
female  ghosts  appear  to  do  so  with  great  difficulty.  Hence  these  ghosts 
have  all  the  appearance  of  mermaids  and  mermen,  or  perhaps  they  may  be 
the  veritable  ghosts  of  mermaids  and  mermen,  which  of  course  gives  them 
a  double  interest. 

The  explanation  is  as  follows: — There  is  on  exhibition  at  the  FAIR 
buildings  one  of  Dr.  Smith's  celebrated  "air  lights,"  which  is  directed 
upon  the  fountain  every  night  by  means  of  a  parabolical  silver  reflector  four 
feet  in  diameter.  The  light  is  produced  by  the  combustion  of  lime  by  the 
concentrated  jets  of  several  blowpipes,  in  which  common  gas  and  air  only 
are  used.  This  light,  by  the  way,  has  been  generously  loaned  and  main 
tained  at  considerable  expense  by  the  Smith  Air-Light  Company. 

The  spray  of  the  fountain  is  so  brilliantly  illuminated  that  every  object 
or  person  passing  between  it  and  the  light  casts  a  shadow  on  the  cloud  of 
spray,  which  is  seen  only  on  the  opposite  side,  the  person  meanwhile  being 
invisible. 

If  a  man  walks  from  the  building  toward  the  fountain,  his  head  is  first 
seen,  and  his  body  gradually  rises  from  the  water  until  he  reaches  the 
basin.  He  must  then  turn  either  to  the  right  or  left  to  pass  around  it, 
when,  of  course  his  shadow  passes  to  the  edge  of  the  basin  and  disappears. 
The  reason  why  the  ghosts  appear  to  be  wading,  is  that  the  mound  of 
earth  around  the  fountain  intercepts  the  shadow  of  the  lower  part  of  the 
body. 

The  effect  is  altogether  unintentional,  and  was  discovered  on  Thursday 
night,  by  an  official  connected  with  the  FAIR. 

On  Saturday  night,  a  most  astounding  apparition  appeared.  A  ghost 
armed  with  a  mighty  sword  (a  veritable  Excalibur)  rose  up,  beckoned  to 
the  crowd  to  come  to  him  in  the  water;  but  as  they  would  not  approach, 
he  threatened  them,  but  tried  in  vain  to  advance.  He  gave  vent  to  his 
rage  by  a  pantomimic  display  of  how  he  would  cut  every  one  to  pieces,  if 
successful  in  catching  them.  Many  other  remarkable  spectres  appeared, 
but  we  have  not  room  to  describe  them. 

No  extra  charge  is  made  for  seeing  the  ghosts,  and  visitors  may  re 
turn  to  the  buildings  (also  without  extra  charge)  after  having  satisfied  their 
curiosity. 


AUTOGRAPH  COLLECTION  OF  THE  METROPOLITAN  FAIR. 

THE  collection  of  Autographs  for  sale  at  the  FAIR  has  thus  far  not  re 
ceived  the  attention  which  its  great  value  ought  to  secure.  The  small 
space  allotted  to  it  at  the  table  in  the  Picture  Gallery  is  not  sufficient  to 
allow  the  display  of  these  treasures.  Probably  no  collection  was  ever  be 
fore  offered  for  sale  in  this  country  that  contained  so  many  choice  and 
rare  autograph  and  olograph  papers.  A  catalogue  was  made  of  those  re 
ceived  in  season  for  insertion,  but  each  day  brings  new  treasures.  A  box 
just  received  from  Mr.  Judd,  U.  S.  Minister  at  Berlin,  contains  a  collection 
made  and  contributed  by  the  ladies  of  the  Legation.  Many  distinguished 
ladies  and  celebrated  men  of  Prussia  have  sent  choice  tokens  to  evince 
their  interest  in  the  good  cause.  Beautiful  letters  of  Goethe,  Schiller, 
Schelling,  Niebuhr,  half  a  dozen  long  letters  of  Humboldt,  one  to  Ary 
Scheffer,  with  autograph  of  the  latter— a  note  written  and  signed  by  Fred 
erick  the  Great,  besides  many  others  of  the  highest  interest,  attest  the 
great  value  of  this  generous  contribution.  In  the  catalogue  will  be  found 
a  splendid  collection  of  the  Bonaparte  family,  Marshals  of  the  Empire, 
memorials  of  the  Republic,  &c., — kings,  queens,  dukes,  nobles,  and  illus 
trious  persons  of  Europe  and  America,  past  and  present,  are  numerously 


represented.  A  fine  letter  of  John  Hancock,  with  three  signatures  in  full, 
will  be  of  great  interest  to  collectors.  It  is  an  important  historical  letter 
of  instructions  written  by  him  as  president  of  a  committee.  Catalogues  of 
the  autographs  may  be  had  at  the  table,  and  collectors  are  invited  to  examine 
them.  It  is  earnestly  hoped  that  those  who  have  parted  with  these  valuable 
and  cherished  memorials,  to  aid  in  our  good  cause,  may  not  be  disappointed 
in  the  result.  We  trust  that  all  who  can  do  so  will  interest  their  friends 
who  prize  autographs  in  this  collection  so  generously  given  to  the  METRO 
POLITAN  FAIR.  A  very  curious  valuable  letter  of  Beau  Brummell,  written 
after  his  exile,  describing  the  passage  of  a  monkey  across  the  Channel, 
which  it  seems  he  had  purchased  for  a  "lady  of  quality ;"  a  love  letter  of 
Lafayette ;  a  charming  chatty  one  of  Mary  Russell  Mitford  ;  are  among  the 
treasury.  Kings  we  sell  cheap,  authors  such  as  Walter  Scott,  dear.  A 
letter  from  that  "  fine-tempered  man,"  as  Horace  Smith  calls  him  to  Irving, 
should  find  a  place  in  some  American  album.  Tom  Moore,  he  who  wrote 
everything  else  and  "  If  I  speak  to  thee  in  Friendship's  Name,"  &c.,  &c., 
is  well  represented. 

Willis  has  contributed  an  interesting  letter  of  D'Orsay,  and  one 
of  his  own  not  less  interesting.  Willis  is  so  popular  a  writer,  that  we 
forget  he  has  put  his  ear  to  the  "  confessional  of  posterity,"  and  has  tried 
long  enough  to  take  down  from  the  shelves  of  a  book  store  an  old  edition  of 
himself.  He  has  given  a  manuscript  of  one  of  his  early  poems,  and  one  of 
the  verses,  too,  of  "Lady  Jane."  Willis  is  at  once  popular  and  famous. 
The  autographs  of  Benedict  Arnold,  Aaron  Burr,  of  Jeff.  Davis  and  Hardee, 
are  all  for  sale,  at  much  lower  prices  than  they  sold  themselves  for,  and  it 
is  proper  they  should  be  sold  and  resold.  Let  them  travel  round,  and 
never  find  a  resting  place,  if  so  we  can  baffle  treason. 

The  musical  autographs,  comprising  Beethoven,  Mendelssohn,  Rossini, 
Verdi,  Von  Weber  and  others,  are  very  valuable.  Three  modern  French 
composers  send  each  a  bar  of  music  and  their  names.  As  for  patriots,  we 
have  everything,  from  Garibaldi,  from  Pierio,  from  Ricasoli,  from  Lord 
Houghton,  Tom  Hughes,  John  Bright,  Cobden,  and  many  others,  to  prove 
that  our  cause  does  not  stand  in  danger  of  dying,  if  sympathy,  prayers, 
and  earnest  words  can  save  it. 


LETTER  TO  MR.  BIERSTADT. 

DEAR  MR.  BIERSTADT,  admirable  painter  and  true  patriot :  Listen!  We 
do  so  want  to  hear  the  Indians,  and  the  wigwams,  and  the  wampum,  and 
the  shuffle  dance,  and  the  medicine  jig,  and  to  hear  the  war  whoop,  and  to 
be  scalped  ;  wouldn't  you  be  so  very  good  as  to  have  the  windows  opened 
in  your  beautiful  skin  palace,  so  that  we  could  see  and  yet  live.  We  will 
sacrifice  our  lives,  if  it  be  necessary  ;  but,  if  not,  please  let  in  a  little  oxy 
gen  for  our  sakes. 

ALL  THE  LADIES  OF  YOUR  ACQUAINTANCE. 


A  LETTER  FROM  THE  FAIR. 

April  5tA,  11  o'clock,  p.  M. 

"  WHAT  of  the  FAIR  ?  "  you  ask  me,  dear  L ,  "  what  of  the  FAIR  ?  " 

After  this  evening's  experience,  I  should  answer  in  the  words  of  Master 
Charlie,  on  entering  his  mamma's  preserve  closet :  "jam  !  jam  !  jam  !  " 
but  give  yourself  over  to  me,  and  you  shall  see  what  my  eyes  showed  me. 
You  cannot  look  long  at  the  great  moving  crowd,  which  reminded  me  of 
the  story  of  the  court  beauty,  who,  in  a  tremendous  press,  requested  the 
gentleman  next  her  to  "take  his  finger  out  of  her  ear."  "Assuredly, 
madam,  as  soon  as  there  is  a  possibility  of  my  withdrawing  it."  No  we 
will  stand  aside  and  first  glance  at  the  Booths — this  is  our  privilege. 

How  many  fair  young  faces — at  first  all  seem  alike — animated,  bloom 
ing,  enchanting ;  but,  study  them  a  moment,  and  you  will  mark  a  differ 
ence — even  beneath  this  headgear,  which  I  detest. 
"  Give  me  an  air,  give  me'a  face, 
Which  makes  simplicity  a  grace  ; 
Robes  loosely  flowing,  locks  as  free, 
Such  sweet  neglect  more  pleaseth  me, 
Than  all  the  adulteries  of  art, 
Which  take  the  eye,  hut  not  the  heart." 
I  absolutely  can't  imagine  how  the  fair  look  when  deprived  of  their 


Eutered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by  AOOUSTUS  E.  MACDONOUGH,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  0.  S.,  for  the  Southern  Di»t  of  N  Y 


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SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


extinguishers ;  do  they  wear  them  at  home  ?  I  am  a  bachelor  in  lodgings, 
and  don't  know.  But  just  listen  to  this  lovely  creature,  "  pouring  the 
sacred  oil  on  that  fellow's  head  !  "  he  looks  stolid,  but  he  wavers  as  she 
speaks — "you  do  not  like  the  cushion,  sir?  I  am  so  sorry,  as  it  is  an 
evidence  of  my  bad  taste :  /made  it."  [Man  relaxes.]  "Had  I  known 
you  preferred  blue,  I  should  have  selected  that  color."  [Man  fumbles  in 
his  pocket.]  "  But  a  patriot  should  remember  all  his  country's  colors  are 
beautiful."  [Man  purchases,  and  asks  for  an  afghan.]  Don't  flatter  your 
self,  my  friend,  that  the  young  lady  is  admiring  you :  she  thinks  only  of 
her  sick  soldier  far  away,  where  she  may  not  nurse  him. 

Now  stop  here  a  moment.  That  is  a  handsome  face,  but  alas !  she  knows 
it;  she  knows  it  better  than  you  and  I  do,  for  she  thinks  more  about  it. 

Give  place  !  give  place  !  who  is  this  between  these  two  policemen? — a 
woman,  pretty  too — well-dressed — save  her  insignia,  two  large  placards  or 
namenting  her  breast  and  back,  inscribed  Pickpocket,  fastened  by  a  wire 
round  the  neck.  Poor  thing  ;  I  wish  she  were  a  man.  The  police  know  her, 
and  take  this  means  of  letting  the  unwary  crowd  know  her  also.  She'll  not 
come  here  again. 

Who's  that  ?  an  Executive  Committeeman ;  upon  my  word  he  looks 
exhausted ;  followed  by  one,  two,  three, — oh !  I  can't  begin  to  count  his  fol 
lowers,  they  are  the  besieging  corps,  women  accustomed  to  carry  their 
point.  Capitulate  at  once,  Mr.  Executive ;  there's  no  use  holding  out.  SPIRIT 
OK  THE  FAIR!  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR  !  this  lad  cries  the  paper  in  canonical 
fashion,  the  real  newsboy  twang ;  but  he  evidently  did  not  come  from  the 
Newsboys'  Home.  That's  right,  my  man ;  make  them  buy  it.  I  don't  need 
it ;  I  have  eaten,  drank,  dreamed,  and  been  thoroughly  imbued  with  the 
SP.ICUT  OF  THE  FAIR,  for  three  months  past. 

Let  us  edge  our  way  into  the  Picture  Gallery;  were  the  air  here  half 
as  good  as  the  pictures,  we  would  willingly  stay  till  morning.  As  we  stroll 
up  the  room  we  ask  each  other  if  Bierstadt  is  most  patriot  or  painter ;  cer 
tainly  he  has  drunk  in  inspiration  from  the  free  breath  of  the  mountains. 
Look  at  this  exquisite  little  sketch  of  the  valley;  I  intend  to  bid  for  that  at 
the  auction.  Not  that  I  expect  to  get  it;  eheu  !  eheu  !  my  purse  and  I  are 
always  at  variance.  There  is  something  in  those  little  words  "  Pro  patria" 
that  makes  me  ashamed  of  being  a  citizen  at  large.  And  Eastman  John 
son, — how  wonderfully  he  has  subdued  the  features  to  the  soul  of  that  little 
darkey. 

But  heavens  !  Johnson,  not  even  for  thee  can  we  remain  here  longer. 
What  an  atmosphere  !  I  must  rush  into  the  street  for  a  breath.  Expect 
me  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye.  E. 


THE  ROMAN  TABLE. — Among  the  many  beautiful  works  of  art  which 
adorn  this  table,  none  is  more  interesting  than  the  superb  book  of  engrav 
ings  from  Canova,  valued  at  five  hundred  dollars,  which  has  been  given  by 
Miss  Cushman  to  the  FAIR,  on  condition  that  the  purchaser  shall  present 
it  to  the  "  School  of  Design  for  Women." 

A  subscription  book  has  been  opened  at  the  Roman  table,  to  assist  the 
generous  donor  in  carrying  out  this  act  of  twofold  benevolence.  Sub 
scriptions  large  or  small  will  be  received. 

THE  ladies  in  charge  of  the  Perfumery  Department  (Stand  No.  24,  Four 
teenth  street),  have  disposed  of  nearly  all  their  stock.  They  solicit  contri 
butions  for  their  counters  of  extracts,  cologne,  scents,  salts,  perfumery  of 
all  varieties,  and  soaps.  Even  small  supplies,  if  sent  to  Mrs.  Dr.  Buch,  at 
Stand  No.  24,  will  prove  opportune  and  acceptable. 

AT  STALL  No.  Sit  may  be  found  a  most  curious  and  interesting  collec 
tion,  exhibiting  some  of  the  many  uses  to  which  india  rubber  may  be  ap 
plied.  Not  satisfied  with  the  merely  utilitarian  position  it  once  occupied, 
the  genius  of  Caoutchouc  aspires  to  an  alliance  with  the  most  delicate 
mechanism,  and  to  the  regions  of  the  ornamental.  The  reasonableness  of 
this  aspiration  the  articles  shown  at  this  table  give  ample  witness  to.  The 
most  striking  exemplification  of  what  may  be  done  with  "  hard  rubber  "  is 

given  in  the  elegant  watch  and  chain,  the  first— but  we  opine  not  the  last 

made  of  this  universal  material.  It  has  all  the  beauty  of  the  finest 
enamel.  The  watch  was  sold  for  $150.  Among  the  useful  things,— not 
the  least,  by  any  means,  in  these  war  times, — is  the  soldier's  filter,  a  slender 
india  rubber  tube,  having  at  one  end  a  filter  of  composition.  It  is  only 


I  necessary  to  place  the  filter  in  the  nearest  "mud  puddle,"  and  a  draught  of 
pure  water  may  be  obtained  to  refresh  the  thirsty  soldier.  Every  one  who  has 
a  friend  in  the  army  should  sent  him  one  of  these,  which  he  may  easily  carry 
in  his  pocket.  A  suction  knob,  for  opening  refractory  drawers,  is  a  most  use 
ful  article  "  to  have  in  the  house."  A  writing  table  of  india  rubber  coated 
with  emery  is  an  excellent,  unbreakable  substitute  for  the  ordinary  fragile 
"slate."  A  strap  with  handles  for  exercising  the  chest  has  received  little 
attention,  but  is  worthy  of  it,  especially  from  people  of  narrow,  consump 
tive  chests.  We  are  informed,  by  the  highest  authority,  that  "  the  merci 
ful  man  is  merciful  to  his  beast ;"  we  should  say  then  that  all  who  drive 
horses  on  Broadway,  who  want  to  be  thought  of  that  gentle  class,  should 
provide  their  steeds  with  rubber-padded  shoes,  which  prevent  slipping  on 
the  smoothest  pavements.  One  of  these  is  exhibited,  which  has  been  in 
use  for  four  weeks,  and  gave  great  satisfaction.  A  number  of  very  hand 
some  piano  covers,  red,  green,  and  maroon,  with  straw-colored  borders, 
and  valued  at  fifteen  dollars,  and  a  travelling  bathing  tub,  which  may  be 
folded  into  very  small  space,  and  inflated  to  a  good  sized  tub  at  pleasure, 
are  also  exhibited.  A  large  assortment  of  smaller  articles,  such  as  pen  and 
pencil  cases,  ladies'  combs,  brushes,  hand-glass  frames,  &c.,  &c.,  all  very 
cheap  and  pretty,  make  this  an  attractive  table  for  those  who  want  a  last 
ing  souvenir  of  the  great  Fair,  but  can't  afford  very  expensive  investments. 

WE  take  pleasure  in  calling  especial  attention  to  the  fact  that  Mr.  Peter 
Marie  has  presented  to  the  FAIR  900  copies  of  the  Vers  de  Societe,  of  which 
he  is  both  author  and  publisher. 

THE  THREAD  AND  NEEDLE  DEPARTMENT,  just  on  the  left  of  the  en 
trance  to  the  West  Room,  is  well  worthy  of  a  visit.  Besides  a  great  variety 
of  handsome  fancy  articles,  from  the  cheapest  up  to  the  most  expensive 
styles,  this  department  contains  a  very  extensive  assortment  of  spool  cotton, 
manufactured  by  a  Portsmouth  company,  which  is  rapidly  coming  into  gene 
ral  favor,  on  account  of  its  superior  fineness  and  strength.  We  learn 
from  Miss  Cary,  who  has  charge  of  this  Department,  that  the  sales  of  this 
article  have  been  so  rapid  that  she  has  been  obliged  to  have  the  stock 
replenished  several  times  since  the  opening  of  the  FAIR.  Miss  Cary  desires 
to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  the  following  contributions  :  three  pairs  of 
slippers,  from  Miss  Warren  ;  one  crochet  shawl,  valued  at  $20,  from  Mrs. 
J.  K.  Paulding  ;  one  Fate  Lady,  valued  at  $8,  from  the  same,  and  three 
needle  cases,  valued  at  $6,  from  Miss  Gertrude  Paulding. 

LADY  WOODRUFF,  presented  to  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR  by  Mr.  R.  Bon- 
ner,  of  the  Ledger,  will  by  sold  at  auction  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M.,  on  Thursday, 
14th  inst.,  in  15th  St.,  near  7th  Avenue. 


METROPOLITAN  FAIR  FOR   THE  IT.  S.   SANITARY  COMMISSION. 

AUCTION   NOTICE. 

HEADS  of  departments  wishing  to  make  sales  by  auction,  will  please 
hand  in  their  invoices  two  days  before  sale,  to  either  of  the  following  auc 
tioneers,  or  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Committee.  Each  department  will 
arrange  with  the  gentlemen  whom  they  may  elect  to  make  their  sales,  in  re 
gard  to  the  reception  and  delivery  of  their  goods. 

All  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  will  be  received  and  accounted  for 
by  those  employed,  who  will  furnish  their  own  clerks  and  attend  to  their 
own  advertising. 

The  following  are  the  names  and  places  of  business  of  the  gentlemen 
tendering  their  services,  in  the  order  they  were  received  : 
DANIEL  A.  MATHEWS,  66  Nassau  street. 
EDWARD  HCHKNCK,  60  Liberty  street. 
(iEORfiE  WELLES  NICHOLS,  113  Pearl  street. 
HEXRY  I).  MINER,  37  Nassau  street. 
DANIEL  H.  BURDETT,  109  Wall  street. 
HESRY  MOLTON,  235  Broadway. 
J.  II.  DRAPER,  36  Pine  street. 
EDWARD  SINTZKNICH,  155  Broadway. 
J.  E.  HALSEY,  10  Barclay  street. 
WALTER  M.  LLOYD,  15  Nassau  street.   v 
E.  T.  WILLS,  47  Murray  street. 
JOHN  H.  AUSTEN,  340  Broadway. 
THOMAS  J.  MILLER,  74  Broadway. 
ALFRED  L.  CURTIS,  23  Murray  street. 

All  goods  sold  by  this  Commission  are  free  from  United  States  duties, 
as  well  as  the  District  License. 

E.  H.  LUDLOW,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Auctioneers. 
HEXRY  D.  MINER,  Secretary. 

HEADS  of  departments  and  subordinate  departments,  requiring  the 
services  of  an  auctioneer,  will  please  send  notice  in  writing  to  the  Executive 
Committee  Room  two  days  before  sale. 

E.  H.  LUDLOW,  Chairman  Auction  Committee. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


101 


THE  DEVOTIONAL  POETRY  OF  DR.  WATTS. 

BY     Vf.    C.    BRYANT. 

I  HAVE  liked  Dr.  Watts's  Psalms  and  Hymns  ever  since  the  time,  when 
scarcely  three  years  old,  I  was  made  to  repeat,  with  his  book  in  my  hand, 
and  with  such  gestures  as  were  prescribed  to  me,  the  psalm  beginning  with 

the  words : — 

"  Conic  sound  his  praise  abroad 
And  hymns  of  glory  sing." 

The  critics,  in  general,  have  shown  but  stinted  favor  to  Dr.  Watts's 
devotional  poetry.  Dr.  Johnson  pronounced  it  unsatisfactory,  though  he 
admits  that  Dr.  Watts  "  has  done  better  than  anybody  else,  what  nobody 
had  done  well."  Southey,  from  whom  I  expected  something  different,  in 
that  meagre  memoir  of  Dr.  Watts — meagre,  yet  interesting,  so  far  as 
relates  to  his  theological  opinions,  which  seem  principally  to  have  engaged 
Southey's  attention,  alludes  to  Johnson's  opinion,  yet  takes  no  pains  to 
controvert  it.  He  indeed  questions  Johnson's  decision  against  devotional 
poetry  in  general ;  but  takes  no  pains  to  show,  as  he  might  easily  have 
done,  that  Watts's  book  contained  a  great  many  very  beautiful  things. 

I  maintain,  for  my  part,  that  Dr.  Watts  has  done  admirably  well  what 
he  undertook  to  do,  and  the  proof,  if  I  wanted  any  other  than  the  pleasure 
with  which  I  always  read  him,  I  find  in  the  strong  hold  which  his  devotional 
verses  have  taken  on  the  hearts  of  men  in  all  conditions  of  life,  and,  I 
think,  all  varieties  of  religious  belief.  No  compilation  of  hymns  for  the 
public  worship  of  any  denomination  is  ever  made  without  borrowing  largely 
from  Dr.  Watts.  He  has  been  in  his  grave  for  considerably  more  than  a 
century,  yet  have  his  psalms  and  hymns  lost  none  of  the  favor  which  they 
had  when  they  were  first  adopted  by  religious  assemblies  for  public  worship, 
and  I  believe  are  even  now,  generally  speaking,  in  greater  esteem  than 
ever,  notwithstanding  that  such  poets  as  Doddridge,  Cowper,  Charles  Wes 
ley,  Barbiiuld,  and  Heber  have  written  devotional  verses  of  very  great 
merit  since  his  time. 

The  secret  of  this  popularity  lies,  as  it  seems  to  me,  in  the  union  of 
strong  feeling  with  great  poetic  merit.  In  what  he  wrote  there  are  occa 
sional  transgressions  against  good  taste,  as  in.  his  versification  of  Solomon's 
Song.  There  are  slovenly  lines,  and  even  stanzas,  but  there  is  always 
great  fervor  and  profound  earnestness.  No  poet  has  ever  expressed  reli 
gious  emotions  with  greater  energy.  He  faints  and  languishes  for  the 
divine  presence;  he  deplores  the  waywardness  of  the  human  heart ;  he 
exults  in  the  divine  favor ;  he  is  awed  by  the  divine  majesty ;  he  looks 
with  transport  on  the  works  of  the  divine  hand ;  he  dwells  with  delight 
on  the  vision  of  a  better  life  beyond  the  grave  ;  and  all  these  moods  of 
mind  find  full  expression  in  his  verse.  Many  of  his  hymns  seem  to  have 
been  dashed  out  in  the  excitement  of  the  moment,  as  if  the  feeling  which 
had  taken  possession  of  him  could  not  be  satisfied  without  expressing 
itself  in  poetic  forms.  His  versions  of  the  Hebrew  psalms  are  as  remark 
able  for  this  as  the  compositions  which  he  called  hymns.  He  seems  to 
have  first  filled  his  mind  with  the  imagery  of  the  ancient  bard,  and, 
catching  inspiration  from  him,  flung  his  thoughts  upon  the  page  in  a  form 
suited  to  the  more  mild  and  perfect  dispensation  of  Christianity. 

Some  of  Dr.  Watts's  devotional  verses  show  that  he  possessed  imagina 
tion  in  a  high  degree.  What  a  beautiful  picture,  for  example,  is  set  before 
us  in  the  hymn  beginning 

"  There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight." 

In  this  hymn,  which  is  too  familiar  to  all  readers  to  be  transcribed  here, 
we  have  the  green  fields  of  immortal  life  with  their  unwithering  flowers 
lying  in  perpetual  light ;  the  narrow  river  of  death,  dividing  it  from  the 
present  state  of  being ;  and  the  timorous  crowd  of  mortals  on  the  hither 
bank  shivering  and  shuddering  at  the  thought  of  passing  through  those 
cold  waters.  I  remember  that  once,  on  a  fine  Sunday  evening  in  the  latter 
part  of  April,  coming  out  of  the  harbor  of  Havana,  in  a  steamer  moving 
uneasily  on  the  tossing  waves  of  the  Gulf  Stream,  which  here  rushed 
against  the  reefs  of  the  northern  coast  of  Cuba — I  had  been  driven  to  my 
berth  by  a  strong  premonition  of  sea-sickness — a  party  of  Americans  on 
deck  struck  up  this  hymn,  and  when  they  had  ended  sang  the  scarcely  less 
beautiful  one  beginning  with 

"  When  I  can  read  my  title  clear," 


and  ending  with  the  stanza, 

"  There  shall  I  bathe  my  weary  soul, 

In  seas  of  endless  rest, 
And  not  a  wave  of  trouble  roll 
Across  my  peaceful  breast." 

As  they  sang,  it  almost  seemed  as  if  the  sea  felt  the  influence  of  the  gentle 
strain  and  grew  smoother,  and  the  waves  murmured  -more  softly  before  the 
prow  that  divided  them. 

I  once  heard  a  distinguished  literary  gentleman  instance  the  following 
couplet  from  one  of  Watts's  hymns,  as  conveying  to  the  mind  images  which 
could  only  occur  to  a  poet  of  no  common  genius  : — 

"  Cold  mountains  and  the  midnight  air 
Witnessed  the  fervor  of  his  prayer." 

I  was  able  to  match  them,  or  nearly  so,  with  a  couplet  from  his  version 
of  the  one  hundred  and  twenty-first  psalm  : — 

"  No  sun  shall  pmitc  thy  head  by  day, 
Nor  the  pale  moon,  with  sickly  ray, 
Shall  blast  thy  couch  ;  no  baleful  star 
Dart  his  malignant  tiro  so  far.'' 

How  pathetic  is  this  expostulation  in  the  one  hundred  and  second 

psalm : — 

"  Spare  us,  O,  Lord  !  aloud  we  pray, 

Nor  let  our  sun  go  down  at  noon  I 
Thy  j-ears  are  one  eternal  day, 
And  must  thy  children  die  so  soon  ?  " 

How  magnificently  is  the  one  hundredth  psalm  versified,  closing  with 
this  grand  stanza : — 

"  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  songs, 

High  as  the  heavens  our  voices  raise, 
And  earth,  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues, 
Hhall  fill  thy  courts  with  sounding  praise." 

I  might  refer  to  many  other  examples  of  like  excellence  in  these 
poems ;  but  I  will  mention  only  one  more,  the  charming  little  funeral 
hymn,  the  eighteenth  of  the  full  book,  beginning  that : — 

"  Hear  what  a  voice  from  heaven  proclaims, 

For  all  the  pious  dead. 
Sweet  is  the  savor  of  their  name*, 

And  soft  their  sleeping  bed. 
"  They  die  in  Jesus  and  are  bleet,"  &c. 

I  know  very  well  that  poetry  of  a  very  moderate  degree  of  merit  not 
unfrequently  obtains  great  popularity  on  account  of  its  religious  character, 
but  I  do  not  recollect  an  instance  in  which  it  has  held  that  popularity  long. 
The  devotional  verses  of  Watts  have  stood  the  test  of  time,  and  it  seemed 
to  me  due  to  him  that  some  of  the  characteristic  merits  by  which  they  are 
recommended  to  the  general  mind  should  be  pointed  out. 

March,  17«,  1864. 


VICTORY. 

BY    JULIA    WARD    HOWE. 

THE  foe  is  retreating,  the  field  is  clear, 

My  thoughts  fly  like  lightning,  my  steps  stay  here ; 

I'm  bleeding  to  faintness,  no  help  is  near — 

What  ho  !  comrades,  what  ho ! 

The  battle  was  deadly,  the  shots  fell  thick ; 
We  leaped  from  our  trenches  and  charged  them  quick  ; 
I  knew  not  my  wound,  till  my  heart  grew  sick ; 
So  there,  comrades,  so  there ! 

We  charged  the  right  column,  that  broke  and  fled ; 

Poured  powder  for  powder,  and  lead  for  lead, 

So  they  must  surrender,  what  matter  who's  dead  ? 

Who  cares,  comrades,  who  cares  ? 

My  soul  goes  abroad  on  the  wings  of  the  slain, 
A  triumph  thrills  through  me  that  quiets  the  pain ; 
If  it  were  yet  to  do,  I  would  do  it  again — 

Farewell,  comrades,  farewell ! 


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SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 


NEW    YORK,    THURSDAY,    APRIL    14,    1864. 
NEW   YORK. 

BY  JAMES  FENIMOBE  COOPEB. 

( Continued.'} 

WE  certainly  think  that  even  the  looseness  of  law,  legisla 
tion,  and  justice,  that  is  so  widely  spreading  itself  over  the 
land,  is  not  exactly  unsuited  to  sustain  the  rapid  settlement  of 
a  country.  No  doubt  men  accomplish  more  in  the  earlier 
stages  of  society  when  perfectly  unfettered,  than  when  brought 
under  the  control  of  those  principles  and  regulations  which 
alone  can  render  society  permanently  secure  or  happy.  In 
this  sense  even  the  abuses  to  which  we  have  slightly  alluded  may 
be  tolerated,  which  it  would  be  impossible  to  endure  when  the 
class  of  the  needy  become  formidable  from  its  numbers,  and  they 
who  had  no  other  stake  in  society  than  their  naked  assistance, 
could  combine  to  transfer  the  fruits  of  the  labors  of  the  more 
industrious  and  successful  to  themselves  by  a  simple  recurrence  to 
the  use  of  the  ballot  box.  We  do  not  say  that  such  is  to  be  the 
fate  of  this  country,  for  the  great  results  that  seem  to  be  depen 
dent  on  its  settlement  raise  a  hope  that  the  hand  of  Providence 
may  yet  guide  us  in  safety  through  the  period  of  delusion,  and  the 
reign  of  political  fallacies,  which  is  fast  drawing  around  \\s.  Evil 
is  so  much  mixed  with  good  in  all  the  interests  of  life,  that  it 
would  be  bold  to  pretend  to  predict  consequences  of  such  magni 
tude  in  the  history  of  any  nation.  But  we  feel  persuaded  that 
radical  changes  must  speedily  come,  either  from  the  powerful  but 
invisible  control  of  that  Being  who  effects  his  own  purposes  in  his 
own  wise  ways,  or  the  time  is  much  nearer  than  is  ordinarily  sup 
posed  when  the  very  existence  of  the  political  institutions  of  this 
country  are  to  be  brought  to  the  test  of  the  severest  practical 
experiment  The  downward  tendency  can  hardly  proceed  much 
further  with  the  smallest  necessary  security  to  the  rights  of  civil 
ized  men.  When  a  legislative  body  can  be  brought  solemnly  to 
decide  by  its  vote  that  because  the  principles  of  law  leave  them 
the  control  of  the  rules  for  the  descent  of  property,  therefore, 
whenever  a  landlord  may  happen  to  die,  his  tenant  shall  have  the 
privilege  of  converting  his  leasehold  estate  into  a  fee  on  which  the 
debt  is  secured  in  the  shape  of  mortgage,  there  is  little  left  in  the 
way  of  security  to  the  affluent  and  unrepresented.  They  must 
unite  their  means  to  prevent  destruction  ;  and  woe  to  that  land 
which  gives  so  plausible  an  excuse  to  the  rich  and  intelligent  for 
combining  their  means  to  overturn  the  liberties  of  a  nation,  as  is 
to  be  found  in  abuses  like  those  just  named.  We  very  well  know 
that  the  idea  is  prevalent  among  us  of  the  irresistible  power  of 
popular  sway ;  but  he  has  lived  in  vain  who  has  seen  the  course 
of  events  in  other  nations  for  the  last  half  century,  and  lias  not 
made  the  discovery  that  men  in  political  matters  become  the  ser 
vants  of  money  as  certninly  and  almost  as  actively  as  the  spirits 
of  the  lamp  were  made  to  do  the  bidding  of  Aladdin.  To  us,  it 
would  seem  that  the  future  of  this  country  holds  out  but  three 
possible  solutions  of  the  tendencies  of  the  present  time — viz.  the 
bayonet,  a  return  to  the  true  principles  of  the  original  govern 
ment,  or  the  sway  of  money.  For  the  first  it  may  be  too  soon ; 
the  pressure  of  society  is  scarcely  sufficient  to  elevate  a  successful 
soldier  to  the  height  of  despotism,  though  the  ladder  has  been 
raised  more  than  once  against  the  citadel  of  the  Constitution  by 
adventurers  of  this  character,  through  the  folly  and  heedless  im 
pulses  of  the  masses.  Fifty  years  h«ncc,  and  a  condition  of  society 


will  probably  exist  among  us  that  would  effectually  have  carried 
out  the  principle  of  despotic  rule  which  is  beginning  to  show 
itself  in  the  bud  amongst  us,  and  which  is  nothing  more  than  the 
shadowing  out  of  coming  events. 

Notwithstanding  all  these  obvious  tendencies  and  the  mani 
fest  dangers  that  beset  the  real  liberties  of  the  country,  we  do  not 
see  that  any  material  influence  will  be  brought  by  them  to  bear 
upon  the  fortunes  and  ascendancy  of  the  particular  place  of  which 
we  are  writing.  Even  political  despotism  in  this  age  would  neces 
sarily  respect  the  ordinary  rights  of  commerce,  and  quite  probably 
the  greater  security  that  would  be  given  to  property,  the  increased 
dignity  and  authority  of  the  courts  of  justice,  and  the  visible  con 
trol  of  a  vigilant  and  efficient  government  might  rather  have  a 
tendency  to  build  up  than  to  check  the  progress  of  the  capital  of 
any  country. 

Civil  war,  in  our  view,  can  alone  produce  any  material  checks 
to  the  prosperity  of  these  towns  of  Manhattan.  Against  the 
malign  influence  of  so  great  a  source  of  evil  no  one  can  with  dis 
cretion  venture  to  predict  the  consequences.  But  we  do  not  think 
that  it  enters  into  the  spirit  of  the  true  American  character,  so 
remarkable  for  its  mildness  and  disposition  to  mercy,  in  carrying 
out  the  powers  of  government,  to  permit  such  a  struggle  as  would 
be  likely  to  produce  long-continued,  or  very  withering  local  dis 
tress.  Compromises  in  some  form  or  other  would  be  resorted  to, 
to  restore  the  course  of  the  commerce  of  the  country ;  and 
although  it  might  be,  and  probably  would  be,  that  this  could  only 
be  accomplished  in  the  midst  of  the  triumph  of  disorder,  irrespon 
sibility,  and  the  derangement  of  most  that  is  necessary  to  perma 
nent  security  and  quiet,  a  set  of  laws  would  arise  for  the  control  of 
the  affairs  of  the  towns  that  would  exercise  their  sway,  without 
any  appeal  to  regularly  constituted  authority,  beyond  that  of  the 
law  of  necessity.  At  this  very  moment,  when  we  have  all  the  ma 
chinery  of  an  efficient  government  around  us,  and  one  has  a  right 
to  look  to  the  courts  for  the  protection  of  his  rights,  a  thousand 
dollars  of  debt  are  secured  and  paid  in  a  place  like  that  of  New 
York,  by  the  sole  influence  of  commercial  opinion,  where  one  dol 
lar  is  secured  and  paid  by  the  process  of  law.  Trade  issues  its 
own  edicts,  and  they  are  ordinarily  found  to  be  too  powerful 
for  resistance,  wherever  there  are  the  concentrated  means  of  ren 
dering  them  formidable  by  the  magnitude  of  the  interests  they 
control. 

We  see,  then,  nothing  in  the  future  that  is  very  likely  seriously 
to  disturb  the  continued  growth  and  increasing  ascendancy  of  the 
great  mart  of  the  country.  A  trading  people  will  pursue  its  inter 
ests  under  any  conceivable  or  tolerable  condition  of  things.  It 
would  require  a  generation  or  two,  indeed,  to  obliterate,  or  even 
sensibly  to  diminish  the  habits  and  opinions  now  in  existence 
among  the  people ;  and  it  must  ever  be  remembered  that  society 
pursues  its  regular  course  more  or  less  successfully,  according  to 
circumstances,  even  in  the  midst  of  revolution,  war,  and  rn- 
pine.  A  battle  is  fought  to-day,  and  a  month  hence  it  becomes 
difficult  to  discover  its  traces,  over  which  the  plough  has  already 
passed,  and  among  which  the  husbandman  is  resuming  his  toil,  as 
he  replaces  his  fences,  and  clears  away  his  fallen  trees  after  the 
passage  of  the  whirlwind.  It  follows  from  these  views,  and  this 
course  of  reasoning,  which  might  be  greatly  extended  and  much 
more  satisfactorily  developed,  that  political  changes  have  less 
direct  influence  on  the  ordinary  march  of  society  than  is  commonly 
supposed.  The  spirit  of  the  ago  is  and  must  be  respected  by 
rulers  of  every  shade  of  character ;  and  the  fourth  estate,  as 
opinion  is  commonly  termed,  enters  largely  into  the  ordinary  action 
of  every  form  of  government  or  combination  of  social  organization 
that  the  accidents  of  history  have  produced,  or  the  sagacity  and 


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wants  of  men  have  more  ambitiously  paraded  before  the  eyes  of 
their  fellow  creatures.  AVhen  we  couple  with  these  facts  the  cer 
tainty  that  there  aro  undercurrents  which  enable  ordinary  society, 
trade,  and  all  the  other  active  and  daily  recurring  interests  of  life, 
to  manage  their  own  affairs  more  or  less  in  their  own  way,  it  is 
not  easy  to  foresee  any  material  consequences  to  the  progress  of  a 
place  like  this  at  the  mouth  of  the  Hudson,  that  can  trace  their 
rise  to  the  future  course  of  political  events  in  the  country.  We 
do  not  anticipate  any  apparent  dissolution  of  the  ordinary  ties  of 
society,  for  we  know  that  nations  will  bear  burdens  of  this  nature 
for  a  long  period  of  time,  without  struggling  or  making  the  effort 
necessary  to  remove  them  ;  and  that  it  is  only  when  they  are  felt 
to  be  intolerable  to  the  great  body  of  the  people  that  one  may  con 
fidently  hope  for  redress  and  reformation.  Petty  wrongs  are  never 
repaired  by  the  masses  ;  they  sometimes  vindicate  their  rights  by 
means  of  the  strong  arm,  when  seriously  required  to  do  so,  but  in 
general  the  wrong  is  endured,  and  the  victim  immolated  without 
awakening  attention  or  leaving  any  regrets  among  those  who 
escape  its  immediate  consequences. 

(To  be  contimted.) 


THE  FUTURE  OF  THE  BEAUTIFUL. 

BY  DR.  OSGOOD. 

To  us  Americans,  there  is  something  very  impressive  and  hopeful  in 
the  present  aspects  and  prospects  of  the  Beautiful  and  its  representative 
Arts.  We  do  not,  of  course,  believe  that  we  are  now  for  the  first  time 
opening  the  fairy  land  of  the  Muses,  or  that  any  new  faculties  have  been 
bestowed  upon  the  mind  of  this  nineteenth  century,  or  that  we  are  to  add 
any  new  arts  to  the  ancient  cycle.  Yet  it  is  evident  that  among  us  the  ele 
ments  of  beauty  are  subject  to  new  conditions,  and  may  be  expected  to 
manifest  peculiar  developments. 

Our  democratic  institutions  and  ideas  are  preparing  a  larger  community 
to  appreciate  and  enjoy  things  beautiful  than  has  ever  been  known  in  his 
tory;  and  compared  with  the  small  population  that  delighted  in  the  master 
pieces  of  Greek  Art,  the  number  of  well-educated  people  among  us,  who 
are  capable  of  being  schooled  in  the  principles  of  taste,  is  vast.  In  our 
schools,  private  aud  public,  numbers  of  youth,  mostly  of  a  somewhat  sus 
ceptible  nature,  are  learning  the  rudiments  of  music  and  drawing ;  and 
already  we  have  encouraging  signs  of  the  development  not  only  of  taste, 
but  of  talent  for  the  fine  arts,  and  every  year  is  bringing  out  some  new 
genuine  song,  or  painting,  or  sculpture.  We  must  remember,  moreover, 
tha  t  we  are  not  only  a  numerous,  but  an  intense  people ;  and  the  quality 
of  the  American  mind  opens  us  to  the  avts  most  characteristic  of  our  age, 
or  such  as  most  appeal  to  interior  sentiment,  like  music,  architecture, 
painting,  or  sculpture  and  such  effects  of  landscape  gardening  as  go  with 
these  arts.  Perhaps  we  as  a  nation  care  more  for  hearing  than  seeing,  and 
of  the  two  gates  called  Beautiful  that  open  into  the  temple  of  life,  the 
eye  and  ear,  the  latter  is  most  frequented,  and  we  are  more  fond  of  elo 
quence  and  music,  than  of  the  plastic  arts  that  speak  to  the  eye.  But  this 
very  fact  is  to  secure  the  catholicity  of  our  taste,  by  bringing  us  habitually 
together  under  conditions  that  favor  all  the  beautiful  arts.  If  we  meet  to 
hear  music  or  eloquence,  we  need  the  halls,  parks,  aud  churches,  where 
the  ear  may  be  served  with  the  help  of  the  eye,  and  alike  rested  and 
charmed  by  due  alternation  of  delight.  Allow  what  Agassiz  says  to  be 
true,  that  the  ear  is  the  nobler  and  more  interior  sense,  and  is  as  character 
istic  of  intensity  as  the  eye  is  characteristic  of  extensiveness ;  it  follows 
from  this  very  fact,  that  it  needs  and  craves  the  broad  range  and  wholesome 
play  of  the  visual  sense,  as  any  one  who  has  heard  music  or  eloquence  one 
hour  knows  full  well  by  the  delight  he  takes  in  a  glance  at  a  landscape  or 
a  picture.  Our  Central  Park  is  ample  proof  of  the  alliance  between  the 
two  classes  of  the  arts,  and  thousands  of  our  people  are  learning  every 
pleasant  week  how  charming  it  is  both  to  hear  and  see  to  their  hearts'  con 
tent,  and  to  bless  sculptor,  architect,  landscape  gardener  as  well  as  musi 
cian  for  their  pleasure. 


As  we  live  into  our  true  social,  civil  and  religious  relations,  and  carry 
with  us  the  great  loyalties  of  the  hearth,  the  banner,  and  the  altar,  into  our 
tastes  and  enjoyments,  we  shall  be  surprised  at  the  richness  and  enthusiasm 
of  our  national  life  and  the  refinement  and  elegance  of  our  popular 
pleasures.  This  FAIR  is  itself  a  cheering  sign  of  the  greatness  of  our  fu 
ture  in  relation  to  the  beautiful,  for  over  the  immense  gathering  of  com 
modities,  trades,  professions,  interests  and  people,  the  spirit  of  beauty  pre 
sides,  and  animates  and  assimilates  the  whole.  All  the  arts  called  beautiful 
here  preside  over  the  articles,  under  a  priesthood  in  keeping  with  their 
character.  Here  woman  has  her  due  place,  and  her  priesthood  is  one  that 
the  grimmest  iconoclast  will  not  deny.  If  such  results  appear  almost  spon 
taneously  in  this  time  of  war  and  alarm,  in  a  new  and  unformed  country, 
what  shall  we  see  and  hear  of  the  beautiful  arts,  when  a  century  more 
has  passed,  and  the  whole  continent  obeys  the  same  elementary  liberty  and 
law,  and  brings  the  spirit  of  beauty  into  the  service  of  its  convictions  of 
all  that  is  good  and  true  in  nationality,  humanity,  and  religion  ? 


THE    COLONEL'S    SHIELD. 

BY    MRS.    R.    II.    STODDARD. 
I. 

YOUR  picture,  slung  about  my  neck, 

The  day  we  went  afield, 
Swung  out  before  the  trench  ; 
It  caught  the  eye  of  rank  and  file, 

Who  said,  "  The  Colonel's  Shield." 

II. 
I  thrust  it  back,  and  with  my  men 

(Our  General  rode  ahead) 
We  stormed  the  great  redoubt, 
As  if  it  were  an  easy  thing, 

But  rows  of  us  fell  dead  ! 

III. 

Your  picture  hanging  on  my  neck, 

Up  with  my  men  I  rushed  ; 
We  made  an  awful  ^charge  : 
And  then  my  horse,  "  The  Lady  Bess," 

Dropped,  and — my  leg  was  crushed ! 

IV. 

The  blood  of  battle  in  my  veins — 

(A  blue-coat  dragged  me  out), 
But  I  remembered  you ; 
I  kissed  your  picture — did  you  know  ? 

And  yelled,  "  For  the  redoubt." 


The  Twenty-Fourth,  my  scarred  old  dogs, 
Growled  back,  "  He'll  put  us  through  ; 
We'll  take  him  in  our  arms  : 
Our  picture  there — the  girl  he  loves, 
Shall  see  what  we  can  do." 

VI. 

The  foe  was  silenced — so  were  we. 

I  lay  upon  the  field, 
Among  the  Twenty-Fourth ; 
Your  picture,  shattered  on  my  breast, 

Had  proved  "  The  Colonel's  Shield." 


THEY  who,  from  another  world,  can  watch  the  course  of  those  they 
loved  in  this,  must  drink  Lethe,  if  they  would  leave  Cocytus  untastcd  ! 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


CROWDS. 

THE  very  word  has  a  stifling,  unpleasant  sound.  It  brings  with  it  as 
sociations  of  bad  air,  bad  manners,  and  a  very  bad  chance  of  seeing  any 
thing  that  one  wishes  to  see.  But  the  worst  of  all  is  that  it  forces  us  to 
remember  some  occasion  when  we  ourselves  were  frighted  from  our  pro 
priety  by  an  ill-bred  crowd,  and  made  to  behave  badly,  like  the  rest. 

Why  is  it  that  people  who,  singly,  are  at  least  decent,  perhaps  even 
polite  in  manners,  become  strangely  truculent  when  herded  together? 
Those  whose  good  nature  is  conspicuous  elsewhere,  once  jammed  into  con 
fined  spaces,  hardly  remember  to  behave  like  fellow  creatures.  What  is 
everybody's  business  is  nobody's  business,  and  our  best  virtues  are  by  no 
means  independent. 

If  any  man  lean  toward  a  too  high  opinion  of  human  nature,  take  him 
for  correction  into  a  crowd ;  let  him  be  elbowed,  toe-crushed,  pushed  for 
ward,  dragged  back  ;  savagely  barked  at  by  a  man,  looked  daggers  at  by  a 
woman,  and  butted  in  the  back  by  a  saucy  schoolboy,  all  at  the  same 
moment,  while  a  well-meaning  but  convulsive  effort  to  retire  from  the  scene 
draws  from  an  athletic  butcherling  the  indignant  question,  "What  y'  about, 
hay  ?  "  If  he  gets  out  at  all,  you  may  be  sure  he  will  have  left  his  heresy 
behind. 

If  a  youth  fresh  from  some  rural  college,  where  he  has  been  reading 
up  on  the  subject  of  female  delicacy,  venture  within  the  precincts  of  a 
city  fair,  let  him  meet  a  solid  phalanx  of  young  "  ladies  "  tearing  through 
the  crowd, — literally  tearing,  for  few  woven  fabrics  can  withstand  such  a 
flying  assault, — and  learn  the  difference  between  imagination  and  fact. 
Either  of  these  fair  raiders  would  be  on  her  guard  if  alone,  but  in  a  crowd 
she  throws  off  all  restraint,  and  appears  in  her  true  character.  Our  stu 
dent  will  discover  that  when  curiosity  or  coquetry  is  aroused  in  a  crowd,  it 
takes  a  great  deal  of  good  breeding  to  keep  a  lady  a  lady ! 

Who  does  not  pity  a  kind-hearted  old  bachelor,  who  is  in  the  habit  of 
calling  his  friends'  children  little  angels,  when  he  encounters  a  few  dozens 
of  the  race  well  daubed  with  candy  and  gingerbread,  totally  unconscious 
that  there  is  anybody  in  the  world  but  themselves,  and  treating  the  men 
and  women  around  them  as  water  or  glue  to  struggle  with,  be  pushed  aside, 
kicked,  beaten,  screamed  at  and  got  rid  of,  in  the  vagnc  pursuit  of  some 
idea  of  pleasure  ahead  ? 

A  crowd  shows  human  nature  flayed,  like  the  famous  statue  at  Milan 
which  some  call  St.  Bartholomew ;  the  veiling  integument  gone  and  the 
motive  machinery  laid  bare  and  hideous.  It  is  a  mortifying  spectacle.  It 
has  been  considered  as  a  picture  of  human  life,  where  the  kind,  the  modest, 
the  mild  and  the  timid  are  thrust  aside  or  trampled  under  foot.  But  let  us 
humbly  hope  that  men  are  a  little  better  where  they  have  more  elbow  room 
and  more  time  for  consideration.  There  is  in  life  some  recognition  of  good 
qualities  and  rightful  claims,  in  crowds  none.  In  real  life,  only  Tullias — 
rare  wretches, — drive  over  their  parents  ;  but  in  a  crowded  room,  people 
reckoned  civil  elsewhere  do  not  mind  treading  on  their  grandmothers,  or 
those  who  might  be  their  grandmothers.  So  that  the  arrangements  of 
Providence  are,  after  all,  better  than  those  of  the  police. 

Much  seems  to  depend  on  the  walls,  in  these  cases.  On  our  Fourths  of 
July,  the  crowds  in  our  streets  are  quiet  and  decent.  None  but  the  intoxi 
cated  jostle  you  rudely.  It  is  remarkable  how  little  the  police  is  obliged 
to  interfere.  But  one  should  never  trust  himself  in  any  room  crowded  with 
the  same  people  without  having  settled  his  worldly  affairs  and  taken  leave 
of  his  friends. 

An  American  crowd  ought  to  know  better  than  this ;  it  should  behave 
better  than  European  crowds,  but  it  does  not.  To  say  nothing  of  British 
crowds,  which  are  dangerous  anywhere,  there  be  huge  continental  crowds 
as  quiet  and  civil  as  christenings.  It  may  be  consoling  to  some  to  ascribe 
this  public  decency  to  the  genx-d'armcs  ;  whatever  be  the  cause,  the  effect 
is  admirable  and  worthy  of  imitation.  If  any  one  thinks  that  being  a  free 
citizen  of  these  United  States  entitles  him  to  behave  like  a  brute  anywhere, 
he  has  yet  to  learn  the  "  a,  b,  abs  "  of  Freedom,  for  the  vital  principle  of 
Liberty  is  self-government.  Rude  behavior  is  simply  want  of  civilization. 


NEW  YORK  gentlemen,  who  lose  their  characters  or  mislay  them,  are 
almost  certain  to  get  them  back  again,  if  they  can  afford  to  offer  a  suffi 
fii-nt  reward. 


A  LAYMAN'S  CONFESSION  OF  FAITH. 

BY   THEOnORE   TILTON. 

As  other  men  have  creeds,  so  I  have  mine : 

I  keep  the  holy  faith  in  God,  in  man, 

And  in  the  angels  ministrant  between. 

I  hold  to  one  true  church  of  all  true  souls ; 

Whose  churchly  seal  is  neither  bread,  nor  wine, 

Nor  laying  on  of  hands,  nor  holy  oil, 

But  only" the  anointing  of  God's  grace. 

I  hate  all  kings,  and  caste,  and  rank  of  birth ; 
For  all  the  sons  of  men  are  sons  of  God ; 
Nor  limps  a  beggar  but  is  nobly  born : 
Nor  wears  a  slave  a  yoke,  nor  czar  a  crown, 
That  makes  him  less  or  more  than  just  a  man. 

I  love  my  country,  and  her  righteous  cause: 

So  dare  I  not  keep  silent  of  her  sin : 

And  after  Freedom,  may  her  bells  ring  Peace  ! 

I  love  one  woman  with  a  holy  fire, 

Whom  I  revere  as  priestess  of  my  house ; 

I  stand  with  wondering  awe  before  my  babes, 

Till  they  rebuke  me  to  a  nobler  life ; 

I  keep  a  faithful  friendship  with  my  friend, 

Whom  loyally  I  serve  before  myself; 

I  lock  my  lips  too  close  to  speak  a  lie  ; 

I  wash  my  hands  too  white  to  touch  a  bribe  ; 

I  owe  no  man  a  debt  I  cannot  pay, 

Save  only  of  the  love  men  ought  to  owe. 

Withal,  each  day,  before  the  blessed  Heaven, 
I  open  wide  the  chambers  of  my  soul, 
And  pray  the  Holy  Ghost  to  enter  in. 

Thus  reads  the  fair  confession  of  my  faith  ; 
So  crossed  with  contradictions  by  my  life 
That  now  may  God  forgive  the  written  lie ! 
Yet  still,  by  help  of  Him  who  helpeth  men, 
I  face  two  worlds,  and  fear  not  life  nor  death. 
0  Father !  lead  me  by  Thy  hand  !     Amen. 


HANDKERCHIEFS  IN  SUAKSPEARE. 

COMMON  things  unfold  into  wonders  under  the  magical  touch  of  the 
poet.  It  brightens  every-day  scenes  of  nature,  lends  dignity  to  simple  feel 
ing,  and  even  refines  the  trivial  uses  and  appliances  of  life  by  associating 
them  with  human  passion. 

Neither  grace  nor  grandeur  is  often  supposed  to  be  wrapped  up  in  a 
pocket  handkerchief.  Probably  in  our  Saxon  ancestors'  time  its  office  was 
less  noisy,  and  its  familiarity  with  plebeian  features  less  close  than  in  our 
dav.  Many  things  were  then  rare  in  the  palace  that  are  now  indispensable 
to  the  log  cabin.  The  handkerchief  was  likely  under  Elizabeth  to  serve 
courtlv  rather  than  common  uses — to  float  over  the  bosom  of  beauty,  and 
wave  from  the  hand  of  royalty  oftener  than  to  accommodate  a  commoner's 
nose. 

At  least  Shakspeare  did  not  disdain  to  ennoble  it,  by  connecting  it  with 
courtesy,  with  tenderness,  with  humor,  and  with  tragedy. 

He  even  invents  a  grace  for  the  ancients,  and  puts  it  into  the  hands  of  the 
Romans,  who  were  really  less  guileless  in  this  respect,  than  even  the  Japan 
ese.  But  handkerchiefs  seem  neither  out  of  time,  nor  out  of  place,  when  "  la 
dies  and  maids  flung  them"  on  Coriolanus  as  he  passed.  The  "  commons  made 
a  shower"  with  their  caps  only — it  was  all  the  vesture  they  had  to  spare) 
without  stripping  the  coarse  blanket  classically  known  as  their  toga — much 
as  a  fireman  in  our  day  would  tear  off  his  red  shirt,  having  no  bandanna, 
in  honor  of  a  returned  general.  In  Cymbeline,  too,  the  handkerchief  re 
peats  the  salutation  of  a  mute  and  passionate  farewell.  Posthumus,  as  his 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


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departure  is  related  to  Imogen,  "  did  keep  the  deck,  with  hat,  or  glove,  or 
handkerchief,  still  waving."  And  her  reply,  "  senseless  linen  !  "  assures  us 
that  the  texture  was  not  unlike  that  of  our  modern  cambric  conveniences. 
Then,  as  now,  they  spoke  human  emotion,  and  wafted  from  the  holder 
something  of  his  own  grief  or  joy,  as  they  fluttered  in  sign  of  welcome, 
gratulation,  or  farewell. 

Something  of  drollery,  too,  is  folded  in  these  poets'  handkerchiefs.  "Mine 
eyes  smell  onions,  "  says  Lafeu  in  All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  "  I  shall 
weep  anon."  "Good  Tom  Drum,"  he  demands  of  Parolles,  "lend  me  a 
handkerchief."  We  can  imagine  the  owner  had  needed  it  oftencr  for  a  flag 
of  truce  than  any  other  purpose.  One  is  half  surprised  not  to  find  one, 
"  not  of  the  newest,"  along  with  the  pennyworth  of  sugar  candy,  in  the  fat 
knight's  pocket  behind  the  arras.  Surely  he  mopped  his  face  after  toiling 
up  Gadshill.  Perhaps  the  iwo  napkins  tacked  together,  and  thrown  over 
the  shoulders  for  uniform  to  one  of  his  recruits,  were  handkerchiefs,  as  the 
•word  was  used  indifferently  for  both. 

What  a  history  is  in  that  handkerchief  of  which  the  child  Arthur  in 
King  John  reminds  the  cruel  Hubert.  "  The  best  I  had,  a  princess  wrought 
it  me."  Priceless,  with  its  embroideries  lovingly  traced  by  delicate  fin 
gers  in  happier  days.  And  this  rare  keepsake  had  been  knit  about  the 
hind's  brow  in  sickness.  King  John,  though  not  a  favorite  play,  is  a  pro 
found  one.  The  action  and  passion  are  less  regal  than  those  of  the  other 
historical  dramas.  It  is  full  of  human  meannesses  that  sneak  into  crime. 
Its  great  ones  are  ignoble,  its  women  violent.  There  is  no  towering  ambi 
tion,  nor  softness  of  love — only  a  bargaining  alliance,  and  the  quarrels  of 
right  royal  vixens,  queens  who  are  queans.  John  is  a  pinchbeck  Macbeth, 
hiring  braves,  bullying  women,  and  scared  by  priests.  The  necessary  re 
lief  to  this  coarseness  is  touched  in  with  the  tender  innocence  of  Arthur, 
the  only  unhappy  child  Shakspeare  has  drawn. 

In  Henry  the  Sixth,  the  handkerchief  bears  part  in  a  still  more  tragic 
scene.  Margaret  presents  to  York  the  handkerchief  she  had  stained  in  his 
son  Rutland's  blood,  with  the  cruel  taunt,  "  I  give  thee  this  to  dry  thy 
cheeks  withal,"  to  which  he  returns  the  pathetic  words,  "  And  I  with  tears 
do  wash  the  blood  away. "  Fatal  commingling  of  the  Houses'  rival  colors  ! 
The  barbarous  precedent  was  transmitted  with  the  hatred  it  expressed 
down  the  hostile  lines,  and  Elizabeth  cites  and  improves  it  when  she  bids 
Richard  the  Third  woo  her  daughter  by  sending  her  "  a  handkerchief, 
which,  say  to  her,  did  drain  the  purple  sap  from  her  sweet  brother's  body, 
and  bid  her  wipe  her  weeping  eyes  withal."  The  great  master  reserved 
such  inhumanities  for  civil  wars  and  family  revenges. 

And  who  forgets  the  handkerchief  spotted  with  strawberries,  that  gauzy 
shred  with  which  lago  toles  on  the  simple  honest  mind  to  madness — the 
gossamer  weight  which  breaks  the  wild  loving  heart.  "That  handker 
chief  did  an  Egyptian  to  my  mother  give.  She  was  a  charmer."  A  mystery 
and  expectation  here  gather  round  it,  and  we  share  the  superstition  that 
helped  to  weaken  that  African  nature  into  the  mood  for  jealousy.  She 
had  loved  the  thing.  "  She  reserved  it  evermore  about  her,  to  kiss  and 
talk  to,"  and  he  half  fears  it  and  the  spell  wrought  into  its  texture.  The 
trifle  light  as  air  which  deludes  him,  becomes  at  last  the  evidence  that  be 
trays  his  tempter,  and  atones  by  his  detection  for  his  share  in  the  wrong  it 
had  ministered  to. 

Out  of  such  trivialities  the  great  master  wrought  terrible  combinations. 
How  many  since  have  reversed  the  process,  and  belittled  grand  themes  by 
petty  treatment ! 

THE  NASSAUESE  COISINE. 
(From  Cape  Cod  to  the  Land  of  Dixie  and  the  Tropics — In  Press.) 

BY    J.    MILTON    MACKIE,  AUTHOR    OF    "  COSAS    DE    ESPASA." 

BUT  the  cuisine  !     Upon  what  food  does  a  man  live  in  such  a 

clime,  and  on  such  an  enchanted  island  as  New  Providence  ?  Does  he, 
like  the  first  of  men  and  women,  subsist  on  the  fair  fruits — on  mere  orange 
juice — on  the  perfume  of  his  finger  glass,  scented  one  day  with  the  green 
leaf  of  a  lime,  and  the  next  with  one  of  a  pimento  ?  Not  quite  so.  But 
to  tell  the  truth,  though  the  mutton  will  do  for  food,  the  beef  is  not  succu 
lent.  It  is  in  fact  a  little  tough,  and  requires,  in  order  to  be  masticated, 
to  have  been  previously  well  papawed.  "  For  the  juice  of  the  papaw," 
says  Soyer,  "  makes  meat  tender  by  causing  a  separation  of  its  muscular 


fibres."  Some  of  the  more  elderly  chickens,  also,  will  test  the  sharpness 
of  the  carving  knife,  as  well  as  the  power  of  a  man's  jaws,  unless  a  pretty 
stiff  dose  of  vinegar  be  poured  down  their  throats  just  before  their  heads 
are  cut  off.  Poor  things — this  must  be  the  first,  and  the  knife  the  second, 
death  to  them  ! 

Accordingly,  the  stranger  will  find  himself  under  the  necessity  of  eating 
turtle  twice  a  week  here.  He  can  have  turtle  soup,  turtle  stewed ;  but  the 
great  dish  of  the  island,  and  chief  glory  of  the  "  conch  "  kitchen  is  baked 
turtle.  A  small  monster  of  about  twenty-five  pounds'  weight  is  a  good 
size ;  unless  indeed  you  happen  to  be  an  Alderman,  in  which  case  forty 
pounds  would  not  be  too  much.  He  is  brought  to  table  in  his  own  shell, 
which  stands  well  up  before  you,  and  makes  an  ample  platter.  In  ita 
depths  lie  imbedded  all  the  choice  pieces.  The  fat  and  lean  bits  lie  side 
by  side ;  the  eggs  hug  the  liver ;  while  the  whole  mass  is  moist  with  a  de 
licious  gravy,  made  of  the  juice  of  the  animal,  and  hot  with  infinitesimal 
red  peppers,  each  particle  of  which  is  endowed  with  a  sting  like  that  of 
the  honey  bee.  An  open  space  in  the  middle  of  the  crust — for  this  great 
mystery  of  culinary  art  has  a  broad  covering  of  paste  around  its  entire 
edge — an  open  space,  I  say,  in  the  crust,  like  heaven's  gate  standing  ajar, 
enables  you  to  get  a  peep  at  the  feast  of  good  things  within,  the  moment 
it  is  set  before  you.  Far  off,  too,  the  nostril  anticipates  the  coming  of 
baked  turtle ;  for  the  whole  atmosphere  of  the  place  is  at  once  perfumed 
with  the  subtle  aroma  of  the  dish,  the  very  winds  of  heaven  struggling  to 
bear  some  of  it  off  to  their  own  caves. 

After  baked  turtle,  no  Christian  wishes  to  eat  pudding.  But  if  com 
pelled  to  dine  on  a  Nassauese  beefsteak,  one  is  certainly  entitled  to  nothing 
less  than  either  cocoanut  pudding,  or  banana  fritters  ;  and  if  he  do  not 
get  the  one  or  the  other,  he  should  consider  himself  robbed  by  the  landlady. 

In  any  event,  you  will  drink  a  glass  of  uncommonly  nice  sherry  with 
your  turtle  ;  for  it  is  well  known  that  this  animal  cannot  crawl,  nor  stir  a 
fin,  in  good  sherry.  I  should  have  some  hesitation,  however,  in  recom 
mending  any  one  to  adopt  the  fashion  of  letting  rum  punch  follow  the 
soup.  But  no  one  should  fall  into  the  mistake  of  refusing,  whether  after 
turtle  or  anything  else,  the  proffered  glass  of  Madeira,  known  as  the 
"  Water  Lily,"  and  named  after  the  very  unfortunate  vessel  in  which  it 
was  cast  away  on  these  shores.  The  delicious  sack  had  been  sent  to  the 
West  Indies  for  its  health ;  and  some  of  the  casks  bore  the  names  of  right 
reverend  English  prelates,  men  supposed  to  know  how  to  select  good  liquor. 
Alas  for  them !  The  only  dash  of  bitter  in  the  glass,  whenever  it  was  my 
good  fortune  to  taste  this  juice  of  the  grape,  was  the  regret — it  was  im 
possible  to  repress  it — that  such  good  men  should  providentially  have  been 
cut  off  from  the  privilege  of  anointing  their  palates  with  so  precious  an 
oil  of  joy.  For  the  wine  is  excellent,  and  must  hare  received  all  the  benefit 
from  being  sent  to  sea  which  its  pious  and  intelligent  owners  had  antici 
pated  for  it.  Well  may  the  Nassauese,  in  describing  this  beverage,  so 
fortunately  rescued  from  the  waves,  speak  of  it  with  brightening  face,  and 
uplifted  eyelids,  as  more  rain-like  than  rain  water,  more  dry  than  the  tropic 
Cancer,  and  yet  more  luscious  than  the  grapes  of  Malaga  or  Muscat — the 
very  aroma  of  aromas. 


ACROSTIC  ENIGMA. 

FROM  the  most  modern  fiend  take  either  end, 

And  bid  his  name  its  central  letter  lend  ; 

Then  of  his  special  vice  choose  both  extremes 

And  near  its  middle  what  most  crooked  seems  ; 

Next,  either  limit  and  the  centre  clip 

From  what  he  feels  whom  nightly  goblins  nip. 

Its  first  and  latest  and  its  halfway  sign 

Bid  n  sea  mart  of  Mexico  resign. 

Strip  from  a  brutal  prince  of  ancient  fame 

Th'  externals,  and  what  nearly  halves  his  name. 

Borrow  the  boundaries  of  that  pagan  isle, 

Where  Christians  did  for  gain  their  cross  revile, 

And  from  its  midst  a  part.     Then  from  the  course 

Of  a  Virginia  river,  at  its  source 

And  more  than  half-way  down,  and  in  its  close, 

Withdraw  three  letters.     Then  these  seven  dispose 

Threefold,  in  such  a  form  that  they  may  spell 

Between  a  child-like  princess  and  a  hag  most  fell, 

The  stormy  fairy  sphere  of  song  in  which  both  dwell. 


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SPIRIT     OF    THE     FAIR. 


FROM  THE  LETTERS  OF  A  YOUNG  OFFICER.— NO.  I. 
WEDNESDAY  we  left  Charlestown,  and  encamped  out  of  town  upon  a 
private  place,  with  beautiful  trees  and  grounds  like  a  lawn.  We  had  fine 
weather  and  new  tents,  and  the  camp  looked  well.  The  man  who  supplies 
our  mess  was  not  to  be  found.  The  quartermaster  had  promised  him  a 
waggon,  but  had  forgotten  it,  so  we  amused  ourselves  with  roasting  pork 
on  sharp-pointed  sticks,  and  eating  hard  bread.  We  made  fires  in  front  of 
our  tents,  and  sat  round  them  toward  evening ;  I  brought  out  my  guitar — 
and  M.  made  coffee  while  I  made  music. 

After  breakfast  the  next  morning,  we  struck  tents  and  moved  on.  The 
ceremony  of  striking  tents  is  very  pretty.  Every  rope  is  loosened,  and  at 
the  last  notes  of  "  the  general "  all  the  tents  fall  toward  the  colors,  and  all 
the  men  shout.  A  new  order  was  issued  at  the  time  we  received  our  new 
tents,  that  there  should  be  but  one  tent  for  the  officers  of  each  company. 
The  ground  of  the  tent  is  covered  with  straw.  In  the  day  time  our  blan 
kets  and  buflalos  are  rolled  up  and  placed  at  the  back  of  the  tent,  making 
three  seats.  Each  man's  trunk  opposite  at  the  front  of  the  tent  where  his 
feet  should  be  when  he  lies  down.  We  have  a  table  which  shuts  up,  and 
is  put  aside  during  the  night.  Our  blankets  and  buffalos  are  rolled  out  at 
night,  and  we  make  pillows  of  our  overcoats.  We  have  a  washstand  out 
side  the  tent — a  post  driven  into  the  ground  and  the  head  of  a  barrel 
nailed  upon  the  top,  making  a  very  nice  affair  of  it 

On  Friday  night  an  order  was  brought  to  camp,  at  half  past  one  o'clock, 
to  march,  and  news  that  the  Home  brigade  was  entirely  cut  up.  The 
whole  regiment  was  on  the  road  in  twenty-five  minutes,  marching  very  fast 
over  the  most  devilish  road  that  was  ever  travelled,  in  perfect  darkness, 
and  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth.  After  marching  a  mile  or  so,  we 
halted,  the  artillery  was  sent  back,  as  it  was  impossible  to  get  it  along, 
and  it  was  thought  better  to  wait  till  daylight,  as  the  men  had  been  tum 
bling  down  and  picking  themselves  up  ever  since  we  left  camp.  We 
halted,  and  the  Virginia  fences  were  soon  converted  into  fires  all  along  the 
line.  The  effect  was  beautiful ;  the  line  of  fires  extended  about  a  mile  on 
both  sides  the  road.  Aid-dc-camps  were  flying  about,  and  we  thought  we 
should  see  the  enemy  before  twenty-four  hours  had  passed ;  as  the  morning 
dawned  we  "  fell  in  "  again.  The  road  became  worse  instead  of  better.  At 
last,  my  company  was  detached  to  relieve  the  skirmishers.  We  saw  some 
bayonets  in  the  wood  about  a  mile  ahead.  We  threw  off  our  coats,  which 
my  man  H.  took,  and  away  we  went  over  fields,  fences,  and  brooks  at 
"  double  quick."  We  came  upon  the  woods,  and  found  the  peaceful  camp 
of  the  Home  brigade,  and  heard  the  true  story.  Some  of  our  own  cavalry 
were  riding  along,  and  were  fired  on  by  the  Home  brigade.  Provoking 
enough  !  Now  we  were  hungry,  breakfast  time,  and  nine  good  miles  to 
march  before  we  could  get  it.  We  went  back  as  fast  we  had  come,  and 
ate  our  breakfasts  with  appetites  that  we  had  fairly  won. 

A  rather  curious  circumstance  happened  to  one  of  the  First  Connecti 
cut  cavalry,  while  out  on  a  scout.  A  party  of  six  of  them  were  fired  into 
by  about  twenty-five  rebs,  and  this  man  was  struck  by  three  pistol  balls 
and  a  buckshot ;  the  latter  going  through  his  elbow ;  of  the  pistol  balls, 
one  passed  through  his  belt  plate  and  lodged  in  his  clothes,  another  went 
part  way  through  a  pack  of  cards  he  had  in  his  pocket,  and  the  third 
penetrated  a  testament  in  another  pocket  as  far  as  the  verse  "  fight  the 
good  fight  "  (I  think  it  was).  Three  life  preservers  of  varied  grades  in 
social  life — the  army,  church,  and  the  devil.  It  is  one  of  the  most  curious 
instances  I  ever  heard  of. 


ANACREONTIC. 
(IMITATED  FROM  THE  FRENCH.) 

COME  now  !    If  I  drink,  where's  the  crime  ?    Can  you  tell  ? 
Look  round  us  !    All  nature  is  drinking  as  well. 
The  earth  drinks  the  dew,  and  the  sun,  floating  free, 
Stoops  to  drink  of  the  waves  in  the  cup  of  the  sea. 
The  tree,  as  he  plunges  his  roots  in  the  ground, 
Through  numberless  mouths  drinks  the  torrent  profound. 
All  drink ;  but  man  only,  that  scion  divine, 
While  all  others  drink  water,  knows  how  to  drink  wine, 
And,  measureless  tippler,  can  boast,  he  alone, 
Having  once  drank  too  much,  that  he  still  can  drink  on. 

CARL  BENSON. 


CHARADE.— Xo.  VI. 
MY  whole  a  warlike  sire  can  claim, 

My  first,  the  purest  blood; 
My  last — its  pedigree  of  shame 

Dates  far  before  the  Flood. 

My  first  adopts  the  Lion's  crest, 

My  whole  a  Lion  rules, 
My  last,  a  shape — a  shade — at  best, 

No  patrons  finds  but  fools. 

My  first  is  rich  in  gems  and  coin, 

My  whole  in  golden  glory. 
Let  both  their  wealth  together  join, 

My  last  outboasts  their  story. 

My  last  augments  at  every  stride, 
My  whole  each  day  decreases  ; 

My  first,  dispersed  in  wanderings  wide, 
Still  dies,  but  never  ceases. 

My  first  abides  as  far  from  grace 
As  does  my  last  from  light. 

My  whole  scarce  veils  her  radiant  face, 
Through  all  the  summer  night. 


ACROSTIC  ENIGMA. 

Music  abode  in  this  island  fair, 
When  she  came  on  earth  to  dwell, 

And  Cytherea  lingered  there, 
And  the  Muses  know  it  well. 

'Twas  there  I  lived,  'twas  there  my  lyre 
Poured  forth  its  fervent  lay, 

Until  consumed  by  Love's  fire, 
I  flung  my  life  away. 


Let  the  sailor's  wife  pray,  as  she  watches  at  night, 
When  the  winds  and  the  waves  are  high, 

That  the  worm  may  feed  on  my  blossoms  bright, 
That  I  may  wither  and  die. 

SECOND. 
Though  the  olive  be  dead,  I  eat  unctuous  fare, 

And  wherever  my  name  shall  sound ; 
The  grateful  heart  of  widow  and  bear 

Shall  leap  with  a  joyous  bound. 


My  leafy  chaplet  has  faded  and  gone, 
A  blackened  ruin  I  stand ; 

Yet  am  I,  tho'  of  all  my  glory  shorn, 
The  rostrum  of  this  land. 


The  wolf  will  eat  them,  my  poor  little  beasts, 

She  exclaims  in  an  agony  ; 
But  no  !     They  return,  and  her  eye  she  feasts 

On  their  caudal  symmetry. 


She  finished  her  dance,  and  in  suppliance  bent, 

She  sues  the  king  on  her  knee  ; 
How  bitterly  then  did  that  monarch  repent, 

The  hour  he  uttered  me. 


He  heard,  and  a  smile  passed  over  his  face, 

With  liquor  incarnadine. 
He  said  to  the  monster,  "  Thy  master  we'll  chase, 

And  we'll  make  the  island  mine." 


G.  W. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


Ill 


INCIDENTS  AND  ITEMS  OF  TIIE  FAIR. 

BURGOYNE'S  SWORD. — A  lady  called  on  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  "  Arms  and  Trophies,"  before  the  opening  of  the  FAIR,  whose  grand 
father  was  an  aid-dc-camp  to  General  Gates,  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga. 
The  sword  of  Burgoyne  fell  to  his  share  when  the  latter  surren 
dered,  and  has  been  ever  since  a  cherished  heirloom  in  the  family,  who 
have  documentary  proof  that  it  belonged  to  Burgoyne.  A  few  months  ago 
the  venerable  mother  of  the  lady  above  mentioned,  died.  "  She  charged 
me,"  said  the  latter  to  Mr.  Blodgett,  "  to  give  this  sword  either  to  some 
charity  or  to  our  State  Historical  Society.  Were  she  living,  I  believe  she 
would  give  it  to  this  FAIR,  and  I  therefore  here  bestow  it.''  Soon  after  the 
FAIR  opened,  a  gentleman  was  observed  examining  this  sword  with  minute 
attention.  He  remarked  that  he  was  familiar  with  other  relics  of  Burgoyne 
in  England,  and  was  satisfied  of  the  authenticity  of  this.  He  asked  the  late 
Mrs.  Kirkland,  who  happened  to  be  in  attendance,  if  he  could  purchase  it  for 
its  marked  value,  $1,000.  "No,"  she  replied.  "Do  you  mean  to  say, 
madame,  that  if  I  now  and  here  give  you  a  thousand  dollars,  I  cannot  have 
the  sword  ?  "  "  Yes,"  she  replied  ;  "  the  donor  intended  and  hoped  that 
it  would  be  purchased  and  presented  to  the  Historical  Society,  or  some 
national  institution,  and  I  feel  bound  to  respect  her  wishes."  She  had 
recognised  in  her  customer  a  John  Bull,  Who  desired  to  buy  the  trophy  and 
convey  it  out  of  the  country,  and  hence  we  owe  to  her  forethought  the 
preservation  of  this  revolutionary  memorial. 

FITZ-GREENE  HALLECK. — Among  the  visitors  to  the  FAIR,  this  week, 
we  were  glad  to  recognize  that  poetical  evergreen — the  author  of  "  Marco 
Bozzaris  "  and  "  Alnwick  Castle," — his  greeting  as  cordial,  his  wit  aa  keen, 
and  his  talk  as  eloquent  as  of  old.  We  cannot  but  imagine  how  vividly 
the  local  and  social  changes  in  this  city  must  strike  a  man  of  his  vivacity 
of  mind,  who  so  gracefully  and  humorously  delineated  her  traits  and  tri 
umphs  in  the  "  Croakers"  and  "  Fanny" — forty  years  ago  ;  yet  the  genial 
and  favorite  poet  finds  those  who  survive  of  his  old  friends,  as  stanch  and 
warm  as  ever,  while  a  later  generation  yield  the  same 

"  Praise  to  the  bard,  "whose  words  aro  driven, 
Like  flower-seeds,  by  tho  fur  winds  sown, 
Where'er,  beneath  the  sky  of  heaven, 
The  birds  of  fame  have  flown." 

THE  Committee  on  the  Newspaper  express  their  obligation  to  the 
several  young  gentlemen  who  have  assisted  in  the  sale  of  the  paper.  Also, 
to  Mr.  Charles  O'Connor  for  the  services  of  his  newsboys  from  the  Lodging 
House.  Visitors  from  the  country,  by  the  way,  should  visit  the  Newsboys' 
Lodging  House,  128  Fulton  street,  and  judge  for  themselves  of  the  useful 
ness  of  this  institution.  An  instance  of  the  honesty  of  one  of  these 
boys,  in  returning  a  pocketbook  picked  up  in  the  street,  was  recently  re 
corded  in  the  daily  press.  A  similar  incident  occurred  a  few  days  since  in 
the  FAIR.  A  gentleman,  by  mistake,  paid  50  instead  of  10  cents  for  a 
copy  of  the  paper.  The  boy  ran  after  the  purchaser  to  correct  the  error, 
which  so  gratified  the  gentleman  that  he  presented  the  boy  on  the  spot 
with  $5. 

THE  COOPER  PAPERS,  which  have  attracted  attention  from  so  many  ap 
preciative  people,  will  render  the  series  of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR  of  great 
value  to  those  who  intend  binding  and  preserving  the  paper.  The  views 
expressed  on  secession  and  State  rights,  twelve  years  ago,  show  a  wonderful 
degree  of  acute  penetration  and  foresight,  as  proved  by  subsequent  events. 

A  GOOD  SUGGESTION. — Of  all  the  FAIRS  to  succeed  our  own,  none 
should  elicit  more  active  support  and  sympathy  than  that  to  open  at  Balti 
more  on  the  19th  of  April.  The  Unionists  of  that  city  have  peculiar 
claims  upon  our  cooperation  ;  they  have  toiled  and  suffered  bravely  in  the 
national  cause,  amid  singular  deprivations  and  discouragements.  It  is  pro 
posed  that  we  should  hand  over  to  the  Baltimore  FAIR  what  remains  on 
hand  at  the  close  of  our  own,  in  the  way  of  fancy  work,  publications,  orna 
ments,  etc.  The  committee  on  contributions  from  a  distance  are,  Mrs.  II. 
Winter  Davis,  Baltimore ;  Miss  E.  L.  Porter,  of  Niagara,  N.  Y. ;  Mrs.  Os 
mond  Tiffany,  Baltimore ;  Mrs.  Amos  Binncy,  of  Boston ;  Hon.  John  P. 
Kennedy,  Baltimore  ;  Lt,  Col.  Alexander  Bliss,  of  New  York ;  Capt.  D.  P. 
Thurston,  A.  D.  C.,  of  Ohio. 

THE  splendid  collection  of  Minerals  exhibited  at  one  end  of  the  Furni 
ture  room,  up  stairs,  is  worthy  of  the  special  attention  of  all  visitors  at  the 


FAIR,  not  so  much  for  the  number  of  the  specimens  it  contains,  although 
they  amount  to  about  four  thousand,  as  for  their  exquisite  beauty,  and 
their  value,  as  being  rare  and  unique.  Many  of  the  specimens  from  the  lead 
mines  of  Galena  could  not  be  duplicated.  One  rare  stalagmite  alone  is 
valued  at  $500,  and  the  whole  collection  is  valued  at  $5,000. 

This  fine  collection  was  made  by  the  Rev.  John  Reynard,  of  Shullsburg, 
Wis.,  by  whom  it  was  exhibited  at  the  Chicago  Fair.  It  .was  there  drawn 
in  a  raffle  by  Mr.  John  Hancock,  president  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade, 
who  has  presented  it  to  the  New  York  FAIR  for  sale.  We  understand  that 
many  of  the  finest  specimens  have  been  secured  for  the  cabinet  of  the 
School  of  Mines  in  this  city. 

A  FAIR  SPIRIT. — A  lady  from  the  rural  districts  applied  to  the  Art 
Committee  to  know  who  painted  the  picture  of  "  Hester  Prynne  and  Little 
Pearl " — saying,  the  child  was  a  perfect  likeness  of  one  she  lost,  and  she 
was  persuaded  the  artist  had  seen  the  original  in  the  spirit-world. 

A  SUBSCRIBER  writes  as  follows :  "  Some  fun-loving  habilues  of  the 
FAIR  complain  that  your  '  SPIRIT  '  is  too  grave  and  didactic ;  but  people 
of  taste  at  a  distance  praise  its  literary  tone,  and  ascribe  to  it  an  interest 
far  less  casual  than  Fair  papers  usually  exhibit.  Mrs.  Kemble's  Sonnets, 
Cooper's  remarks  on  New  York,  General  Dix's  classical  comments,  Judge 
Daly's  accounts  of  Fairs  of  old,  and  in  general,  Lowell's  Poem,  etc.,  etc., 
have  been  widely  copied  and  commended." 

THE  Harlem  table  exhibits  a  quilt,  made  by  the  children  of  the  Sacred 
Heart.  The  little  patriots  whose  skilful  fingers  wrought  this  beautiful  gift 
are  all  under  six  years  of  age. 

A  VENERABLE  CONTRIBUTOR. — Among  the  curiosities  of  the  Fair  may 
be  mentioned  the  contribution  of  Mrs.  Joseph  Ireland,  of  Bridgeport, 
Conn.,  consisting  of  24  circular  zephyr  worsted  toilet  mats,  in  gores  of  di 
vers  colors,  knit  by  herself  at  the  age  of  nearly  ninety-one  years.  Has  any 
older  lady  contributed  of  her  own  handiwork  ? 

LOOKING  THROUGH  A  BRICK. — At  the  Optician's  Department,  next  door 
to  our  stand  at  the  FAIR,  a  crowd  has  been  in  attendance  for  several  days, 
each  person  in  turn  paying  ten  cents  to  look  through  a  brick,  by  means  of 
the  very  extraordinary  lens  employed  for  the  purpose.  We  have  heard  of 
persons  carrying  bricks  in  their  hats,  but  this  is  a  piece  of  head  work  sur 
passing  all  others. 

JACOB'S  WELL,  on  the  right  side  of  the  principal  entrance,  has  been 
doing  well  in  every  sense  (or  cents)  of  the  word.  The  lemonade  which  is 
brought  up  from  its  invisible  depths  is  a  great  aid  to  the  FAIR.  The  amount 
of  money  collected  from  this  source  alone  is  incredible. 

MANY  hundreds  pass  through  the  wholesale  paint,  drug,  grocery,  and 
soap  departments,  without  the  attention  they  deserve.  Families  can  easily 
supply  themselves  from  these  sources,  with  most  excellent  quality  of  arti 
cles  at  wholesale  prices.  The  paints  and  drugs  are  also  worthy  of  atten 
tion.  Unfortunately  these  departments  are  badly  lighted. 

AT  the  Wax  Flower  table,  under  the  charge  of  Sirs.  Courteney,  is- ex 
hibited  a  beautifully  wrought  silk  quilt,  representing  a  flag.  It  was  made 
by  a  lady  of  seventy  years. 

PART  OF  STAND  No.  6,  erroneously  designated  as  representing  the  "  Bap 
tist  Church,"  is  under  the  charge  of  two  ladies,  through  whose  exertions 
the  table  was  furnished,  and  who  decidedly  object  to  being  considered  as 
aspiring  to  represent  a  large  and  wealthy  denomination.  The  principal 
articles  at  this  stand  are — a  fancy  "  military  "  quilt,  made  and  presented  by 
Mrs.  E.  Cooper,  which  sold  for  $60 ;  and  a  country  cottage,  with  front  yard 
fenced  with  white  paling,  covered  well,  &c. — a  very  pretty  affair.  It  is 
the  work  of  Mrs.  S.  W.  Griffin,  and  is  valued  at  $50.  The  remainder  of 
the  collection  is  made  up  of  small  articles  of  worsted  work,  &c. 

THE  remainder  of  Stand  No.  6  is  devoted  to  the  offerings  of  the 
Ladies'  Sewing  Society,  of  the  German  Lutheran  Church.  A  very  beautiful 
afghan  displayed  here  sold  for  $100.  They  have  also  some  handsome  sofa- 
cushions,  at  $30,  an  elegant  toilet  set,  placed  at  the  very  moderate  price  of 
$25,  an  embroidered  rug,  $40,  and  a  large  and  nicely  finished  "  baby 
house,"  at  $30.  One  very  rare  and  curious  article  is  a  shawl  made  entirely 
of  the  fibres  of  the  century  plant.  A  large  number  of  pretty  things  were 
sent  from  "  fader  land,"  but  very  naturally  they  disappeared  "  like  hot 
cakes." 

NORWALK,  Conn.,  is  handsomely  represented  by  the  table  under  the 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  In  the  year  1864,  by  AUGUSTUS  E.  MAODONOUGH,  in  tho  Clerk's  Office  of  tho  District  Court  of  tho  U.  S.,  fur  the  Southern  Dist.  of  N.  Y. 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


charge  of  Miss  E.  II.  Hoyt.  The  most  attractive  objects  at  this  table  are  a 
very  ornamental  bracket,  held  at  $30,  a  much  admired  bouquet  of  wax 
flowers  at  the  same  price,  a  phantom  bouquet  valued  at  $35,  and  a  very 
pretty  rustic  cottage,  formed  of  lichen,  besides  many  miscellaneous  articles 
of  less  value  but  not  less  beauty.  An  afghan,  which  candid  judgment 
admitted  to  be  the  most  elegant  and  tasteful  which  the  FAIR  has  produced, 
was  sold  for  $100.  The  receipts  thus  far  amount  to  about  $800. 

AMONG  the  curiosities  on  the  3d  floor  may  be  seen  a  miniature  repre 
sentation  of  a  Copper  mine  at  the  head  of  Lake  Superior,  with  all  the  ma 
chinery  for  working  it. 

THERE  are  several  very  fine  life-boats,  of  different  patterns,  in  the  com 
partment  just  in  the  rear  of  the  Picture  Gallery.  The  Union,  valued  at 
$150,  and  the  one  built  by  Mr.  Ingersoll,  valued  at  $500,  are  well  worthy 
of  attention.  The  apartment  also  contains  several  models  of  steamboats, 
valued  respectively  at  $200,  $250,  and  $500,  and  a  small  toy  schooner' 
complete  in  all  its  details,  for  which  the  extremely  low  price  of  $25  is  asked. 

TRIBUTE  TO  THE  FAIR. — The  quiet  binding  of  this  volume  of  poetry 
is  calculated  to  divert  attention  from  its  intrinsic  merits.  The  poems  are 
many  of  them  addressed  to  some  of  the  most  beautiful  and  attractive  ladies 
in  New  York  society.  Visitors  who  feel  any  admiration  for  female  loveli 
ness  should  not  fail  to  possess  themselves  of  copies.  The  edition  is  pre 
sented  to  the  FAIR  by  its  gifted  author. 

"  OLD  NEW  YORK." — Miller  &  Mathews,  the  popular  booksellers,  comer 
of  8th  street  and  Broadway,  have  sent  to  the  FAIR  copies  of  "  Old  New 
York,"  by  the  late  Dr.  Francis,  bound  in  vellum,  antique  style. 

A  SHEAF  OP  VERSE,  bound  for  the  FAIR,  is  the  graceful  and  appropri 
ate  title  of  a  beautiful  little  volume  of  poems,  by  Mr.  Henry  T.  Tuckerman, 
which  is  for  sale  at  the  Stationery  Department  and  at  the  Irving  Pavilion. 
The  poems,  fifteen  in  number,  are  characterized  by  beauty  of  diction  and 
grace  of  fancy;  and  Mr.  C.  A.  Alvord,  15  Vandewater  street,  has  got 
them  up  in  a  style  of  elegance  which  leaves  nothing  to  be  desired.  Mr. 
Alvord  contributes  this  volume  to  the  FAIR,  in  the  hope  that  its  sale  may 
add  something  to  the  great  charity  fund  of  the  Sanitary  Commission. 

We  give  a  single  specimen  only — an  extract  from  the  poem  entitled  Italy . 
Another  champion  now 
Lifts  his  unsullied  brow, 
Whose  wisdom  chastens  the  intrepid  eyes ; 
And  with  fraternal  mien, 
And  confidence  serene, 
And  dauntless  valor,  tyranny  defies  ! 

His  firm  Ligurian  mould, 

Warm,  trustful,  frank,  and  bold, 
With  years  of  peace  and  peril  on  the  deep ; 

Nerved  arm  and  chartered  brain, 

Battle  and  faith  to  gain, 
And  from  their  thrones  the  recreant  princes  sweep. 

And  when  his  prowess  found 

At  home  no  vantage  ground, 
He  sought  afar  the  struggling  free  to  aid ; 

And  trained  his  legions  there, 

To  wait,  achieve,  and  bear, 
Until  the  signal  came  for  Italy's  crusade. 

Then  like  a  star  he  rose, 

Portentous  to  her  foes, 
Whose  rallying  beams  electric  courage  spread ; 

And  when  Novara's  day 

Had  ended  in  dismay, 
In  triumph  unto  Rome  the  patriots  led. 

Oft  from  her  ancient  gate, 

Oblivious  of  fate, 
His  eager  cohorts,  when  the  bugles  call, 

Rush  on  the  cannon  flame, 

And  victory  proclaim, 
As,  Bt  their  bayonets'  gleam,  the  gunners  fall  ! 


When  triple  hosts  surround 

That  liberated  ground, 
And  Freedom's  hopes  in  wanton  treachery  fade : 

With  what  heroic  pride, 

His  loved  one  at  his  side, 
Rides  forth  the  Chief,  unconquered  though  betrayed  ! 

Hunted,  proscribed,  bereft, 

With  naught  but  Honor  left, 
A  wanderer — noble  in  his  lowly  toil ; 

He  watched  with  passive  might, 

Prompt  to  i-enew  the  fight, 
And  lead  the  van  upon  his  native  soil. 

NOTE  TO  OUR  CONTRIBUTORS. — We  are  obliged  every  day  to  lay  aside 
numberless  poems,  many  of  which  possess .  great  merit,  for  the  simple 
reason  that  it  is  necessary  to  maintain  in  our  paper  a  just  balance  of  power 
between  the  rival  kingdoms  of  Verse  and  Prose.  Our  kind  friends  who 
have  bestowed  their  poetical  favors  so  richly  upon  us,  must  not  be  surpris 
ed  if  many  of  their  productions  do  not  appear.  If  we  were  to  publish  all 
the  beautiful  poems  which  have  been  sent  to  us,  our  paper  would  have 
room  for  nothing  else.  Thankful  to  our  friends  for  their  kind  remembrance, 
we  would  beg  to  remind  them  that  a  newspaper  cannot  live  by  poetry 
alone,  and  that  if  they  wish  to  aid  the  cause  to  which  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE 
FAIR  is  dedicated,  they  cannot  do  better  than  to  send  us  prose  articles  as 
fine,  as  spicy,  and  as  short  as  the  poems  which  now  lie  unused  but  not 
unvalued  on  our  table. 

CONTRIBUTION  RECEIVED  AT  MRS.  POST'S  TABLE. — One  table  cloth,  two 
worsted  work  tables,  sent  by  Mrs.  Edwin  A.  Post;  one  worsted  work  rug, 
a  worsted  worked  scrap  basket,  sent  by  Miss  Gibbes ;  one  worsted  work 
chain,  from  Mrs.  II.  Braem  ;  one  camp  stool,  worsted  work  also,  from  Mrs. 
Jotham  Post ;  two  shawls,  from  Mrs.  J.  W.  Otis ;  ten  hoods,  Mrs.  J.  B. 
Post ;  mouchoir  box,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Post ;  and  several  small  articles. 


METROPOLITAN  FAIR  FOR  THE  U.  S.   SANITARY  COMMISSION. 

AUCTION  NOTICE. 

HEADS  of  departments  wishing  to  make  sales  by  auction,  will  please 
hand  in  their  invoices  two  days  before  sale,  to  either  of  the  following  auc 
tioneers,  or  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Committee.  Each  department  will 
arrange  with  the  gentlemen  whom  they  may  elect  to  make  their  sales,  in  re 
gard  to  the  reception  and  delivery  of  their  goods. 

All  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  will  be  received  and  accounted  for 
by  those  employed,  who  will  furnish  their  own  clerks  and  attend  to  their 
own  advertising. 

The  following  are  the  names  and  places  of  business  of  the  gentlemen 
tendering  their  services,  in  the  order  they  were  received  : 

DANIEL  A.  MATHEWS,  66  Nassau  street. 

EDWARD  SCIIENCK,  60  Liberty  street. 

GEORGE  WELLES  NICHOLS,  113  Pearl  street. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  37  Nassau  street. 

DANIEL  H.  BURDETT,  109  Wall  street. 

HENRY  MOLTON,  235  Broadway. 

J.  II.  DRAPER,  36  Pine  street. 

EDWARD  SINTZENICII,  1 55  Broadway. 

J.  E.  HALSEY,  10  Barclay  street. 

WALTER  M.  LLOYD,  15  Nassau  street. 

E.  T.  WILLS,  47  Murray  street. 

JOHN  H.  AUSTEN,  340  Broadway. 

THOMAS  J.  MILLER,  74  Broadway. 

ALFRED  L.  CURTIS,  23  Murray  street. 

All  goods  sold  by  this  Commission  are  free  from' United  States  duties, 
as  well  as  the  District  License. 

E.  H.  LUDLOTV,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Auctioneers. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  Secretary. 

HEADS  of  departments  and  subordinate  departments,  requiring  the 
services  of  an  auctioneer,  will  please  send  notice  in  writing  to  the  Executive 
Committee  Room  two  days  before  sale. 

E.  II.  LUDI.OW,  Chairman  Auction  Committee. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


113 


THE    "UNFAIR." 

(A   TRUE    STORY.) 

THE  UNFAIR  !  my  fair  readers  exclaim.  What  taste !  to  write  of  any 
thing  but  the  FAIR  in  a  FAIR  paper  ;  but  we  have  no  pretensions  to  being  a 
man  of  taste,  and  moreover  are  a  modest  man,  and  therefore  fearful  to 
enter  upon  a  consideration  of  what  will  be  observed  by  everybody ;— no 
doubt  the  FAIR  will  be  all  fair,  for  the  fairest  of  the  fair  have  watched 'over, 
worked  for  and  directed  its  progress,  and  we  may  safely  conclude  that  il 
will  receive  its  fair  share  of  attention ;— excuse  us,  then,  if  we  adhere  to 
our  first  choice,  and  say  a  few  words  concerning  the  Unfair,  which  is  more 
likely  to  be  neglected,  for  it  may  safely  be  laid  down  as  a  general  principle, 
that  there  is  never  one  extreme  without  its  opposite,  and  moreover,  that 
the  one  is  likely  to  be  neglected  in  proportion  as  the  other  receives  an  un 
due  share  of  attention.  Most  people,  and  no  doubt  they  are  wise,  seize 
upon  the  popular  extreme  just  because  it  is  popular,  and  with  it  secure 
popularity  to  themselves ;  but  by  some  twist  of  our  nature,  we  are  very 
apt  to  get  attached  to  the  unpopular  extreme,  apparently  for  no  other 
reason  than  because  it  is  neglected.  So  in  these  FAIR  times  we  have  been 
led  to  think  of  the  unfair,  of  which,  no  doubt,  all  are  prepared  to  admit, 
there  is  no  end  in  this  life ;  of  course  we  wish  to  be  understood  not  to 
refer  to  the  comparative  fairness  or  unfairness  of  our  fair  readers ;  at 
present  we  have  to  do  only  with  the  unjust,  the  unequal  in  life  ;— a  wide 
enough  field  to  work  in,  the  only  difficulty  being  to  direct  attention  to  that 
which  will  most  interest  those  connected  with  the  great  charitable  enter 
prise  of  the  hour. 

There  are  many  things  which  bear  the  resemblance  of  being  unfair  that 
in  reality  are  not  so ;  and  vice  versa  ;  e.  y.,  it  is  not  unfair  that  there  are 
rich  and  poor,  high  and  low  ;  but  that  none  are  rich  who  should  not  be, 
and  none  poor  who  deserve  to  be  rich,  we  are  no  more  prepared  to  admit' 
than  the  soundness  of  theology  in  "  Whatever  is,  is  right."  It  is  very  right 
that  some  men  have  their  noses  kept  to  the  grindstone  all  their  lives,  but 
it  is  very  wrong  that  many  are  kept  there  by  those  who  are  much  more 
deserving  of  their  place.  Fortune  is  proverbially  a  fickle  jade :— "  Forluna 
humana  fingit  rnutatque  ut  lubeC'1— and  favors  the  fool  as  well  as  the  bold. 
It  is  unfair,  therefore,  lightly  to  regard  the  misfortunes  of  our  fellows,  for 
to-morrow  we  may  more  righteously  be  the  sufferers ;  and  this  brings  us 
to  the  most  unfair  thing  which  at  present  suggests  itself  to  our  minds,  viz. : 
that  purse-proud  indifference  which  a  certain,  and  not  very  small,  class  of 
wealthy  persons  very  often  exhibit  toward  indigent  and  suffering  humanity 
in  the  numberless  forms  in  which  it  is  constantly  presented  hi  large  cities. 

The  readers  of  this  article  may  say  it  is  all  very  well  to  make  general 
statements  of  this  kind ;  but  for  our  part  we  cannot  see  that  rich  people 
are  any  more  hard-hearted  than  the  poor ;  jealousy  and  envy  for  the  most 
part  prompt  such  allegations.  How  many  cases  of  disinterested  liberality 
do  we  constantly  witness  amongst  persons  of  wealth ;  but  such  things  are 
looked  upon  simply  as  matters  of  course,  and  no  credit  is  given  to  the  mo 
tives  which  actuated  the  individual.  Disinterested  liberality !— well,  we  do 
not  deny  its  existence  ;  but  at  the  same  time  exclaim,  "  Alas  for  the  rarity 
of  Christian  charity ! " 

By  some  stern  decree  of  fate  we  are  a  physician,  and  by  virtue  thereof 
see  much  of  luxury  and  suffering  and  their  mutual  relations ;  it  is  painful, 
often  heartrending,  to  stand  beside  suffering  humanity,  as  we  are  frequently 
called  upon  to  do,  longing  for  the  unfurnished  means  to  afford  relief;  but 
the  sting  comes  not  until  we  step  outside  the  partition  wall  and  find  our 
selves  standing  face  to  face  with  the  luxurious  extravagance  which  heeds 
not  the  misery  you  would  fain  alleviate.  It  is  Dives  and  Lazarus  over 
again.  Alas,  that  so  many  should  go  on  blindly  to  the  Ultima  Thvle  of  the 
parable  ! 

There  may  be  those  who  will  take  the  pains  to  glance  over  these  lines, 
who  may  well  say:  verily  I  am  guilty  !  but  it  is  probable  that  there  will  be 
more  of  another  class,  good-natured,  large-hearted,  but  blindly  incredulous, 
who  sa,y :  too  bad !  too  bad !  if  such  things  are  so  ;  but  really  we  don't  see 
it,— we  don't  know  of  any  instances  which  warrant  such  severe  statements. 
To  such  we  are  induced  to  relate  a  case  which  was  brought  under  our  per. 
sonal  knowK-dfie  during  the  early  part  of  the  winter,  in  this  goodly  and 
charitable  (lot ham.  Let  us,  then,  join  company,  my  friend  of  the  New 
foundland  dog  species;  for  I  take  you  to  be  one  of  those  noble-hearted, 


largely-forgiving,  charitably-inclined  persons,  for  whom  I  entertain  much 
respect.     Do  you  see  just  opposite  that  large  and  popular  store,  there  is  a 
lady  (so  far  as  silks  and  furs  can  make  her)  stepping  into  her  comfortable 
carriage  ;  it  rolls  away,  and  now  let  us  observe  another— lady ;— you  see  I 
hesitate  regarding  the  appellation,— certainly  there  are  none  of  the  elements 
to  justify  it  which  the  other  has  in  abundance  ;  but  I  happen  to  know  that, 
notwithstanding  her  forlorn  and  shivering  appearance,  Nature  has  stamped 
upon  her  inner  life  what  gives  her  a  higher  claim  to  the  title  than  her  pre 
decessor.     She  has  reached  the  spot  from  which   the  carriage  has  just 
moved,  and  is  attracted  by  something  lying  in  the  gutter.     It  is  the  ( ?) 
lady's  reticule.     Her  perturbation  is  evident.     Let  us,  unseen,  peep  over 
her  shoulder  while  she  opens  it.     What !  five  hundred  dollars  in  bank  bills, 
a  gold  watch,  and  diamond  rings  !     Be  quiet,  disturb  her  not ;  but  let  us 
observe.     How  she  trembles  !     We  can  each  for  ourselves  decide  upon  the 
nature  of  her  thoughts,  and  whilst  she  stands,  I  will  hurriedly  relate  what 
I  know  about  her.     "  Doctors,"  you  know,  as  the  good  old  Scotch  lady 
said,  "  are  neither  men  nor  women,"  and  not  only  like  cats,  can  go  any 
where,  but  are  also  privileged  to  know  everything.     She  has  seen  "  better 
times  ;"  in  the  little  garret  she  occupies  is  lying  a  sick  husband,  for  whose 
support  and  relief  she  has  labored  a  long  tune, — there  also  is  a  son  just 
returned  from  the  wars,  wounded  and  disabled,  and  three  little  ones,  to  still 
whose  hungry  cries  she  is  this  morning  out  in  quest  of  bread,  for  she  has 
Ipft  them  without  a  crust,  and  has  not  wherewith  to  buy.     Others  who  read 
this  besides  you  and  me,  my  friend,  are  privileged  to  imagine  what  desires 
and  inclinations  might  trouble  them  in  like  circumstances.     Hear  what  she 
says :  "  Let  me  hasten  to  make  this  known,  else,  God  help  me,  being  poor, 
I  may  steal."     She  enters  the  store,  fearing  to  dally  with  the  tempter. 
"  Sir,  can  you  tell  me  the  name  of  the  lady  who  has  just  driven  from  the 
door?"     "  Yes,  my  woman ;  for  what  reason  ?"     "  Oh  !    sir,  I  found  this 
which  she  dropped  on  entering  her  carriage."     "  Well,  my  good  woman,  it 
is  very  right  of  you  to  inquire ;  take  it  to  her  residence,  and  I  make  sure 
she  will  reward  you  well  for  your  honesty."     The  poor  woman  has  turned 
away,  evidently  relieved  at  having  taken  this  first  step  in  the  right  direc 
tion  ;  let  us  follow  her  to  the  "  brown-stone  front."     She  rings,  and  timidly 
standing  on  the  step  inquires  of  the  servant  if  this  belongs  to  her  mistress. 
With  a  hasty  "  yes,  where  did  you  get  it  ?  "  it  is  taken  from  her  hand,  and 
the  door  is  shut  in  her  face.     She  wends  her  weary  way  home,  and  making 
the  case  known  to  a  charitable  friend,  inquiry  is  made  to  find  if  the  owner 
has  been  put  in  possession  of  her  property.     A  perfumed,  rose-tinted  note 
is  sent  in  reply,  thanking  the  "-good  woman  "  for  her  honesty,  and  recom 
mending  her  always  to  adhere  to  the  principle,  as  it  brings  its  own  reward  ! 
A  kind  lady  to  whom  the  circumstances  were  made  known,  begged  to  re 
mind  her  that  the  abstract  principle  she  had  so  prettily  laid  down  to  the 
poor  woman  would  scarcely  relieve  her  from  the  responsibility  she  was 
under  to  practically  demonstrate  the  truth  of  the  principle ;  but  to  this 
day,  my  friend,  she  has  failed  to  get  beyoncK-the  theory.     Heaven  have 
mercy  upon  her !  you  say ;  and  I  agree  with  you,  if  she  leave  such  bills  to 
accumulate  too  long.     Her  bankruptcy  will  be  appalling  !  and,  alas  !  she  is 
not  alone.     "  Unfair  ! "  our  fair  readers  exclaim.     "  It  is  a  libel  upon  the 
fair."     So  we  are  glad  to  be  able  to  add  that  although  we  have  adhered 
simply  to  actual  facts  in  our  narration,  our  experience  goes  to  prove  that 
7j«  fair  are  those  who  most  minister  to  the  wants  of  suffering  humanity. 
[tis  sweet  woman's  sympathy  that  soothes  the  greater  part  of  the  sorrows' 
ncidcnt  to  our  fallen  race.     We  had  intended  to  speak  of  many  more  un- 
"air  things,  but  must  leave  them  for  another  article. 


FROM  THE  SPANISH  OF  CALDERON. 

THOSE  flowers  that  wore  a  flush  of  joy  and  pride, 
With  the  awak'ning  morn  their  buds  enclosing, 
In  the  chill  night's  encircling  arms  reposing, 
Shall  breathe  of  hopeless  grief  at  eventide. 
That  arch  of  streaming  purple,  snow,  and  gold, 
With  floating  change  of  hues  the  sky  adorning,' 
Is  for  our  mortal  life  a  sign  and  warning, 
To  brief  its  span,  and  hopes  and  deeds  so  bold. 
Moist  with  the  dewy  dawn,  the  bursting  roses 
Glow  till  their  fragrant  life  in  fading  closes; 
Their  tomb,  their  cradle,  in  one  bud  enfold. 
Such  destiny  man  finds  himself  repeating ; 
One  day  beholds  life's  coining  and  its  fleeting, 
While  but  as  hours  seems  ages  that  have  rolled 


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SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIE. 


NEW    YORK,    FRIDAY,    APRIL    15,    1864. 


NEW   YOEK. 

BY   JAMES   FENIMORE   COOPER. 
( Conclusion.) 

IT  has  long  been  a  subject  of  investigation  among  moralists, 
whether  the  existence  of  towns  like  those  of  London,  Paris,  New 
York,  &c.,  is  or  is  not  favorable  to  the  development  of  the  better 
qualities  of  the  human  character.  As  for  ourselves,  we  do  not 
believe  any  more  in  the  superior  innocence  and  virtue  of  a  rural 
population  than  in  that  of  the  largest  capitals,  perfectly  conscious 
of  the  appalling  accumulation  of  vice,  and  sin,  and  crime  that  is  to 
bo  found  in  such  places  as  London  and  Paris,  and  even  in  New 
York.  We  cannot  shut  our  eyes  to  the  numberless  evils  of  the 
same  general  character  of  disobedience  to  the  law  of  God,  that  are 
to  be  found  even  in  the  forest  and  the  most  secluded  dales  of  the 
country.  If  there  be  incentives  to  wrong-doing  in  the  crowded 
population  of  a  capital  town,  there  are  many  incentives  to  refine 
ment,  public  virtue,  and  even  piety,  that  are  not  to  be  met  with 
elsewhere.  In  this  respect,  we  apprehend  that  good  and  evil  are 
more  nearly  balanced  among  us  than  is  commonly  supposed  ;  and 
wo  doubt  if  it  were  possible  to  render  the  laws  a  dead  letter  in 
the  streets  of  New  York,  as  has  been  done  around  the  bell  of  the 
Capitol  at  Albany,  and  strictly  among  its  rural  population,  directly 
beneath  the  eyes  of  the  highest  authority  of  the  State.  The  dan 
ger  to  valuable  and  movable  property  would  be  too  imminent,  and 
those  who  felt  an  interest  in  its  preservation  would  not  fail  to 
rally  in  its  defence.  It  is  precisely  on  this  principle  that  in  the 
end  property  will  protect  itself  as  against  the  popular  inroads 
which  arc  inevitable,  should  the  present  tendencies  receive  no 
check.  Calm,  disinterested,  and  judicious  legislation  is  a  thing 
not  to  be  hoped  for.  It  never  occurs  in  any  state  of  society  except 
under  tbo  pressure  of  great  events ;  and  this  for  the  very  simple 
reason  that  men,  acting  in  factions,  are  never  calm,  judicious,  or 
disinterested. 

Nevertheless,  the  community  will  live  on,  suffer,  and  be  de 
luded  :  it  may  even  fancv  itself  almost  within  reach  of  perfection, 
but  it  will  live  on  to  be  disappointed.  There  is  no  such  thing  on 
earth,— and  the  only  real  question  for  the  American  statesman  is, 
to  measure  the  results  of  different  defective  systems  for  the  gov 
ernment  of  the  human  race.  We  are  far  from  saying  that  our 
own,  with  all  its  flagrant  and  obvious  defects,  will  be  the  worst, 
more  especially  when  considered  solely  in  connection  with  whole 
numbers  ;  though  we  cannot  deny,  nor  do  we  wish  to  conceal,  the 
bitterness  of  the  wrongs  that  are  so  frequently  inflicted  by  the 
many  on  the  few.  This  is,  perhaps,  the  worst  species  of  tyranny. 
Ho  who  suffers  under  the  arbitrary  power  of  a  single  despot,  or  by 
the  selfish  exactions  of  a  privileged  few,  is  certain  to  be  sustained 
by  the  sympathies  of  the  masses.  But  he  who  is  crushed  by  the 
masses  themselves,  must  look  beyond  the  limits  of  his  earthly 
being  for  consolation  and  support.  The  wrongs  committed  by 
democracies  are  of  the  most  cruel  character ;  and  though  wanting 
in  that  apparent  violence  and  sternness  that  marks  the  course  of 
law  in  the  hands  of  narrower  governments,  for  it  has  no  need  of 
this  severity,  they  carry  with  them  in  their  course  all  the  feelings 
that  render  injustice  and  oppression  intolerable. 

We  think  that  the  towns  of  America,  generally,  will  suffer  less 
from  these  popular  abuses  than  the  rural  districts.  As  has  been 


already  said,  associated  wealth  will  take  care  of  itself.  It  may 
make,  and  probably  will  make,  in  the  earlier  stages  of  these  polit 
ical  changes,  some  capital  mistakes ;  and  there  cannot  be  a  ques 
tion  that  in  the  rapacity  of  private  efforts  to  accumulate,  some  of 
the  most  obvious  and  natural  expedients  of  protection  will  be  over 
looked,  until  the  neglect  compels  recourse  possibly  even  to  the  use 
of  the  strong  hand.  Still  property  will  eventually  protect  itself. 
For,  in  an  age  like  this,  when  even  the  bayonet  must  be  carried 
ordinarily  in  its  sheath,  and  when  men  get  to  he  accustomed  from 
infancy  to  the  inbred  recognition  of  many  of  the  most  important 
principles  of  government,  society  starts,  as  it  might  be,  far  in 
advance  of  the  point  which  it  reached  in  the  ages  of  pure  military 
and  arbitrary  sway.  The  celebrated  saying  of  Napoleon, 
"L'Europe  sera,  dans  cinquante  ans,  ou  republicaine  ou  cos- 
saque,"  has  a  profound  signification ;  yet  it  must  be  greatly 
qualified  to  be  received  with  safety.  The  "  eossaque "  of  the 
close  of  the  nineteenth  century  will  be  a  very  different  thing  from 
the  "  eossaque  "  of  the  days  of  Paul.  It  now  means  little  more 
than  conservatism,  and  this,  too,  a  conservatism  that  is  not  abso 
lutely  without  that  principle  of  concession  to  the  spirits  and  wants 
of  the  passing  moment.  These  quarrels  and  bitter  conflicts  of 
which  we  hear  so  much  in  the  Old  World,  like  some  of  our  own, 
have  their  rise  in  abstractions  quite  as  much  as  in  actual  oppres 
sion  ;  and  the  alternative  offered  by  change  half  the  time  amounts 
to  but  little  more  than  the  substitution  of  King  Stork  for  King 
Log.  It  may  not  be  agreeable  to  the  pride,  recollections,  and 
national  traditions  of  the  Hungarian,  or  the  Italian,  to  submit  to 
the  sway  of  a  German ;  but  it  may  well  be  questioned  if  the  sub 
stitutes  they  would  offer  for  the  present  form  of  government  would 
greatly  tend  to  the  amelioration  of  the  respective  people. 

What  is  true  in  the  Old  World  will,  in  the  end,  be  found  to  be 
true  here.  To  us,  it  would  seem  that  the  portion  of  the  people 
of  this  country,  whom  we  should  term  the  disinterested,  or  those 
who  have  no  direct  connection  with  slavery,  on  the  one  hand, 
or  with  fanaticism,  and  its  handmaid  demagogism,  on  the  other, 
should  turn  their  attention  solely  to  the  achievement  of  a  single 
object.  They  have  the  strength  to  do  it,  if  they  only  had  the  will. 
By  compelling  the  disturbers  of  the  public  peace  to  submit  to  the 
control  of  the  government,  and  to  cease  their  meddling  and  wan 
ton  invasion  of  the  security  and  property  of  their  brothers  and 
neighbors,  the  question  of  slavery  would  soon  take  care  of  itself. 
A  single  generation  would,  probably,  see  it  confined  in  a  great 
measure  to  the  extreme  Southern  and  Southwestern  States ;  for, 
under  the  present  emigration  from  Europe,  it  cannot  bo  long 
before  the  upper  counties  of  even  the  Carolinas  and  Georgia  will 
make  the  discovery  that  the  introduction  of  a  single  white  man 
will  be  really  of  more  importance  to  them  than  that  of  a  dozen 
negroes.  Could  Virginia  be  made  to  see  her  true  interests  in  this 
behalf,  the  glory  of  the  Old  Dominion  would  speedily  revive,  and 
her  fine  population  of  gentlemen  would  shortly  take  its  place  again 
where  it  so  properly  belongs,  in  the  foremost  ranks  of  the  nation. 
We  require  an  exchange  with  that  quarter  of  the  country,  for  wo 
could  give  that  which  she  greatly  needs,  and  receive  in  exchange 
that  which  would  probably  not  a  little  benefit  ourselves.  Puritan 
ism,  most  especially  when  it  breaks  out  of  bounds  by  the  process 
of  emigration,  does  not  always  produce  the  most  acceptable  fruits ; 
while,  on  the  other  hand,  the  descendants  of  the  Cavaliers  might 
obtain  homely  lessons,  of  great  practical  benefit,  from  the  utili 
tarian  spirit  of  the  whole  North. 


A  NEW  VERSION. — "  HE  cannot  gain  wisdom  that  glorieth  in  the  road, 
and  that  driveth  horses." — ECCLESIAST. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


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THE  ROSE  OF  DEATH. 

A  BALLAD  OF  THE  WAR. BY  C.  P.  CEANCH. 

"  THE  Poets  sing  of  a  Rose, 
In  the  Southern  fields  it  grows, 
But  my  love,  ray  love,  she  little  knows 

The  flower  that  I  may  bring. 
In  the  heart  of  the  perilous  storm, 
By  the  roads  where  our  foemen  swarm, 
In  the  fields  of  death  it  blossoms  warm  ; 

But  on  I  march  and  sing: 
0,  the  red,  red  rose — 
She  little  knows 
The  flower  that  I  may  bring  ! 

"  For  I  am  Northern  born : 
She — only  yester-morn 
I  saw  on  her  lips  her  Southern  scorn. 
Coldly  she  saw  me  fling 
My  student's  cap  away : 
Coldly  she  heard  me  say, 
In  the  Union  ranks  I  march  to-day  ! 

And  here  I  march,  and  sing  : 
0,  the  red,  red  rose — 
She  little  knows 
The  flower  that  I  may  bring  ! 

"  Ah,  it  were  sweet  to  know, 
When  face  to  face  with  the  foe, 
That  a  loving  heart  did  with  me  go, 

Like  the  kiss  of  a  talisman  ring, 
Praying  that  death  might  spare 
The  life  of  her  lover  there, 
In  the  cannon's  smoke  and  the  trumpet's  blare. 

No  matter.     I  march  and  sing  : 
0,  the  red,  red  rose — 
She  little  knows 
The  flower  that  I  may  bring  ! 

"  Her  love — have  I  lost  it  all, 
Because  at  my  country's  call 
I  said  :  "  It  were  better  in  battle  to  fall 

Than  see  this  Treason  cling  ! 
Her  friends  are  my  foemen  now, 
Traitor  is  writ  on  each  brow ; 
0,  comrades,  I  have  made  a  vow, 

And  I  breathe  it  as  I  sing  : 
0,  the  red,  red  rose — 
She  little  knows 
The  flower  that  I  may  bring  !  " 

Deep  in  the  battle  there, 

His  breast  to  the  guns  is  bare, 

Where  flame  and  smoke  befoul  the  air, 

Swords  clash  and  rifles  ring. 
"  She  loves,"  he  cried,  "  but  the  brave 
Who  fight  for  the  chains  of  the  slave ; 
What  then  ?   I  can  fill  a  patriot's  grave, 

While  she  may  jest  and  sing: 
'  0,  the  red,  red  rose — 
He  thinks  that  he  knows 
The  flower  he  homo  will  bring  !  ' " 

All  terror  the  soldier  scorns. 
Mid  the  cannon  and  clanging  horns, 
From  the  bristling  fields  of  the  bayonet  thorns, 
A  rose  on  his  breast  he  will  bring. 


What  is  it  ?    A  death-shot  red 
To  his  fearless  heart  has  sped — 
With  his  face  to  the  fire  he  reels — he  is  dead  ! 
And  the  soldiers  who  bear  him  sing  : 

"  0,  the  blood-red  rose ! 

She  little  knows 

The  flower  that  home  we  bring !  " 

Ah,  sad  were  the  streets  the  morn 
When  that  brave  form  was  borne, 
Wrapped  in  the  Union  banner  torn, 

Like  a  wounded  eagle's  wing. 
At  her  window  the  maiden  stood, 
Changed  from  her  angry  mood, 
And  she  saw  on  her  lover's  breast  the  blood : 
And  the  death-march  seemed  to  sing  : 

"  0,  the  blood-red  rose, 

From  our  country's  foes, 

Is  the  only  flower  we  bring  !  " 

She  rushed  to  the  bier  with  a  cry. 

"  0,  God  !  "  she  said,  "  it  was  I 

Who  sent  him,  without  one  kiss,  to  die," 

In  the  flush  of  his  morning  of  spring. 
Too  late — this  pang  at  my  breast ! 
Ah,  let  me  at  least  go  rest 

In  the  grave  where  you  bear  the  dearest,  the  best ! 
And  the  pitying  winds  shall  sing : 

Here  Love's  red  rose 

Met  Death's — at  the  close 

Of  their  lives,  in  eternal  spring ! 


ENGLISH  ABUSE  OF  AMEK1CA. 

[From  "America  and  her  Commentators,"  by  II.  T.  TUCKERMAN.    In  the  press  of 
Charles  Scribncr  &.  Co.] 

THE  tone  of  their  records  of  a  sojourn  or  an  exploration  in 
America  is  graduated,  almost  invariably,  as  to  the  sympathy  or 
the  depreciation,  by  the  relation  of  the  two  countries  to  each 
other  at  different  times.  For  a  long  period  after  the  early  coloni 
zation,  so  remote  and  unprofitable  was  the  New  AVorld,  that  in 
difference  marks  the  allusions  to,  and  superficiality  or  contempt 
the  accounts  of,  those  thinly-settled  and  unprosperous  communi 
ties.  As  they  grew  in  population  and  resources,  and  glimpses 
were  obtained  of  a  possible  future  alike  promising  to  the  devotees 
of  gain,  of  ambition,  and  of  political  reform  and  religious  indepen 
dence,  English  writers  dwell  with  complacency  upon  the  natural 
beauties  and  fertility  of  the  land,  upon  the  prospect  here  opened  for 
enterprise;  and  as  a  colonial  tributary  to  their  power  and  wealth, 
America,  or  that  part  of  it  colonized  by  the  British,  is  described 
with  pride  and  pleasure  ;  even  its  social  traits  occasionally  lauded, 
and  the  details  of  observation  and  experience  given  with  elaborate 
relish.  Especially  do  wo  find  political  malcontents  at  home,  and 
social  aspirants  or  benign  and  intelligent  visitors,  dwelling  upon 
the  novel  features  and  free  scope  of  the  country  with  satisfaction. 
Immediately  subsequent  to  the  Revolution,  a  different  spirit  is 
manifest.  When  the  choicest  jewel  of  her  crown  had  been  wrest 
ed  from  the  grasp  of  Great  Britain,  numerous  flaws  therein  became 
at  once  evident  to  the  critical  eyes  of  English  travellers;  and, 
though  occasionally  a  refreshing  contrast  is  afforded  by  the  candid 
and  cordial  estimate  of  a  liberal  writer,  the  disingenuous  and  dep 
recatory  temper  prevails.  It  is  impossible  not  to  perceive  that  the 
rapid  growth  and  unique  prosperity  of  a  country  governed  by  pop 
ular  institutions,  without  an  established  church,  a  royal  family,  nn 
order  of  nobility,  and  all  the  expensive  arrangements  incident  to 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


monarchical  sway,  however  free  and  constitutional,  has  been  and 
is  a  cause  of  uneasiness  and  hatred  to  a  nation  of  kindred  language 
and  character.  "  Freedom,"  wrote  Heine,  "  has  sprung  in  England 
from  privileges — from  historical  events.  All  England  is  congealed 
in  mediaeval,  never-to-bo-rejuvenated  institutions,  behind  which 
her  aristocracy  is  intrenched,  awaiting  the  death  struggle."  Hence 
the  example  of  America  has  been  to  a  large  political  party,  to  a 
prond  social  organization,  inauspicious ;  to  the  popular,  the  liberal, 
the  democratic  masses,  encouraging.  Hence  the  base  jubilee  at 
our  recent  internal  dissensions,  whoso  root — slavery — was  planted 
by  the  English  themselves.  Hence  their  constant  assertion  that 
"the  republic  is  a  failure." 

Even  a  cursory  glance  at  the  catalogue  of  books  thus  produced 
will  indicate  how  popular  was  the  theme  and  how  audacious  the 
writers.  AVo  remember  falling  in  with  a  clever  but  impoverished 
professor,  several  years  ago,  in  Italy,  who  had  resided  in  this  coun 
try,  but  found  himself  in  Europe  without  means.  In  obedience  to 
an  appeal  which  reached  us,  wo  sought  his  economical  lodging, 
and  found  him  pacing  up  and  down  a  scantily  furnished  chamber, 
every  now  and  then  seizing  a  pen  and  rapidly  noting  the  result  of 
his  cogitations.  lie  had  been  offered,  by  a  London  publisher,  a 
handsome  gratuity  to  furnish,  within  a  specified  period,  a  lively 
anti-democratic  book  on  life  and  manners  in  America.  The  con 
tract,  he  assured  me,  provided  that  there  should  bo  enough  prac 
tical  details,  especially  in  regard  to  the  physical  resources  of  the 
country,  to  give  an  air  of  solid  information  to  the  work.  There 
were  to  be  a  vein  of  personal  anecdote,  a  few  original  adventures, 
some  exaggerated  character  painting,  and  a  little  enthusiasm  about 
scenery :  but  all  this  was  to  bo  well  spiced  with  ridicule ;  and 
the  argument  of  the  book  was  to  demonstrate  the  inevitable  de 
preciation  of  mind,  manners,  and  enjoyment  under  the  influence 
of  democratic  institutions.  The  poor  author  tasked  his  memory 
and  his  invention  to  follow  this  programme,  without  a  particle  ol 
conviction  in  the  emphatic  declarations  of  his  opinions,  or  any 
sympathy  with  the  work  other  than  what  was  derived  from  its  lu 
crative  reward.  The  incident  illustrates  upon  what  a  conventional 
basis  the  rage  for  piquant  Travels  in  America  rested. 

The  memorable  papers  which  first  established  the  reputation  ol 
Dickens,  curiously  indicate  the  prevalence  of  this  deprecatory  anc 
venal  spirit  in  English  writers  on  America,  at  a  later  period.  The 
elder  Weller.  in  suggesting  to  Samivel  his  notable  plan  for  the 
escape  of  Pickwick  from  the  Fleet  prison,  by  concealing  himself  in 
a  "planner  forty,"  significantly  adds:  "Have  a  passage  ready 
taken  for  'Mcrrikcr.  Let  the  gov'ner  stop  there  till  Mrs.  Bardell's 
dead,  and  then  let  him  come  back  and  write  a  book  about  the 
'Merrikens  as  '11  pay  all  his  expenses,  and  more,  if  he  blows  'cm 
up  enough." 

The  preeminence  of  the  British  colonies  in  America  early 
proved  the  Anglo-Saxon  destiny  of  this  continent.  The  long  wars 
with  the  aborigines,  and  the  memorable  struggle  between  th 
French  and  English,  resulting  in  the  confirmed  possession  am 
sway  of  the  latter  rule  and  colonies,  and,  finally,  the  American 
Revolution  and  its  immediate  and  later  consequences,  furnish  to  « 
philosophic  and  benevolent  mind  so  remarkable  an  historical  serie 
of  events,  combining  to  results  of  such  infinite  significance,  not  ti 
this  country  and  nation  alone,  but  to  the  world  and  humanity 
that  it  is  surprising  English  speculation  and  criticism  so  long  con 
tinned  narrow,  egotistic,  and  unsyinpathising.  Noble  exceptions 
indeed,  are  to  be  remembered.  Chatham,  the  most  heroic,  Burke 
the  most  philosophic  of  British  statesmen,  early  and  memorablj 
recognized  the  claims,  the  character,  and  the  destiny  of  our  conn 
try;  and  many  of  the  intellectual  nobility  of  Great  Britain,  in  th 
flush  of  youthful  aspirations,  baffled  by  political  or  social  exclu 


iveness,  turned  their  hopes  and  their  tributes  toward  the  Western 
ontinent.  But  among  the  numerous  English  visitors  who  under- 
ook  to  describe,  to  illustrate,  and  to  criticise  nature,  government, 
nd  society  in  the  United  States  for  the  benefit  of  their  country 
men,  few  have  proved  adequate  or  just;  and  still  less  is  the  num- 
ier  who  rose  to  the  philosophy  of  the  subject. 

Much  ridicule  has  been  wasted  upon  our  national  sensitiveness 
o  criticism ;  and  the  hardihood  and  self-love  of  English  writers 
md  talkers  often  repel,  as  weak  and  irrational,  the  expectation  of 
ympathy  which  finds  utterance  in  every  unfortunate  crisis  on  this 
iide  of  the  water.     Yet  even  John  Bull  winced  at  Hawthorne's 
shoicely  worded  and  thoughtfully  insinuated  hits  at  his  tendency 
to  obesity  and  stagnation.     Without  defending  that  natural  and 
honorable  instinct  that  cherishes  the  tie  of  a  common  language 
and  literature,  historical,  social,  and  domestic  associations  with  a 
distant  people,  in  the  present  age  and  among  enlightened  nations, 
t  is  certainly  justifiable  to  demand  scientific  observation  in  all 
;hose  deliberate  estimates  of  a  country  or  a  race,  a  government  or 
cause,  wherein  mutual  and  permanent  interests  are  concerned. 
One  chief  cause  of  protest  and  complaint  against  British  commen 
tators  on  America,  is  their  ignorance  of  facts  whereof  but  slight 
nvestigation  would  requisitely  inform  them,  and  their  wilful  repu 
diation  of  the  inferences  thence  resulting.     It  is  a  significant  truth, 
that  throughout  the  vast  discussion  by  newspapers,  reviews,  maga 
zines,  pamphlets,  club  and  dinner  talk,  lectures  and  parliamentary 
speeches,  which  the  Southern  Rebellion  and  its  consequences  in 
the  United  States,  have  induced  in  Great  Britain,  scarcely  any  evi 
dence  appears  of  cognizance  and  appreciation  as  regards  the  sim 
ple  geographical  facts  of  the  case  ;  without  a  knowledge  of  which 
it  is  impossible  to  perceive  the  scope  or  judge  the  merits  of  this 
question.     Long  ago  Ilumboldt  and  other  naturalists  recognised  in 
the  fact  that  this  continent  is  placed  between  two  oceans,  the  pro 
vision  and  pledge  of  a  grand  destiny  ;  long  ago  economists  found, 
in  the  remarkable  number,  size,  and  relative  situation  of  its  lakes 
and  rivers,  the  means  established  by  Nature  to  bring  together  and 
render  mutually  dependent  and  helpful  the  most  widely  separated 
regions;  long  ago  philanthropists  bailed  in  the  variety  of  climate 
and  the  liberal  political  institutions,  a  vast  asylum  and  arena  pre 
destined  to  shelter  and  succor  the  independent  but  proscribed,  and 
the  impoverished  and  hopeless  victims   of  over-populated    and 
down-trodden   Europe.     Yet,    when   these  institutions   and   this 
prosperous  nationality  were  threatened  by  a  minority  in  the  in 
terest  of  African  slavery,  and  the  civil  war  inevitably  consequent 
thereon  challenged  the  sympathy  of  the  world,  in  order  to  give  a 
plausible  excuse  for  the  advocacy  of  our  disunion,  the  writers  and 
speakers  of  England,  with  very  rare  exceptions,  assumed  that  a 
geographical  line  isolated  the  two  communities,  by  kinds  of  labor, 
forms  of  society,  political  and  personal  interests  so  in  conflict,  that 
peaceable  separation  was  not  only  practicable,  but  wise,  humane, 
and  requisite.     Had  these  malign  and  specious  advocates  merely 
ignored  the  fact  that  our  power  and  prosperity  have  been  the  off 
spring  of  our  union,  it  might  have  been  tolerated  in  silence ;  but 
when  they  refused  to  acknowledge  that  this  immense    country 
known  as  the  United  States  of  North  America  is  intersected  by  a 
mountain  range  inhabited  by  a  people  absolutely  one  in  attach 
ment  to  their  Government  and  devotion  to  free  labor,  and  that  the 
slave  interest  borders  upon,  intersects,  and  isolates  rather  than 
divides  this  homogeneous  and  patriotic  race,  so  that,  to  break  up 
the  political  unity  of  the  country  is  to  expose  these  citizens  to  the 
despotic  cruelty  of  rebels — to  abandon  the  highest  duty  of  a  state 
and  the  noblest  principle  of  human  government,  we  cannot  but 
feel   that  ignorance  degrades   or    sophistry  impugns  the  honest, 
humanity  of  these  ostensible  interpreters  of  public   opinion   in 
Britain. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


117 


(From  the  German  of  0.  11.  Kedowits.) 
THE  TROOPER. 

THE  wood  is  dark,  and  clear  the  air, 
Dawn  gleams  adown  the  dell ; 

The  morning  mist  wets  beard  and  hair, 
The  pearl  runs  from  the  steel. 

Come  hither,  my  steed,  so  fleet  at  need, 

Let  us  ride,  let  us  ride,  let  us  ride  ! 

Thou  father,  and  thou  mother  mine, 
And  friends  that  think  on  me  ! 

Te  may  not  o'er  my  life  repine ; 
I  follow  it  with  glee. 

I  give  my  pelf,  I  give  myself, 

But  to  ride,  and  to  ride,  and  to  ride. 

What  though  I  ride  to  early  death  ? 

I  am  a  trooper  gay  ! 
Let  age  in  chambers  draw  its  breath, 

And  languish  life  away ! 
Far  rather  I  would  choose  to  die, 
As  I  ride,  as  I  ride,  as  I  ride  ! 

Oh  !  I'm  a  stormy  cavalier ! 

The  rider  is  the  wind  ; 
But  where  a  rosebud  blooms  so  fair, 

lie  is  so  soft  and  kind  ! 
A  stolen  kiss  ne'er  comes  amiss, 
As  he  rides,  as  he  rides,  as  he  rides  ! 

Now  fare  thee  well,  my  little  rose  ; 

For  kisses,  here's  my  thanks  ! 
Now  I  must  be  the  storm  that  blows 

To  fill  the  forest  ranks. 
When  bugles  call,  farewell  to  all, 
I  must  ride,  I  must  ride,  I  must  ride ! 


R.  W.  R. 


CONCERTS. 


ONE  of  the  most  agreeable  and  effective  modes  of  aiding  our  SANITARY 
FAIR,  and  one  self-suggested  at  the  outset,  was  the  institution  of  Concerts 
— the  consent  and  contribution  of  all  accessible  instruments  of  harmony, 
human  and  mechanical,  in  one  grand  and  charming  result.  Not  only 
pianos,  organs,  drums,  trombones,  and  whatever  else  is  capable  of  making 
a  grand  noise,  but  soul-inspiring  violins,  mellifluous  flutes,  jingling  trian 
gles,  baby  octaves,  and,  for  aught  we  know,  humble  fifes,  found  their 
appropriate  places  and  uses;  whether  groaning,  squeaking,  roaring,  rum 
bling,  or  emitting  heavenly  strains,  such  as  are  said  to  be  evolved  by  the 
celestial  spheres.  (These  last  are  of  course  to  be  considered  breathings 
from  the  nectareous  lips  of  young  ladies.) 

The  music  produced  was,  indeed,  of  various  merit ;  but  it  had  always 
some  good  in  it — generally  a  great  deal — as  everything  must  have  which 
engages  the  united  forces  of  taste  and  talent,  under  the  impulse  of  good 
feeling.  Discords  there  are,  and  must  be,  but  by  what  lovely  modulations 
do  they  bring  in  harmony,  all  the  lovelier  for  the  momentary  suspense. 

These  Concerts  for  the  FAIR  were  both  symbols  and  foretastes  of  the 
FAIR  itself — the  Great  Concert  of  hands,  hearts,  voices,  hopes  and  wishes. 
Never  was  there  a  harmonica  of  such  wondrous  power  as  this — the  con 
certed  performance  for  the  benefit  of  our  sick  and  wounded  soldiers. 
What  variety  of  instruments,  from  the  highest  to  the  humblest,  each 
heightened  in  its  effect  by  all  the  others.  It  is  true  the  harmonization  of 
such  a  variety  of  strains  has  required  genius  of  a  high  order,  labor  unim- 
agincd  by  them  who  have  not  been  behind  the  scenes ;  but  what  a  splendid 
result. 

The  responsibility  has  been  great ;  but  look  at  the  object  and  think  of 
the  reward.  No  other  aim  or  end  could  so  unite  and  attract  our  busy 


multitudes ;  no  power  inspired  by  thoughts  less  noble  could  bring  into 
spheral  concord  such  incongruous  and  warring  elements.  If  you  examine, 
with  the  care  they  deserve,  the  various  portions  of  the  grand  performance 
in  which  our  preliminary  concerts  have  culminated,  you  will  find  the  whole 
one  noble  hymn  of  love  and  kindness,  which  will  be  heard  and  felt  thrill- 
ingly  at  the  farthest  limit  of  our  land,  in  the  tent  and  hospital,  in  the 
night-watch  and  its  dire  appendage,  the  fever  cot ;  in  the  moment  of  ad 
vance,  the  hour  of  victory ;  in  the  very  death-pang,  which  ends  earthly 
hope,  while  it  renders  a  thousand  fold  precious  every  token  of  love  and 
sympathy. 

By  what  marvellous  transmutation  do  these  material,  common-place, 
every-day  objects  which  fill  our  aisles  and  alcoves,  turn  into  succor  for  the 
wounded,  strength  for  the  feeble,  life  and  hope  for  the  fainting,  comfort 
for  the  last  hours  of  our  brave,  martyr  boys  ?  How  is  it  that  pincushions 
flush  out  into  pillows,  pocket  kerchiefs  grow  to  sheets,  dolls  turn  to 
active  and  faithful  nurses,  expensive  garments  into  lint  and  bandages, 
splendid  shawls  into  homely  blankets,  flowers  to  flannels,  the  grandest 
products  of  Birmingham  and  Sheffield  into  surgical  instruments,  elegant 
French  lingerie  into  shirts  and  wrappers,  magnificent  carriages  and  horses 
into  stretchers  and  mule  ambulances,  contrived  to  carry  as  many  wounded 
men  as  can  be  laid  on  their  shelves ;  in  short,  for  it  were  indeed  vain  to 
attempt  enumeration,  how  can  all  this  luxury  be  converted  into  homely 
comforts  and  invaluable  helps,  and  kept  in  readiness  for  every  need  that 
soldier  flesh  is  heir  to  ? 

It  is  by  the  alchemy  of  love;  and  this  is  what  has  made  all  labor  light, 
brought  order  out  of  chaos,  union  and  harmony  out  of  incongruous  and  grat 
ing  elements,  and  a  lovely  choral  strain  from  instruments  which  no  power 
less  gracious  could  have  charmed  into  music. 


CHARADE. 

I. 
KINO  SOLOMON  had  sunk  to  rest, 

At  the  hour  of  midnight  dread, 
His  pillow  with  talismans  was  blest, 
And  an  hundred  guards,  whom  he  trusted  best, 
Swart  slaves  of  the  East,  pale  chiefs  of  the  West, 

Watched  round  his  purple  bed. 
But  the  king's  warm  clasp  more  truly  tells, 
Of  his  trust  in  my  First,  with  its  graven  spells. 
Yet  far  away,  the  while,  where  hidden  waters 

Pour  their  bright  floods  through  India's  forests  deep, 
More  white  and  graceful  than  her  fairest  daughters, 

My  First  is  calmly  floating,  wrapped  in  sleep. 

II. 

Twelve  galleys  cleave  the  main, 

With  the  stroke  of  mighty  oars, 
On  sweeps  the  pageant's  festal  train, 
Banners,  and  arms,  and  Music's  strain, 
While  the  restless  ocean  foams  in  vain, 

Dashed  round  her  island  shores. 
For  the  prince  has  conquered  his  fickle  bride, 
As  my  sparkling  Second  sinks  in  the  tide, 
Yet  far  away,  the  while,  in  faint  vibration, 

Borne  on  the  waves  of  the  calm  summer  air, 
My  Second  peals  that  bridal's  consecration, 

In  silver  tones  of  mingled  joy  and  prayer. 

III. 

Ah  !  virgin  queen  !  ah  !  perjured  friend  ! 

At  the  hour  of  utmost  need, 
"  Let  the  rebel  Earl  the  token  send, 
Justice  and  pride  shall  gladly  bend," 
He  lingers."     Bid  the  axe  descend, 

"  Though  royal  hearts  may  bleed. 
That  much  loved  head  in  dust  shall  roll." 
He  sent,  but  treachery  kept  my  Whole. 


118 


1PIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

(To  be  continued  daily.) 


ARTICLES  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


Matches,  Partridge  &  Kemp. 

1  box  brushes,  John  J.  Adams  &  Co.,  $211.50. 
Chair,  J.  II.  Belter  4;  Co.,  8300. 

3  boxes  crackers,  Ja'e  McGay. 

30  bores  cigars,  W.  II.  Thomas  &  Brother,  $217. 
8  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  Mrs.  T.  R.  Butler,  $339.25. 
Fancy  articles,  Winer's  Institute. 
Glassware,  C.  F.  A.  llnirlehs,  $150. 

Pair  Bocks,  Johanna  Stieght. 

Cigars,  8.  Odell. 

Flag,  W.  8.  Whitlock,  $150. 

Rubber  goods,  Goodyear  Glove  Mf 'g  Co.,  $263.11. 

Slippers,  Mrs.  ('.  H.  Meday. 

2  pkgs.  rubber  goods,  Enterprise  Works,  81,040.32. 
Shirts,  L.  Ernstein  &  Co.,  $496. 

2  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Arnold,  $105. 
2  pkgs.  hair,  Wm.  Dibblee,  $402.25. 
2  pkgs.  books,  Dick  &.  Fitzgerald,  $250. 
Boots,  Withers  &  Porter. 
Oil  painting,  Mrs.  McKay. 
2  pkgs.  China,  John  Vogt  &  Co.,  $304. 
Wine  castor,  A.  K.  Bedell. 
Cutlery,  Cha's  A.  Converse. 

31  baskets  champagne,  J.  B.  Wellington  and  others, 

$1,200. 

Bisque  figures,  D.  B.  Bedell. 
8  pkgs.  wine  and  cigars,  Purdy  it  Nicholas,  $201. 
60  baskets  champagne,  J.  B.  Wellington  and  others, 

$1,800. 

2  pkgs.  umbrellas,  tc.,  Byrd  &  Hall,  $205. 
10  pkgs.  pickles,  J.  Davenport  &  Son. 

4  pkgrf.  drugs,  Hegeman  &  Co.,  $288. 
Monument,  D.  Peters. 

India  rubber  jewelry,  II.  W.  Shifter,  $150. 

India  rubber  jewelry,  Vulcanite  Jewelry  Co.,  $170. 

Worsted  flowers,  Mrs.  Blanchard. 

Books,  Eyre  <fc  Spottiswood,  $250. 

6  boxes  statuary,  &.C.,  Kisher  &  Bird,  $450. 

20  boxes  golden  bitters,  G.  C.  Hubbel  &  Co.,  $200. 

5  boxes  soap,  Cha's  Buckland. 

30  boxes  starch,  Oswcgo  Starch  Co.,  $250. 
5  boxes  candles,  Rider  &  Clark. 
Suspenders,  American  Suspender  Co.,  $502.44. 
Suspenders,  Nashawunnuck  Mf 'g  Co.,  $503.03. 
17  boxes  fancy  goods,  Committee  on  Fancy  Goods. 
14  boxes  fancy  goods,  Committee  on  Fancy  Goods, 
^ancy  goods,  Mrs.  Geo.  Cutlipp. 
33  boxes  fancy  goods,  Messrs.  Schloss  &  May,  $793.28. 
Books,  Carlton  &  Porter,  $500. 

23  pkgs.  mustard,  G.  A.  Meriom. 
Books,  Cha's  Probstings. 
Books,  Perry. 

Clothing,  Devlin  &  Co.,  $500. 

Children's  clothing,  Devlin  &  Co.,  $443. 

5  pkgs.  fancy  goods,  Committee  on  Fancy  Goods,  $460. 

Table,  8.  N.  Cowperthwait. 

Stand,  A.  8.  Lane. 

24  pkgs.  crackers,  Knapp,  Northam  »fc  Carpenter. 
Shoes,  M.  Eisemann. 

4  pkgs.  fancy  goods,  Butler  &  Pitkin,  $200.21. 
Fancy  goods,  ladies  of  Miss  Rhemnci's  School. 
Butter  cups,  W.  II.  Clark. 

Afghan,  Frothinaham  Relief  Association,  $120. 
Bedstead,  Wm.  Robertson. 
Excelsior  heater,  Uzal  Correy,  $100. 

21  boxes  sperm  candles,  Cha's  II.  Leonard,  $245. 
2  pkgs.  shells,  Mr*.  C.  D.  Mathews,  $250. 
Electrotypes,  A.  Haas  and  H.  V.  Parcell. 

2  pkgH.  crackers,  G.  <t  1>.  S.  Bruen. 

5  pkgs.  curled  hair,  W.  Wilkins  &  Co.,  $144.84. 
Camp  chairs,  C.  A.  Berrian. 

2  pkgii.  furniture,  Plielps,  Jewctt  &  Co.,  $150. 

6  pkgs.  rubber  goods,  W.  II.  Burden,  $217.30. 

10  pkgs.  rubber  goods,  Meyer  Rubber  Co.,  $269.49. 

25  boxes  soap,  C.  W.  Smith,  $207. 

14  pkgs.  wine  and  cigars,  II.  G.  Schmidt  &  Co.,  $321. 

4  pkgs.  hardware,  Landers  &  Smith  Mf 'g  Co. 

Trunk,  J.  W.  Thorn. 

2  trunks,  J.  Vnderhill. 

Boat,  G.  cSc  W.  Alexander,  $175. 


0  pkgs.  books,  Am.  News  Co.,  $250.50. 
Books,  W.  J.  Widdleton,  $250. 

loop  skirts,  W.  8.  Thompson,  Langdon  &  Co.,  $159. 

0  pkgs.  wines  and  brandy,  James  Meyer,  Jr.,  $328.50. 
pkgs.  champagne,  8.  G.  Reed  &  Co.,  $175. 
Drygoods,  C.  H.  Lippitt. 

pkgs.  books,  A.  D.  F.  Randolph,  $394.65. 
Books,  F.  W.  Christern. 
Mantillas,  Stc.,  Hatheway  &  Schlegel. 

dyers'  liniment,  C.  Meyera. 

tolls'  chairs, 
hildrcn's  clothing. 

'oot  cushion. 

?ancy  articles. 

3ooks. 
Stationery. 

?ancy  articles. 

'inriifhion  and  dolls. 

'.allies'  collars. 

if  acaroni,  Mrs.  Roff. 

Books,  Ticknor  &.  Fields. 

Books. 

Fancy  frames,  Mrs.  Dr.  E.  A.  Gates. 

3  pkgs.  music,  F.  II.  Vanderweyde,  $160.75. 

Books. 

3  pkgs.  clocks,  Geo.  B.  Owen. 

^ublic  documents,  Ira  Goodnew. 

^ancy  goods,  Elly  Zacharie  &  Co. 

Galley  goods,  L.  Losckhorn  &  Co. 

2  pkgs.  confectionery,  E.  Greenfield. 
Trunk,  &c.,  J.  G.  Cunningham. 

.0  apple  parers,  Lockey  &  Ilowland. 
Specimen  of  penmanship,  E.  W.  Finguo,  $100. 
310  pkgs.  brandy,  Uivcrt,  1'cllevoisin  &  Co.,  $10,000. 
Drygoods,  Johnson,  Brooks  &  Co.,  $532. 
Stationery,  J.  F.  Briggs  &  Co. 

Spkgs.  dry  goods,  J.  F.  Briggs  &  Co.,  Hiiddersfield, 

ling.,  $5.082. 
Fancy  articles,  W.  B.  Coughtry. 
Bbl.  flour,  G.  &  8.  McMurtry. 
6  pkgs.  furniture,  Alex.  Roux,  $166. 
Fancy  goods,  Mrs.  Marsh. 
Fancy  goods,  W.  D.  Love. 
Jlotliing,  J.  B.  Demorcst. 
Marble  table  &c.,  David  Kilgour 
6  pkgs.  champagne,  Mme.  Cha's  Farre,  $184. 
l»  pkgs.  wines,  &c.,  T.  McMullen,  $176. 
Furs,  Cha's  Knox,  $100. 

3  pkgs.  furniture,  L.   Marcotto  &  Co.,  $540. 
5  pkgs.  glassware,  Read  &.  Moulds. 
Painting,  Miss  Glover. 

Vase,  James  Taylor,  $100. 

Painting,  E.  Uwight,  Jr.,  $250. 

2  pkgs.  books,  0.8.  S.  Com.,  $625.25. 

Fans,  U.  S.  S.  Com. 

Shoes,  John  Ready. 

Books,  Rutledge,  Ward  *  Rntlcdge,  $100.28. 

Patent  axles,  Alfred  E.  Smith. 

Liniment,  Richardson  &.  Co.,  Norwich. 

2  pkgs.  wheels  and  spokes,  Blanchard  &  Brown. 

2  medallion  heads,  II.  Bergcr. 
Model  greenhouse,  E.  Griffiths. 

'hoe  laces,  manufacturer. 
Congress  case.  Cha's  Robertson. 
Fancy  goods,  Miss  E.  C.  Strang. 

3  pkgs.  furniture,  T.aun  &  Saile. 

31  pkgs.  stove  polish  and  crucibles,  J.  Dixon  &  Co. 

$560. 

Fancy  goods,  M.  J.  Sennon. 
Fancy  goods,  M.  J.  Trifllth. 
2  pkgs.  fancy  goods,  ladies  of  Ilackcnsack,  $450. 
Horse,  Ben.  W.  Strong,  $300. 
Hatch  combing  and  caum. 
75  pkgs.  soap,  Fay  Brothers,  $112.60. 
Pet  rabbit,  Margaret  McCarty. 

2  pkgs.  carpets,  John  Sloane. 
Marble  mantel,  W.  8.  Lee  &  Co.,  $250. 
Fancy  goods,  Mrs.  Griffin. 

Vase  flowers,  Mrs.  Green. 

Fancy  goods,  J.  Pullman  &  Co.,  4130.12. 

3  pkgs.  vases  and  bronzes,  J.  &  T.  Donald  &  Son. 


Glassware,  W.  F.  Rowland. 

Fancy  goods,   Ladies'  Methodist   Society  Jane  street 
Church,  $270. 

^ay's  French  gloss,  Dan  Day. 

Stationery,  Anderson  &  Archer. 

lonnets,  Mrs.  McClintock. 

ionnet,  Mrs.  S.  P.  Lovett. 

Kpaulets,  E.  Brown. 

Two  ottomans,  J.  Theller. 

2  pkgs.  albums,  Geo.  W.  Alexander. 

6  pkgs.  fancy  goods,  Ladies1  Union  Relief  Association, 

Rhinebeck,  $530. 
2  pictures,  II.  Sharp,  $175. 
Picture,  Mrs.  J.  Gall. 
10  coffins,  Richard  Davis. 
China,  L.  Montroso,  $225. 
2  pkgs.  China,  J.  G.  A.  Vogt,  $100.15. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  S.  T.  Hubbard. 

9  pkgs.  matches,  B.  &  H.  D.  lloward,  $101.50. 
igars,  L.  E.  Amsiuck  &  Co.,  $100. 

5  pkgs.  champagne,  L.  E.  Amsinck  &.  Co.,  $127.67. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Worley. 
Confectionery,  R.  L.  Gilbert  &  Co. 

10  pkgs.  coffee,  Lewis  A.  Osborn,  $150. 
Fancy  articles,  Dr.  Bulkley. 

Shawl,  Miss  M.  V.  Garrctson. 

Fancy  articles,  Richard  Butler,  $306.60. 

Sofa,  De  Graft"  &  Finegan. 

8  pkgs.  weather  strips,  Weather  Strip  Co. 

Harness,  Richard  Campbell,  $200. 

30  pkgs.  metallic  caps,  John  J.  Cooko,  $250.  - 

5  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  ladies  Westchester  Co.,  $1,837.25. 


List  of  Goods  received  by  the  Committee  on  Con 
tributions  from  without  the  city — Col.  E.  F. 
Shephard,  Chairman. 

25  copies  books,  Mr.  Albert  Fearing,  Boston,  Mass. 

$100. 
Wood's    mowing   machine,    Mrs.    Walter    A.    Wood, 

Hoosick  Falls,  N.  Y.,  $110. 
Cash,  Mr.  John  W.  Gibbs,  Jefferson,  N.  Y. 
Hops,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Foot,  Cooperstown,  N.  Y. 
2  bbls.   potatoes,  Mr.  D.  A.  Bulkley,  Williametown, 

Mass. 
Fancy  articles,  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society  of  Manchester, 

and  Clark's  Mills,  $187.91. 
Confederate  money,  Dr.  Bliss,  51st  Reg't  N.  Y.  V. 
Confederate  money,  Capt.  Wright,  61st  Reg't  N.  Y.  V. 
Austrian-Italian  postage  stamps,  Mrs.  "W.  D.  Howells. 
Fancy  articles,  Mr.  M.  Moore,  Trenton  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  Barton  and  Mrs.  Roberts,  Clinton, 

N.  Y. 
Indian  embroidered  saddle,  and  wolf  skin  saddle  cloth, 

Capt.  Edward  Corning,  Department  North  West. 
Indian  medical  curiosities  and  trophies,  Capt  Edward 

Corning,  Department  North  West. 
The  lock  of  John  Brown's  prison,  Troy  Committee, 

Troy,  N.  Y. 
Patent  dowel  boring  machine,  Mr.  A.   P.   Merchant, 

Guilford,  N.  Y. 

Diagrams,  Mrs.  D.  B.  Briggs,  West  Winfield,  N.  Y. 
9  boxes,  1  bbl.  fancy  goods  and  1  bale  wool,  the  ladies 

of  Owego,  N.  Y. 

Fancy  cono  work,  Mr.  F.  Anderson,  Rondout,  N.  Y. 
Two-year  old  buck,  Mr.   Nathaniel  Hallock,    Milton, 

N.  Y. 
Fancy  articles,  the  ladies  of  St.  Luke's  Church,  Cler- 

mont,  N.  Y. 
Fancy  articles,  the  ladles  of  Trinity  Church,  Mudalin, 

N.  Y. 
Fancy  articles,  the  Ladles'  Aid  Society  of  Port  Jems, 

N.  Y. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Susan  C.  Wheeler,  Hancock,  N.  Y. 
Maple  sugar,  Mrs.  M.  Wheeler,  Hancock,  N.  Y. 
Cash,  Presbyterian  Church,  Marlboro',  N.  Y. 
Cash,  Presbyterian  Church,  Middle  Hope,  N.  Y. 
Proceeds  5  oil  pictures,  Miss  M.  F.  Green,  Providence, 

R.  I. 
Album,  the  artists  of  Philadelphia,  Penn. 


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INCIDENTS  AND  ITEMS  OF  THE  FAIR. 
Mns.  GENERAL  McCi.ELLAN  has  recovered  at  the  Police  sub-station  a 
very  valuable  piece  of  jewelry  lost  by  her.  Mrs.  General  McDowell  has  also 
iccovered  a  lost  article  at  this  station,  where  a  large  quantity  of  articles  of 
all  descriptions,  handkerchiefs,  gloves,  spectacles,  eyeglasses,  money,  etc., 
etc.,  await  the  call  of  the  owners.  Everybody  expresses  the  highest  gratifi 
cation  at  the  admirable  management  which  characterises  this  department, 
presided  over  by  Inspector  Leonard.  A  new  ticket,  for  the  recovery  of  lost 
articles,  is  not  required. 

WE  beg  leave  to  call  the  attention  of  the  lovers  of  Art  to  the  beautiful 
decorations  furnished  as  a  gift  for  the  Confectionery  Department,  by  Henry 
Maillard,  the  celebrated  confectioner  of  Broadway.  Among  the  most  in 
genious  and  artistic  of  the  pieces  he  has  contributed,  is  a  man  of  war  in 
candy,  so  perfect  as  to  attract  the  attention  and  admiration  of  all  the  visi 
tors  to  the  Restaurant.  Even  our  naval  heroes  stop  to  admire  its  beautiful 
proportions,  and  enquire  jestingly  of  the  fair  young  ladies  behind  the  coun 
ter,  how  many  battles  it  has  fought.  We  understand  that  Mr.  Maillard  is 
as  liberal  as  he  is  tasteful,  and  that  every  day  witnesses  fresh  contributions 
of  delicious  bonbons  from  his  generous  hand. 

PRIVATE  MUDGE,  who  was  wounded  at  Chauccllorsville,  in  a  most  re 
markable  manner,  and  who  has  lost  sight,  taste  and  smell,  by  the  effects  of 
his  wounds,  can  be  seen  in  the  Restaurant  every  day.  He  needs  help. 
Good  people,  call  on  this  brave  and  unfortunate  soldier,  and  listen  to  his 
wonderful  and  thrilling  story. 

GENERAL  GRANT'S  SADDLE. — A  superb  gold-mounted  saddle,  manufac 
tured  by  Belts,  Nichols  &  Co.,  is  the  attractive  article  at  the  Saddlery  De 
partment.  It  may  be  seen  and  subscribed  for  by  the  many  thousand  ad 
mirers  of  General  Grant,  at  the  above  stand,  which  is  located  in  the  middle 
of  the  North  wall  opposite  the  main  entrance.  The  saddle  is  of  great 
value,  and  worthy  of  the  use  for  which  it  is  intended.  May  it  prove  the 
seat  of  victory  to  the  renowned  rider. 

THE  Book  of  Bubbles  sells  rapidly,  aud  as  the  edition  is  limited,  the 
lovers  of  wit  and  fun  should  secure  their  copies  at  once.  They  are  for 
sale  at  the  Stationery  and  Library  Departments.  The  drawings  by  Cresson 
Beard,  Miss  Fay,  Dr.  Carroll,  Darley  and  others,  are  remarkable  specimens 
of  the  art  of  caricature. 

AMONG  the  visitors  to  the  FAIR  this  week  we  noticed  the  gallant  Sergeant 
Plunkett  and  his  wife.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the  Sergeant  lost  both 
arms  in  battle,  and  while  in  hospital  employed  a  friend  to  write  to  his  be 
trothed,  releasing  her  from  her  engagement,  as  he  would  not  be  able  to 
support  her.  The  brave  girl  wrote  in  reply,  that  as  long  as  she  had  two 
arms  she  could  and  would  support  him.  Her  true  and  heroic  devotion  de 
serves  to  be  mentioned  with  honor  in  every  history  of  our  great  struggle 
against  rebellion  and  disunion. 

THE  Soda  Water  stand  has  up  a  placard  "no  change  given."  A  gen 
tleman  drank  his  glass  of  soda  water,  and  tendered  a  $2  bill ;  no  change 
being  given  him,  he  drank  out  the  balance. 

A  GENTLEMAN  called  at  the  Wax  Flower  stand,  and  seeing  a  pincush 
ion  asked,  "  What  is  that  for  ?"  The  lady  replied,  "  For  sale."  The  gen 
tleman  took  passage  for  parts  unknown. 

Miss  FLORA  MCFLIMSEY,  JK.,  is  to  be  seen  at  the  Norwalk  stand. 
THE  ladies  of  the  Westchester  table  acknowledge  with  thanks,  the  libe 
ral  donations  received  from  the  ladies  of  Mamaroneck,  and  other  parts  of  the 
county,  and  also  to  our  noble  soldiers  now  in  Hospital  at  David's  Island, 
who  have  sent  so  many  things  that  add  greatly  to  the  beauty  and  receipts  of 
the  table. 

ANOTHER  MONSTER  Ox. — Putnam  county,  spurred  to  ambitious  emula 
tion  by  the  mammoth  gift  of  her  sister  county,  has  sent  to  the  FAIR  a 
larger  ox  than  the  "  Pride  of  Livingston."  These  stupendous  creatures 
speak  well  for  New  York  State,  and  such  an  exhibition  as  this  pair  present 
may  never  be  witnessed  again.  Mr.  Hassack,  the  Chairman,  has  his  hands 
full  of  beef,  and  a  rib  to  spare. 

AN  old  gentleman  passing  by  Cockloft  Hall  the  other  day,  perceived 
the  inscription  "  Smokem,  toastem,  roastem,"  etc.  "  0,  here  is  something 
good  to  eat,"  he  exclaimed ;  "  let  us  go  in ;"  and  in  he  went ! 

ONE  of  the  most  interesting,  on  some  accounts,  of  the  stalls  iu  the 
FAIR  is  that  devoted  to  Charitable  Institutions.  It  is  in  the  Children's 


Department,  Union  Square  building,  and  is  furnished  by  the  inmates  of 
the  various  charitable  institutions  and  asylums  for  the  unfortunates,  whose 
welfare  is  felt  to  be  a  public  care.  The  frequent  use  of  the  hall  for  musical 
and  other  entertainments  has  a  tendency  to  prevent  the  sale  of  articles  at 
the  various  stands  in  this  department.  Patronage  is,  in  consequence,  in  a 
great  measure  diverted  to  other  parts  of  the  building.  For  many  reasons 
this  is  unfortunate,  and  particularly  in  the  case  of  the  stand  under  con 
sideration. 

The  articles  for  sale  here  represent  probably  a  greater  devotiom 
than  in  almost  any  other  department  of  the  FAIR.  The  donors,  in  some 
cases,  have  exhausted  all  their  means  to  set  forth  the  display  of  this 
stand.  The  little  children  of  the  Home  for  the  Friendless  have  given 
every  penny — three  hundred  in  all — that  they  have  received  since  Christ 
mas,  with  the  exception  of  one  apiece :  a  nest  egg,  we  are  sure,  for  future 
accumulations,  that  will  be  as  freely  given  whenever  a  worthy  object  shall 
present  itself.  But  perhaps  the  most  touching  of  all  is  a  collection  of 
amulets,  or  lamplighters,  of  colored  paper  made  by  the  smallest  of  them. 
They  could  do  no  more,  but  this  mite  of  theirs  is  one  of  the  most  suggestive 
and  noble  of  the  many  gifts  collected  at  the  FAIR.  These  lamplighters 
are  put  up  in  five  cent  bundles,  and  there  are  $18  worth  of  them.  With 
the  humble  offering  came  the  following  letter : 

"  HOME  FOR  THE  FRIENDLESS,  32  East  30th  street. 

"  The  children  of  the  Home  for  the  Friendless  take  great  pleasure  in 
donating  their  free  will  offering  to  the  FAIR,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Sanitary 
Commission.  They  feel  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  our  suffering 
soldiers,  inasmuch  as  over  sixty  of  their  boys  are  now  engaged  in  this  con 
flict  for  freedom  and  the  Union,  they  therefore  give  their  three  hundred 
pennies,  with  their  best  wishes  for  the  success  of  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR, 
and  speedy  restoration  of  peace  to  our  beloved  country. 

They  also  send  twelve  boxes  containing  thirty  packs  of  lamplighters, 
made  by  their  own  hands,  to  give  light  to  all  who  buy  them.  Sent  by  vote 
of  the  Home  children.  Mrs.  R.  P.  RENFIELD, 

Children's  Secretary. 

The  institutions  that  have  contributed  to  furnish  the  stand  are  the  Deaf 
and  Dumb  Asylum  ;  Blind  Asylum ;  State  Lunatic  Asylum  ;  Bloomingdale, 
Hebrew,  and  Colored  Orphan  Asylum,  New  York;  Wilson  Industrial 
School  and  the  Home  for  the  Friendless.  Five  little  girls  belonging  to  the 
Birch  Church  Mission  School,  prepared  a  doll  with  a  complete  set  of  dresses, 
which  is  for  sale  for  $10.  We  have  mentioned  this  stand  particularly  be 
cause  of  the  nature  of  the  donors  and  the  character  of  the  gifts.  Probably 
not  one  of  all  the  stands  at  the  FAIR,  however  magnificent,  unique,  or 
costly  its  furniture,  is  watched  with  such  eager  interest  by  the  donors  as 
the  one  referred  to.  For  the  sake  of  the  self-sacrificing  givers,  and  the 
honor  of  charity  itself,  we  bespeak  a  full  sale  for  all  the  goods. 


THE  ROMAN  TABLE. 

THE  following  is  a  correct  list  of  the  Paintings  and  other  works  of  Art 
exhibited  at  the  Roman  Table  in  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR  : 

Scene  in  the  Alps,  iu  the  neighborhood  of  Altorf,  Switzerland,  Joseph 
Ropes ; — Torcello,  scene  not  far  from  Venice,  where  the  first  inhabitants 
of  Venice  settled,  J.  Rollin  Tilloe; — Landscape,  Italian  view,  H.  W. 
Waugh ;— Child  and  Dog,  interior,  Otto  Brandt ;— Street  Scene,  T.  Zielike ; 
— Landscape,  morning,  A.  Filedei ; — Harvest  Girl,  Innocenti  Banzo ; — 
Campagna  View,  with  ox  team,  Innocent!  Banzo ; — Bay  of  Naples  from 
Capri,  Miss  A.  0.  Williams ; — Contadino  with  Carca,  Miss  M.  E.  Williams  ; 
— Copy  of  Otto  Brandt,  4,  Miss  Latilla ;  Copy  of  a  Sassoferato,  in  the 
Corsini  Gallery ; — Copy  of  Murillo's  Madonna  della  Colonna  in  the  Corsini ; 
— Moonlight  Scene,  A.  Filedei ; — Copy  of  Carlo  Dolce,  from  the  Corsini 
Gallery ; — English  Maiden,  Mr.  Freeman  ; — Copy  of  Guido  Cagnacci's 
Sibyl,  painted  on  ivory,  from  the  Borghese  Gallery; — Several  sketches  of 
Scenery  in  the  neighborhood  of  Capri,  at  Terracina,  etc.,  by  a  German 
artist  (very  fine) ; — Scene  in  the  Adirondacks,  Mr.  Stillman ; — Bit  of 
Roman  Aqueduct,  etc.,  Mr.  Hotchkiss ; — Pifferani  (bagpipe  players) ; — 
Shepherd  Boy  in  the  Campagna,  American  lady  Artist ; — Sketch  of  Pas- 
quecia,  a  Roman  model,  Mr.  L.  Terry.  Other  pictures  will  be  found,  not 
on  the  list. 

Bust  of  William  H.  Seward,  Mr.  C.  B.  Ives ; — Bust  of  Washington,  from 
Houdon's; — Bust  of  a  Fawn,  Montague  Handley.  This  the  young  artist 


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Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by  AUOCSTUS  R.  MAODONOFOH,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  U.  R,  for  the  Southern  Dist.  of  N.Y. 


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worked  out  himself  in  marble,  putting  upon  it  three  months'  labor. — Bust 
of  the  Madonna ; — Bas  Relief  of  Pasquecia,  a  Roman  model  in  marble, 
Miss  Margaret  Foley ; — Rosaries  blessed  by  the  Pope,  with  consular  seal 
and  certificate ; — Cameos  (stotie)  unset ; — Shell  Cameos,  set  and  unset ; — 
Mosaics,  sets,  pins,  earrings,  lockets,  buttons,  &c. ; — Roman  gold  earrings, 
pins,  buttons,  &c. ; — Pin  with  Etruscan  setting,  presented  by  Castellani ; — 
Roman  pearls,  earrings,  brooches,  necklaces,  bracelets,  buttons,  coronets, 
head  dresses,  &c. ; — Busts  from  the  Antique,  in  composition  ; — Articles 
made  of  marbles  collected  in  the  ruins  in  and  about  Rome ; — Books  of 
Casts  from  the  antique  ; — Book  of  Photographic  views  of  the  statues  in  the 
Vatican  (Macpherson) ;— Macpherson's  small  books,  do.  ;— Canova's  Works, 
full  set  of  elegant  engravings,  one  large  folio,  presented  by  Miss  Cushman ; 
— Other  valuable  books ; — Engravings  of  Pictures  in  the  Florence  galleries ; 
— Mosaic  Paper  Weight,  presented  by  Miss  Cushman  ; — Sorrento  Wood 
Glove  Box  ; — Bronze  Biga  ; — Bronze  Lamp,  Inkstand  ; — Bronze  model  of 
the  Bell  of  St.  Peter's  ; — Bronze  model  of  Canova's  Lione  from  the  tomb  of 
Clement  13th; — Large  collection  of  fine  Photographic  Views  of  scenery 
and  statues  in  and  near  Rome  ; — Rocci's  Photographs  of  the  Pictures ; — 
Small  Photographs ; — Cartes  de  Visite  ; — Stereoscopic  Views ; — Crucifixes ; 
— Paper  Cutters  and  Seals,  made  of  the  shells  from  which  shell  cameos  are 
manufactured ; — Photograph  of  Guide's  Aurora,  from  the  original  in  the 
Rospigliosi  Villa  ; — Photographs  (scriptural)  from  Raphael. 


CORRECTION. — The  statuette  of  the  "  Biter  Bit,"  in  the  Architectural 
Department,  was  attributed  by  mistake  in  a  late  number  to  Rogers,  whose 
fame  can  spare  that  laurel.  It  is  the  work  of  Karl  Miiller,  as  is  also  a 
capital  bas  relief,  in  the  same  department,  of  Dr.  Harsen. 

TABLE  number  29,  under  the  charge  of  Mrs.  Van  Auken,  has  received 
the  following  donations,  valued  at  $40,  through  Mrs.  R.  M.  Buchanan  : 

2  Toilet  Cushions,  3  Tonsoriums,  1  Mouchoir  Satchel,  1  Lap-dog  Blanket, 
1  Pearl  Port  Monnaie,  1  Silk  Fan,  ornamented  with  steel,  2  Toilet  Mats,  1 
Fancy  Apron,  1  Doll's  Cloak,  1  Infant's  Sacque,  1  Embroidered  Merino 
Sacque,  1  Cone  Basket. 

THE  following  articles  have  been  contributed  to  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR 
through  Mrs.  B.  Nathan : 

By  Miss  Clara  Nathan — 5  Braided  Toilet  Sets,  with  embroidered  initials, 

1  White  Embroidered  Merino  Sack  ;  by  Mrs.  B.  Nathan — 7  Ladies'  Dresses, 

2  Framed  Mosses,  3  large  pieces  of  White  Sea  Coral,  3  Antique  Figures,  8 
Cushion  Covers,  4  Braided  Toilet  Sets,  several  articles  of  Worsted  Work ; 
by  Mr.  Soils,  Philadelphia — Royal  Ermine  Muff;  by  Madame  Decker — 1 
White  Opera  Cloak ;  by  Davics,  Bro.  &  Co.— 1  Black  Silk  Mantilla. 


UNION    SQUARE    BUILDING. 

INTERNATIONAL  nEPARTMENT. 

Booth  No.  1. — Vote  on  Army  and  Navy  Swords,  Tiffany  &  Co. 
"        "    2. — Contributions  from  Switzerland,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Paillard. 
"        "    3. — Pennsylvania  Relief  Association,  Mrs.  Edward  Tatum. 
"        "    4. — Contributions  by  Loyal  Americans  in  England,  Mrs.  John 

S.  Williams  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Guion. 
"        "    5. — Ulster  County,  Mrs.  II.  C.  Uasbrouck. 
"        "    6. — French,  Foreign  and  Fancy  Goods,  Mrs.  C.  Hunt,  Miss  K. 

Hone,  and  Miss  L.  Barnewall. 

"        "    7. — Hartford  Department,  Mrs.  Saml.  Colt,  and  Miss  A.  Tarnter. 
"        "    8.— Japan  Shells,  Mrs.  J.  II.  Caldwell. 

"        "    9.— Ladies'  Relief  Association,  Park  Barracks,  Mrs.  H.  K.  Bogert. 
"        "  10.— Floral  Department,  Mrs.  Lucy  A.  Bliss. 
"        "  11.— Ice  Cream,  Mrs.  John  M.  Story. 
"        "  12. — Knickerbocker  Kitchen,  Mrs.  J.  I.  Roosevelt. 

"  13.— Music  Hall,  Mrs.  H.  W.  Hills. 
"        "  14.— Grab  Bag,  Miss  C.  Lane. 
"       "  15.— Soda  Water. 

CHILDREN'S  DEPARTMENT. 

Booth  No.  1. — Skating  Pond,  Mrs.  Phillips. 

"        "    2.— Charitable  Institutions,  Miss  T.  McCredy. 


Booth  No.  2|.—  Refreshments  and  Confectionery,  Mrs.  F.  V.  Hamlin. 

"  "    3. — Fancy  Goods,  Mrs.  Everett  and  Miss  Beardsley. 

"  "    4. — Madison  Ave.  Baptist  Church,  Mrs.  G.  M.  Vanderlip. 

"  "    6.— Public  Schools,  Miss  L.  F.  Wadleigh. 

"  "    6.— Toy  Store,  Mrs.  J.  G.  Cornell. 

"  "    7. — Refreshments  &  Confectionery,  Mrs.  Foster  &  Mrs.  Stagg. 

"  "    8.— Staten  Island,  Mrs.  J.  L.  Tuthill. 

"  "    9.— Book  Store,  Miss  M.  M.  Roberts. 

"  "  9i. — Soldiers'  Orphans,  Mrs.  J.  Chisholm. 

"  "  10. — Private  Schools,  Mrs.  Henry  Anthon. 

"  "  11. — Soda  Fountain,  Miss  M.  F.  Iloagland. 

"  "  12. — Ice  Cream  and  Lemonade,  Miss  M.  E.  Evans. 


MINERAL  DEPARTMENT. — We  take  pleasure  in  again  calling  attention  to 
the  fine  collection  of  specimens  in  the  Mineral  Department  of  Station  No. 
73,  on  the  second  floor.  Although  the  place  and  space  allotted  are  unfa 
vorable  to  the  exhibition  of  the  articles,  yet  the  beauty  of  the  specimens 
arrest  the  attention  of  all  visitors,  while  they  are  of  great  interest  in  a 
scientific  point  of  view.  They  are  flowers  and  gems  of  the  lead  mining 
regions  of  Wisconsin,  Illinois,  and  Iowa,  and  in  their  singular  groupings, 
brilliancy,  and  perfection  of  form,  are  worthy  of  a  place  in  the  cabinets  of 
amateurs  and  of  our  colleges.  Single  and  grouped  crystals,  and  reticulated 
forms  of  Galena,  Crystals  of  Galena  coated  with  Iron  Pyrites,  Stalaetitic 
Pyrites,  Geodes  of  Quartz,  and  spars,  are  here,  such  as  nature  rarely  pro 
duces,  and  art  cannot  imitate. 

Our  loyal  sister  State  upon  the  Pacific,  has  also  sent  a  choice  collection 
of  specimens  of  her  virgin  gold,  worthy  of  her  lavish  liberality.  As  all 
these  specimens  are  for  sale,  it  is  hoped  that  they  will  realize  a  Bum  com 
mensurate  with  the  generosity  of  their  donors. 

They  present  opportunities  to  colleges,  as  well  as  individuals,  to  replen 
ish  their  cabinets,  and  some  cases  containing  small  specimens  of  the  lead 
ing  mineral  species,  and  designed  for  beginners  in  this  delightful  and 
useful  study,  may  prove  the  nucleus  from  which  large  and  choice  private 
collections  may  at  some  future  day  arise. 

A  PAIR  of  ladies'  shoes,  made  to  order,  eighteen  inches  long,  can  be 
seen  at  the  Boot  and  Shoe  Stall,  together  with  a  magnificent  pair  of  bridal 
satin  shoes,  not  eighteen  inches  long. 


METROPOLITAN  FAIR  FOR  THE  U.  S.   SANITARY  COMMISSION. 

AUCTION   NOTICE. 

HEADS  of  departments  wishing  to  make  sales  by  auction,  will  please 
hand  in  their  invoices  two  days  before  sale,  to  cither  of  the  following  auc 
tioneers,  or  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Committee.  Each  department  will 
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HEXRY  MOI.TON,  235  Broadway. 

J.  H.  DRAPER,  36  Pine  street. 

EDWARD  SINTZENICH,  165  Broadway. 

J.  E.  HAI.SEY,  10  Barclay  street. 

WALTER  M.  LLOYD,  15  Nassau  street. 

E.  T.  WILLS,  47  Murray  street. 

JOHN  H.  AUSTEN,  340  Broadway. 

THOMAS  J.  MILLER,  74  Broadway. 

ALFRKD  L.  CURTIS,  23  Murray  street. 

All  goods  sold  by  this  Commission  are  free  from  United  States  duties, 
as  well  as  the  District  License. 

E.  H.  LUDLOW,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Auctioneers. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  Secretary. 

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services  of  an  auctioneer,  will  please  send  notice  in  writing  to  the  Executive 
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HOW  I  CAME  TO  BE  A  NURSE.— No.  IV. 

THE    BOGIE. 

WE  were  all  very  ignorant  when  the  war  began,  and  among  the  many 
subjects  on  which  our  minds  presented  an  entire  blank,  was  that  sublime, 
unfathomed  mystery — "  Professional  Etiquette."  Out  of  the  army,  in 
practice  which  calls  itself  "  civil,"  the  etiquette  of  the  profession  is  a  cold 
spectre,  whose  presence  is  felt  everywhere,  if  not  seen ;  but  in  the  Medi 
cal  Department  of  the  Army,  it  is  an  absolute  Bogie,  which  stands  con 
tinually  in  one's  path,  which  shows  its  narrow,  ugly  face  in  camps  and  in 
hospitals,  in  offices  and  in  wards ;  which  puts  its  cold  paw  on  private  benev 
olence,  whenever  benevolence  is  fool  enough  to  permit  it ;  which  has  kept 
shirts  from  ragged  men,  and  broth  from  hungry  ones ;  which,  while  not 
intentionally  hard-hearted,  would  rather  prefer  to  see  a  man  die  in  the 
regular  way,  than  to  give  him  a  chance  of  being  saved  irregularly ;  which 
will  on  no  account  whatever,  and  in  no  emergency,  tolerate  outside  assis 
tance.  It  is  an  evil  Bogie,  which  in  full  knowledge  of  empty  kitchens  and 
exhausted  "  funds,"  quietly  asserts  that  it  has  need  of  nothing,  and  politely 
bows  Philanthropy  out  into  the  cold. 

All  this  I  was  profoundly  ignorant  of,  for  the  first  few  months  of  the 
war,  and  so,  innocently  began  my  rounds  with  my  little  jelly  pots  and 
socks  knit  at  home  for  the  boys — when,  suddenly,  I  met  the  Bogie,  and 
what  a  queer  thing  he  was !  It  was  a  hot  summer  morning,  not  a  breath  of 
air  coming  in  at  the  open  windows — the  hospital  full  of  sick  men,  and  the 
nurses  all  busy,  so  I  sat  by  a  soldier  and  fanned  him  through  the  long 
tedious  hours.  Poor  man,  he  was  dying,  and  so  grateful  to  me,  so  afraid  I 
should  tire  myself;  I  could  have  fanned  him  all  day  for  the  pleasure  it  was 
to  help  him,  but  the  Bogie  came  in,  and  gave  me  a  look  of  icy  inquiry.  My 
hand  ought  to  have  been  paralysed  at  once,  but  somehow  or  other,  it  kept 
moving  on,  with  the  fan  in  it,  while  I  stupidly  returned  the  Bogie's  stare  ; 
it  was  my  first  experience  of  him,  and  that  can  be  my  only  excuse. 

Finding  that  I  still  lived,  Bogie  quietly  made  his  plan,  left  the  room 
without  saying  a  word,  and  in  ten  minutes  afterward  developed  his  tactics. 
He  was  a  small  Bogie — yes,  small  is  the  word — knowing  what  he  wanted 
to  do,  but  not  quite  brave  enough  to  do  it  alone,  so  he  got  another  one  to 
help  him,  and  together,  they  brought  all  the  weight  of  professional  indig 
nation  to  bear  upon  me.  I  "  must  leave  immediately."  "  Who  was  I,  that  I 
should  bring  myself  and  my  presumptuous  fan,  without  direct  commission 
from  the  surgeon-general,"  into  the  hospital  commanded  by  Bogie  ?  "  Not 
only  must  I  leave  at  once,  but  I  must  never  return" 

This  was  rather  a  blow,  it  must  be  confessed.  The  moment  for  action 
had  arrived — I  rapidly  reviewed  my  position,  notified  myself  that  I  was  the 
Benevolent  Public,  and  decided  that  the  sick  soldiers  were,  in  some  sort, 
the  property  of  the  B.  P.  Then  I  divulged  my  tactics.  I  informed  the 
Bogies  (how  well  that  rhymes  with  Fogies) — that  I  had  ordered  my  carriage 
to  return  at  such  an  hour,  that  the  sun  was  hot,  that  I  had  no  intention 
whatever  of  walking  out  in  it,  and  that,  in  short,  I  had  decided  to  remain. 
What  there  was  in  these  simple  facts,  very  quietly  announced,  to  exorcise 
the  demon,  I  am  unable  to  say,  but  the  gratifying  result  was,  that  half  an 
hour  afterward,  Professional  Etiquette  made  a  most  salutary  repast  off  its 
own  remarks  ;  that  I  spent  the  remainder  of  the  day  where  I  was ;  that  both 
the  Bogies,  singly,  called  the  next  morning  to  say — "Please,  sir,  it  was'nt 
me,  sir, — 'twas  the  other  boy,  sir; "  and  that  from  that  time  the  wards  were 
all  before  me. 

This  first  encounter  had  not  inspired  me  with  a  wholesome  fear,  so  that 
when  we  came,  shortly  after,  in  the  progress  of  the  war,  to  be  camping 
near  our  first  regimental  hospital,  I  utterly  ignored  the  existence  of  the  evil 
spirit,  and  did  as  I  pleased. 

It  was  a  pretty  spot — our  camp  down  in  a  valley,  in  Virginia — hill-side 
covered  with  white  tents,  sloping  to  a  green  meadow  and  clear,  bright, 
little  river.  The  meadow  was  part  of  my  grandfather's  farm,  years  ago, 
and  in  the  stream  all  his  children  had  fished  and  paddled.  Great  magnolia 
trees,  full  of  creamy,  luscious  blossoms,  used  to  fringe  the  little  river,  and 
on  Sundays,  when  the  big  family  coach  rolled  into  town,  all  the  children 
•went  to  church  with  their  hands  full  of  flowers.  Now,  we — two  genera 
tions  afterward,  had  come  back  and  pitched  our  tents  in  the  old  wheat  fields, 
and  made  ready  for  war,  and  there  were  no  magnolia  blossoms  any  more. 


On  the  hills  all  about  us  the  army  was  gathering,  white  tents  springing 
up  like  mushrooms  in  the  night.  With  their  coming,  came  sickness,  and 
sickness  brought  the  men  of  the  next  brigade  into  a  poor  little  shanty  close 
behind  our  headquarters.  There  we  found  them,  one  day,  wretched  and 
neglected — and  "most  improperly,"  at  once  adopted  them  as  our  own. 
We  asked  no  one's  permission,  but  went  to  work,  had  the  house  cleaned 
from  top  to  bottom,  shelves  put  up,  and  s;icks  filled  with  straw  ;  then  we 
prescribed  the  diet  and  fed  them  just  as  we  pleased.  All  this  was  a  shock 
ing  breach  of  propriety,  and  I  have  no  doubt  the  surgeon  of  the  regiment 
was  somewhere  behind  a  fence,  white  with  rage.  Never  mind — our  men 
were  delighted,  and  one  dear,  little,  blue-eyed  boy,  who  had  blown  his 
lungs  through  his  fife,  was  never  tired  of  saying  and  looking  his  thanks. 
Finally,  we  persuaded  the  General  to  break  up  the  little  den,  and  order  all 
the  sick  sent  to  general  hospitals,  and  our  breaches  of  etiquette  came  to  an 
end. 

I  am  glad  we  did  all  this,  then  and  there,  and  I  should  do  the  same 
things  right  over  again,  two  years  ago ;  but  this  being  two  years  afterward, 
I  confess  that  I  should  go  to  work  a  little  differently. 

Bogie  is  a  fixed  fact,  and  on  the  whole,  more  good  is  accomplished  by 
mildly  stroking  him  the  right  way,  than  by  punching  his  head,  much  as  I 
should  frequently  prefer  the  latter  proceeding.  No  doubt,  too,  philanthropy 
is  a  little  bit  wild,  sometimes,  and  does  introduce  surreptitious  cake  and 
pies  (I  have  detected  them)  under  pillows  where  only  gruel  should  be 
found.  Some  sort  of  judicious  leading-strings  will  do  philanthropy  no 
harm.  At  any  rate,  we  must  let  Bogie  imagine,  that  he  has  them  round 
us,  and  a  good  rule  for  the  Benevolent  Public  is — Possess  yourself,  and  you 
will,  pretty  generally,  possess  Bogie. 


WOMAN'S  MISSION. 

THE  stars  may  blossom  in  the  skies, 
Sweet  flowers  repeat  the  rainbow's  dyes, 
And  home  be  fair  as  Paradise, 

And  plenty  yield  her  golden  store : — 
Without  dear  woman,  man  would  be 
A  melancholy  mystery : 
His  heart  a  lone  and  troubled  sea, 

That  breaks  upon  a  silent  shore. 

Fair  Eve  was  taken  from  the  side 
Of  Adam,  and  became  his  bride — 
She  was  her  husband's  joy  and  pride : — 

She  came  not  kneeling  at  his  feet, 
Or  shrinking  at  his  steps  with  fear, 
But  from  his  throbbing  side,  so  near 
His  beating  heart,  that  she  could  hear 

Its  love  in  happy  pulses  beat. 

And  woman's  mission  since  that  day 
Has  been  to  wipe  the  tears  away 
From  sorrow's  face,  and  light  the  ray 

Of  hope  within  the  human  breast. 
Beside  the  couch  where  pity  calls 
For  help,  her  graceful  shadow  falls, 
Like  wings  that  droop  from  starry  walls 

Above  a  child  at  peaceful  rest. 

Say  that  the  gallant  soldier  bleeds : — 
With  swift  and  silent  feet  she  speeds, 
Forgetting  forms  and  caste  and  creeds, 

To  bind  the  wound  whose  lips  proclaim 
His  holy  valor  in  the  fight. 
She  watches  till  the  stars  of  night 
Grow  pale,  and  when  the  morning  light 

Fills  the  vast  sky  with  rosy  flame. 

The  hero  in  her  presence  seems 
Like  Jacob  in  his  desert  dreams, 
And  where  her  noiseless  footstep  gleams 

Upon  Hope's  golden  ladder-rounds, 
Well  may  lie  turn  his  fevered  head 
To  kiss  the  shadow  on  his  bed. 
She  saved  the  life  that  would  have  fled 

Through  the  red  gate  of  bleeding  wound?. 


March  lOtt,  1864. 


GEORGE  W.  BUNGAY. 


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SPIEIT  OF  THE  FAIR. 


NEW    YORK,    SATURDAY,    APRIL    16,     1864. 


THE  STORY  OF  PELAYO. 

A   FRAGMENT,   BY   •WASHINGTON   IETING. 

(Now  published  for  ili.3  first  time.) 

IN  the  ensuing  pages  it  is  onr  intention  to  give  little  more  than 
an  abstract  of  an  old  chronicle,  teeming  with  extravagances,  yet 
containing  facts  of  admitted  credibility,  and  presenting  pictures  of 
Spanish  life,  partly  sylvan,  partly  chivalrous,  which  have  all  the 
quaint  merit  of  the  curious  delineations  in  old  tapestry.  The 
origin  of  Pelayo  is  wrapped  in  great  obscurity,  though  all  writers 
concur  in  making  him  of  royal  Gothic  lineage.  The  chronicle  in 
question  makes  Pelayo  the  offspring  of  a  love  affair  in  the  court 
of  Ezica,  one  of  the  last  of  the  Gothic  kings  who  held  his  seat  of 
government  at  Toledo.  Among  the  noble  damsels  brought  up  in 
the  royal  household  was  the  beautiful  Lucia,  niece  and  maid  of 
honor  to  the  queen.  A  mutual  passion  subsisted  between  her  and 
Favila,  the  youthful  Duke  of  Cantabria,  one  of  the  most  accom 
plished  cavaliers  of  the  kingdom.  The  duke,  however,  had  a 
powerful  rival  in  the  Prince  Witiza,  son  of  the  king,  and  afterward 
known,  for  the  profligacy  of  his  reign,  by  the  name  of  Witiza  the 
wicked.  The  prince,  to  rid  himself  of  a  favored  rival,  procured 
the  banishment  of  Favila  to  his  estates  in  Cantabria,  not,  however, 
before  he  had  been  happy  in  his  loves  in  stolen  interviews  with 
the  fair  Lucia.  The  cautious  chronicler,  however,  lets  us  know 
that  a  kind  of  espousal  took  place  by  the  lovers  plighting  their 
faith  with  solemn  vows  before  an  image  of  the  Virgin,  and  as  the 
image  gave  no  sign  of  dissent  by  way  of  forbidding  the  banns,  the 
worthy  chronicler  seems  to  consider  them  as  good  as  man  and 
wife. 

After  the  departure  of  the  duke,  the  prince  resumed  his  suit 
with  stronger  hopes  of  success,  but  met  with  a  repulse  which  con 
verted  his  love  into  implacable  and  vengeful  hate. 

The  beautiful  Lucia  continued  in  attendance  on  the  queen,  but 
soon  became  sensible  of  the  consequences  of  her  secret  and  infor 
mal  nuptials  so  tacitly  sanctioned  by  the  Virgin.  In  process  of 
time,  with  great  secrecy,  she  gave  birth  to  a  male  child,  whom  she 
named  Pelayo.  For  fifteen  days  the  infant  was  concealed  in  her 
apartment,  and  she  trusted  all  was  safe,  when,  to  her  great  terror, 
she  learnt  that  her  secret  had  been  betrayed  to  Prince  Witiza,  and 
that  search  was  to  be  made  for  the  evidence  of  her  weakness. 
The  dread  of  public  scorn  and  menace  of  a  cruel  death  overcame 
even  the  feelings  of  a  mother.  Through  means  of  a  trusty  female 
of  her  chamber  she  procured  a  little  ark  so  constructed  as  to  be 
impervious  to  water.  She  then  arrayed  her  infant  in  costly  gar 
ments,  wrapping  it  in  a  mantle  of  rich  brocade  ;  and  when  about 
to  part  with  it,  kissed  it  many  times,  and  laid  it  in  her  lap,  and 
wept  over  it.  At  length  the  child  was  borne  away  by  the  duena 
of  her  chamber  and  a  faithful  handmaid.  It  was  dark  midnight 
when  they  conveyed  it  to  the  borders  of  the  Tagus,  where  it 
washes  the  rocky  foundations  of  Toledo,  covering  it  from  the  dew 
and  night  air,  they  committed  the  ark  to  the  eddying  current, 
which  soon  swept  it  from  the  shore.  As  it  glided  down  the  rapid 
stream,  says  the  ancient  chronicle,  they  could  mark  its  course  even 
in  the  darkness  of  the  night,  for  it  was  surrounded  by  a  halo  of 
celestial  light.  They  knew  not  how  to  account  for  this  prodigy, 
says  the  same  authentic  author,  until  they  remembered  that  the 
mother  had  blessed  the  child  with  the  sign  of  the  cross,  and  had 


baptized  it  with  her  own  hand.  Others,  however,  explain  this 
marvel  differently,  for  in  this  child,  say  they,  was  centred  the 
miraculous  light  which  was  afterward  to  shine  forth  with  comfort 
and  deliverance  in  the  darkest  hour  of  Spain. 

The  chronicle  quoted  by  Fray  Antonio  Agapida  goes  on  to 
state  what  befell  the  fair  Lucia  after  the  departure  of  the  child. 
Her  apartments  were  searched  at  early  dawn,  but  no  proof 
apppeared  to  substantiate  the  charges  made  against  her.  The 
Prince  Witiza  persisted  in  accusing  her  publicly  of  having  brought 
disgrace  upon  her  lino  by  her  frailty.  A  cavalier  of  the  court, 
suborned  by  him,  supported  the  accusation  by  an  oath,  and  offered 
to  maintain  the  truth  of  it  by  his  sword.  A  month  was  granted 
by  the  king  for  the  afflicted  lady  to  find  a  champion,  and  a  day 
appointed  for  the  lists ;  if  none  appeared,  or  if  her  champion  were 
overcome,  she  was  to  be  considered  guilty,  and  put  to  death.  The 
day  arrived,  the  accusing  knight  was  on  the  ground  in  complete 
armor ;  proclamation  was  made,  but  no  one  stepped  forward  to 
defend  the  lady.  At  length  a  trumpet  sounded  ;  an  unknown 
knight,  with  vizor  closed,  entered  the  list.  The  combat  was  long 
and  doubtful,  for  it  would  appear  as  if  the  holy  Virgin  was  not 
perfectly  satisfied  with  the  nature  of  the  espousals  which  had 
taken  place  before  her  image.  At  length  the  accusing  knight  was 
overcome  and  slain,  to  the  great  joy  of  the  court  and  all  the  spec 
tators,  and  the  beautiful  Lucia  was  pronounced  as  immaculate  as 
the  Virgin  her  protectress. 

The  unknown  champion,  of  course,  proved  to  be  the  Duke  of 
Cantabria.  lie  obtained  a  pardon  of  the  king  for  returning  from 
banishment  without  the  royal  permission ;  what  is  more,  he  ob 
tained  permission  formally  to  espouse  the  lady  whose  honor  ho 
had  so  gallantly  established.  Their  nuptials  were  solemnized  in 
due  form  and  with  great  magnificence,  after  which  he  took  his 
blooming  bride  to  his  castle  in  Cantabria  to  be  out  of  reach  of  the 
persecutions  of  the  Prince  Witiza. 

Having  made  this  brief  abstract  of  what  occupies  many  a  wordy 
page  in  the  ancient  chronicle,  we  return  to  look  after  the  fortunes 
of  the  infant  Pelayo  when  launched  upon  the  waves  in  the  dark 
ness  of  the  night. 

The  ark,  containing  this  future  hope  of  Spain,  continues  the 
old  chronicle,  floated  down  the  current  of  the  golden  Tagus,  where 
that  renowned  river  winds  through  the  sylvan  solitudes  of  Estrema- 
dura;  all  night,  and  throughout  the  succeeding  dny  and  the  follow 
ing  night,  it  made  its  tranquil  way.  The  stream  ceased  its  wonted 
turbulence  and  dimpled  round  it,  the  swallow  circled  round  it  with 
lively  chirp  and  sportive  wing,  the  breezes  whispered  musically 
among  the  reeds,  which  bowed  their  tall  heads  as  it  passed ;  such 
was  the  bland  influence  of  the  protection  of  the  Virgin. 
(  To  be  continued.) 


A  TRAGEDY  OF  TO-DAY. 

EVERT  human  being,  I  believe,  has  some  trait,  or  expression,  or  power 
peculiar  to  themselves,  that  is  the  seal  of  their  own  individuality.  I  be 
gin  with  such  a  "  credo,"  because  it  is  necessary  in  order  to  explain  the 
peculiar  but  faithfully  true  incident  I  have  to  narrate  that  I  should  confess 
my  own  specialty.  Everybody  confides  in  me !  I  do  not  mean  that  they 
trust,  or  love,  or  ask  help  from  me ;  but  something  in  my  mental  or  moral 
nature  seems  to  lay  a  spell,  even  on  strangers ;  and  I  have  had  personal 
histories  of  the  most  delicate  nature,  things  I  would  scarcely  tell  my  own 
sister,  poured  into  my  ears  by  persons  I  had  not  known  ten  days.  This 
curious  and  often  embarrassing  gift  of  mine  was  never  more  strongly  ex 
emplified  than  one  day  about  a  month  ago,  when  I  was  walking  up  the  broad 
bright  streets  of  my  native  city.  There  could  have  been  nothing  in  my 
face  to  attract  confidence,  for  I  was  very  tired,  full  of  care  and  anxiety,  and 
hastening  home  without  even  a  glance  at  the  people  I  met,  when  suddenly 
a  woman  stepped  before  me  and  said,  in  a  peculiarly  excited  tone, 


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"  Do  you  want  to  see  my  boy  ?  " 

My  wits  are  rather  quick,  thanks  to  long  training  in  emergencies,  and 
at  once  I  thought,  "A  crazy  person!  take  it  coolly,  don't  show  her  you 
know  it."  So  I  said  with  entire  composure  and  a  certain  degree  of  suavity, 
quite  unsurprised. 

"  Oh  yes,  where  is  he  ?  " 

"  There  he  is  !  "  said  she,  indicating  with  the  tip  of  her  parasol  one 
daguerreotype  out  of  some  hundred,  that  filled  a  large  showcase  leaning 
against  the  side  of  a  door. 

I  looked,  expecting  to  see  some  fat  urchin,  ruffled  and  bare  armed,  with 
a  whip  or  an  apple,  looking  Grosser  than  life  and  more  stolid  than  nature  ; 
for  I  had  jumped  to  the  feminine  conclusion  that  this  strange  appeal  was  a 
burst  of  maternal  pride  in  some  simple  soul,  altogether  carried  away  by 
the  depicted  beauties  of  her  baby  :  but  I  saw  instead  a  young  man's  figure, 
dressed  in  uniform ;  a  thoroughly  New  England  face,  "  hard-favored  " 
(as  we  say  in  Connecticut),  a  certain  gravity  and  sadness  on  the  long 
uncomely  features,  the  prominent  mouth  set  firmly,  the  cool  eyes  looking 
straight  forward,  the  hands  dropped,  nothing  more  attractive  in  the  vis 
age  than  a  steady  expression  ;  one  could  scarce  imagine  that  even  a  moth 
er's  eye  could  find  it  pleasant  to  look  on. 

I  looked  from  the  picture  to  her;  she  was  a  middle-aged,  common-place 
looking  woman,  well  and  neatly  dressed  in  deep  mourning,  evidently  from 
the  country  ;  her  whole  face  stirred  with  suppressed  feeling.  I  had  to  say 
something — so  I  spoke : 

•'  He  is  in  the  army  ?  " 

"  He's  dead  ! " 

I  despair  of  giving  these  two  words  in  print ;  I  did  not  know  that  one 
phrase  could  be  so  overburdened  with  expression.  I  felt  at  once  that  there  was 
only  one  fact  in  the  world  to  her,  only  one  idea — a  possessing  and  trans 
fusing  agony  that  could  not  recognise  anything  in  life  but  itself ;  that  even 
knew  not  in  its  blind  rage,  whether  she  spoke  or  thought ;  careless  of 
forms  or  persons ;  intent  to  speak  as  a  severed  artery  is  to  bleed,  yet  simply 
instinctive  in  doing  so.  The  very  dynamic  force  of  her  anguish  made  it 
utter  itself  in  words. 

I  was  struck  dumb.  I  was  like  one  blundering  into  a  foreign  tongue, 
what  could  I  say  ?  I  stammered  out  a  blunt  inquiry : 

"Was he  shot?" 

"  Shot  at  Bull  Run — and  they  brought  him  home." 

"  You  had  him  with  you  then  ?  " 

"  Oh  yes !  He  was  just  through  College.  The  best  boy  !  going  to  be  a 
minister ;  so  good,  and  so  smart.  Why  the  President  said  at  his  funeral 
it  was  a  mysterious  Providence." 

"  But  it  was  splendid  to  have  him  die  for  his  country,"  said  I. 

As  soon  as  I  had  said  it  I  could  have  bitten  my  tongue  for  offering  to 
this  broken  heart  such  oratorical  stuff  as  that.  She  took  no  notice  of  it. 

"  He  was  so  good :  knew  so  much  :  if  he  had  lived  he  would  have  done 
so  much  more  all  his  life, — and  he's  dead." 

She  faced  round  upon  me  with  these  last  words  till  I  felt  imbecile  again. 

"Was  he  sorry  he  went !  "  said  I. 

"  No,  he  thought  he  ought  to.  I  asked  him  when  he  was  a-dying,  if 
he  could  forgive  the  man  that  shot  him.  '  Why,  mother  ! '  says  he,  '  I 
haven't  anything  against  him,  he  didn't  mean  to  shoot  me  specially ;  I  sup 
pose  he  thought  he  ought  to  fire  his  gun  as  much  as  I  thought  I  ought 
to  fire  mine.  I  could  shake  hands  with  him  now.'  " 

"  You  had  a  real  hero  for  a  son." 

"  He's  dead,"  was  all  she  said,  with  dreadful  iteration  ;  the  tears  run 
ning  over  her  eyelids,  without  her  consciousness  apparently,  and  her  whole 
face  as  still  with  intensity  as  the  band  of  a  wheel  that  moves  so  fast  it  seems 
to  stand  still. 

"  But  after  all,  "  said  I,  "  you  are  a  blessed  woman  to  have  made  such  a 
sacrifice  to  your  country ;  I  wish  day  and  night  I  had  a  man  to  send  to  the 
war,  and  I  haven't  one ! " 

This  was  equally  unheeded ;  she  went  on—"  I  can't  see  why  he  should 
have  died,  he  was  so  good ;  he  was  all  the  son  I'd  got,  and  I  thought 
he'd  grow  up  to  be  a  comfort  to  me,  and  everybody  spoke  well  of  him ; 
he'd  have  done  a  great  deal  more  good  if  he'd  lived ;  I  can't  see  it — and 
he's  dead ! " 


"  But  you  know  God  always  does  right,  if  it  docs  seem  hard  now," 
said  I,  in  despair  of  making  my  way  gradually  to  these  heights,  that  are  the 
very  citadel  of  the  soul,  and  which  one  instinctively  shrinks  from  entering 
without  cautious  approach.  She  turned  round  upon  me  with  a  mingled 
look  of  weariness  and  anger. 

"  Did  you  ever  lose  a  son  in  the  war  ?  "  said  she,  almost  fiercely. 

That  appeal  cowed  me  at  once,  for  I  felt  all  it  implied  ;  my  tongue  fal 
tered  and  my  heart  slunk  away  before  hers,  as  I  said  faintly  : 

"No." 

"  Then  you  don't  know  anything  about  it ;  it's  no  use  for  you  to  talk. 
I  can't  have  it  so  !  I  can't  have  it  so !  I  tell  you  he's  dead  1 1 

Just  here  she  caught  the  eye  of  a  friend,  and  turned  to  speak  to  her. 
I  made  my  escape.  I  could  not  have  borne  another  minute  the  sight  of  her 
grief.  I  have  never  seen  her  since ;  though  I  found  out  her  name  and  her 
dwelling-place,  and  if  ever  I  go  through  that  pretty  river  town  I  will  ask 
about  her,  most  surely,  for  I  never  can  forget  her  or  her  son.  Yet  strange 
to  say  as  I  walked  away  from  that  interview,  stunned  and  dumb,  only  these 
words  kept  reiterating  themselves  in  my  mind  : 

"  For  God  so  loved  the  world,  He  gave  his  only-begotten  Son." 

KOSE  TERRY. 


THE  CANNON  OF  GETTYSBURG. 

No  morning  star  shines  forth, 
And  the  nation  holds  its  breath, 

For  the  rebel  hosts  arc  led 

By  the  chieftain  at  their  head, 
Swift  and  still,  and  grim  as  death, 
To  the  North  ! 

Through  all  the  land,  a  gloom 

Spreads  like  a  mighty  soul's  eclipse  ! 
Hen  dumbly  listen  to  the  word 
Muttered — uttered— fiercely  roared 
From  out  the  cannon's  awful  lips — 
Is  it  "  Doom  ?  " 

Thou  Nemesis  of  States  ! 

At  thy  dark  bar  Columbia  stands ! 
She  who  so  late,  with  godlike  pride, 
Bade  all  the  world  her  wealth  divide, 

As  proudly  now  thy  dread  commands 
Alone  awaits. 

Around  each  leaguered  town, 
Like  Gauls,  the  scornful  legions  pour. 

Strange  sounds  the  word  they  speak  to-day- 

"  Americans  !     Ye  pay, 
At  bidding  of  a  conqueror, 
Tribute  down ! " 

The  matrons  yield  their  stores, 

The  sordid  hucksters  pay  their  gold. 
And  first  since  Britons  left  our  strand, 
A  stranger  banner  flouts  the  land, 
And  hangs  its  horrid  fold 
At  our  doors ! 

As  the  columns,  long  and  strong, 

Forward  march  with  steady  tramp, 
Many  a  mother  and  maid  turn  white, 
And  fear  and  grim  despair,  like  night, 
Set  their  gloomy  stamp 
On  the  throng ! 

Hark  !  through  the  air  of  woe, 

What  notes  of  cheer  the  burghers  hear  ! 
Like  murmuring  rivulets  at  first, 
Then  cataracts  of  sound  they  burst, 

In  answering  thunders  on  the  car 
Of  the  foe. 


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i  P  I  R  I  T     OF     THE     FAIR. 


As  in  Rome's  sorest  need, 

Camillus  vengeful  came  of  old, 
Laughed  to  scorn  the  victor's  pride, 
Backward  set  the  battle's  tide, 

Bade  the  vanquished  keep  his  gold — 
So  came  Meade ! 

Hope  rises  o'er  the  land ! 

And  while  the  foe  is  earthward  flung, 
Not  dirges  of  the  home  and  hearth, 
But  pasans  o'er  the  second  birth 

Of  our  New  World  are  reverent  sung 
In  chorus  grand ! 

For  in  that  iron-voiced  decree, 

God  gives  Columbia  life  ! 
Gives  hope  to  sad  humanity, 
To  slaves  the  dawn  of  liberty, 

Begins  the  ending  of  the  strife, 
"VICTORY  !" 


H.  D.  S. 


ANGEL-TRAPS— A  MEDITATION. 

I1Y    ADELA1DA. 

TRAPS  may  or  may  not  catch  sunbeams  ;  but  they  will  not  catch  angels  ! 
It  is  not  for  our  coaxing  nor  at  our  will,  but  at  their  own,  or  God's,  that 
those  strong  messengers  come  and  go. 

This  is  a  recent  discovery.  For  not  many  hundred  years  ago,  there 
was  a  nation  which  contained  some  very  eminent  wise  men,  who  knew  per 
fectly  well  to  the  contrary  of  this  our  statement.  Indeed,  it  was  the  es 
sence  of  their  wisdom  that  they  knew  everything ;  and  everything  includes 
both  the  things  that  are  so,  and  those  that  are  not  so. 

Among  all  the  rest  of  the  knowledges  of  these  wise  men,  they  knew 
perfectly  well  that  the  principal  need  of  the  nation  at  the  time  in  question 
was  an  angel  to  sing  to  it.  And  they  also  knew,  just  as  well  as  they 
knew  everything  else,  that  angels,  like  other  birds — Aval,  wise  men  alwavs 
say — can  be  caught  by  a  proper  trap.  So  these  wise  men  who  were 
specially  fitted  for  the  angel-trap-making  profession,  by  virtue  of  never 
having  seen  an  angel,  nor  heard  one  sing,  nor  made  a  trap,  fell  stoutly  to 
work  and  out  of  the  depths  of  their  own  consciousnesses  they  constructed 
a  most  wonderful  and  infallible  trap.  It  was  a  very  big,  shiny  thing,  all 
covered  witli  gold  and  silver,  so  that  the  angel  could  see  it ;  for,  said  they, 
this  variety  of  bird  is  fond  of  what  is  shiny  and  gay.  It  was  placed  on 
high  in  the  very  middle  of  the  nation ;  for,  said  the  wise  men,  when  we  have 
caught  our  angel  we  must  advertise  him  and  have  everybody  come,  and 
then  we  must  poke  him  and  make  him  sing  very  loud,  where  everybody 
can  hear  him  and  see  him  open  his  mouth,  and  make  flourishes.  For  this 
variety  of  bird,  said  they,  likes — and  here  they  invented  an  entirely  new 
and  most  wise,  and  rare  and  excellent  word,  which  in  itself  at  once  ex 
plains  what  the  preference  of  the  angel  is — this  variety  of  bird  likes  to 
yoslrate.  And  inside  of  the  traps  they  put  a  particularly  shiny  bait,  en 
tirely  composed  of  gold  and  silver ;  for,  said  they :  Money  will  procure 
everything,  ergo  it  will  procure  an  angel;  otherwise  our  logical  methods 
are  at  fault,  which  is  out  of  the  question. 

Then  they  caused  a  vociferous  proclamation  to  be  made  by  the  public 
criers,  accompanied  with  gongs,  triangles,  and  other  noisy  music,  to  this  ef 
fect  :  All  angels  wishing  a  fine  bait,  apply  immediately  at  this  trap.  And 
the  trap  stood  there  shining  in  the  sun.  And  the  wise  men  stood  by  and 
watched  for  angels  to  fly  in,  intending  to  catch  a  great  many,  and  then, 
after  pulling  out  a  tail-feather  or  two  apiece,  to  let  them  all  go  except  the 
biggest,  who  was  to  sing.  And  they  stood  a  long  time,  and  then  proclaimed 
again,  and  pounded  on  their  gongs  and  triangles ;  and  they  kept  alternately 
watching  and  then  proclaiming  and  pounding,  until  they  became  quite  tired 
out ;  for  a  number  of  weeks ;  even  until  some  of  the  less  wise  of  them 
contemplated  becoming  foolish,  as  a  means  of  escaping  off  from  this  wear 
isome  committee. 

All  at  once  one  of  the  wise  men  pricked  up  his  ears,  and  paid  that  he 


thought  he  heard  something.  And  they  all  listened ;  and  one  said  it  was 
a  humble-bee,  and  one  that  it  was  a  breeze,  and  one  that  it  was  thunder  in 
the  distance.  On  listening  a  long  time,  they  all  agreed  they  heard  it,  and 
then  that  it  was  growing  louder,  and  approaching  ;  and  their  curiosity  be 
came  so  great  that  neglecting  their  highly  important  and  responsible  trust, 
they  went  off  to  hunt  this  noise,  and  looked  all  about,  asking :  What  is  this 
abnormal  acoustic  phenomenon  ?  And  even  while  they  inquired,  the  ab 
normal  phenomenon  grew  and  increased,  and  approached  toward  them,  and 
before  they  knew  it  the  whole  nation  came  marching  past  them  in  time, 
tramping  with  steps  like  earthquakes,  and  the  faint  distant  hum  had  swelled 
and  arisen  into  a  mighty  chant  whose  power  was  strength  to  the  singer's 
own  soul,  and  to  every  hearer ;  so  that  the  wise  men  themselves  were  un 
able  to  stand  still  and  observe  and  investigate  in  the  least,  but  found 
themselves  in  the  most  totally  unscientific  manner  all  at  once  marching  in 
the  midst  of  this  innumerable  multitude  and  chanting  with  all  their  might. 

The  wisest  of  them  all,  as  he  stopped  to  get  his  breath  after  fifteen 
minutes'  vigorous  vocalization,  whispered  to  his  neighbor,  a  strong,  sweaty 
farmer  in  his  shirt-sleeves,  an  extremely  coarse,  unrefined  and  unscientific 
person  : 

"  My  friend,  what  is  the  theory  of  this  abnormal  acoustic  phenom 
enon  ?  " 

And  the  farmer  stared.  "  I  mean,"  explained  the  wise  man,  "  where  did 
this  song  come  from  ?  " 

But  the  farmer  answered,  "  I  do'no.  I  never  stopped  to  think  o'  that, 
nabur.  Every  man  sings  it.  Reckon  an  angel  must  a  come  'n  sung  it  into 
every  man's  ear." 

And  again  the  farmer  chanted  in  chorus,  with  his  big  deep  voice,  in  the 
midst  of  the  vast  chant  of  the  multitude : 

"JOHN  BKOWN'S  BODY  LIES  A-MOULDERINO  IN  THE  GRAVE, 
BUT  HIS  SOUL  is  MARCHING  ON." 

And  the  wise  man  chanted  too.  And  the  nation  went  forward  and 
executed  the  task  which  it  had  undertaken,  keeping  time  to  this  chant. 
And  the  wise  man  reflected  how  queer  that  shiny  trap  looked,  gaping  wide 
open  out  there  in  the  sunshine  with  the  gongs  sounding  and  the  wise  men 
peering  through  their  spectacles  around  it ;  and  how  the  angel  had  all  the 
time  been  singing  away  in  the  car  of  every  dirty  farmer  up  among  the 
hills,  and  of  every  grimy  mechanic  in  his  shop. 

Allan  Iverach  observed,  "  The  way  to  catch  a  bird  is  no'  to  fling  your 
bannet  at  her."  And  this  is  the  truer,  the  shyer  the  fowl.  Nor  can  angels 
be  caught  by  trapping  and  advertising  for  them.  And  in  particular,  if 
a  nation  wants  a  chant,  perhaps  it  will  come.  If  it  needs  it,  it  will  come  ; 
but  not  by  any  simoniacal  procurement. 


MARGARET  FULLER  ON  WOMEN. 

To  make  our  women  sea  captains, 

Miss  Margaret  Fuller  wrestles, 
While  scripture  sends  them  all  to  sea, 

And  calls  them  weaker  vessels ; 
The  matter  sure  is  very  plain, 

No  evidence  it  lacks, 
And  specially  its  clear  to  me, 

They're  very  fit  for  "  smacks." 


FRECKLES. 

PERMIT  me,  Mr.  Editor,  through  the  medium  of  your  valuable  journal, 
which  promises  to  the  humblest  writer  a  FAIR  field,  to  throw  upon  the  world 
a  discovery  which  may  prove  of  inestimable  importance  to  the  various  ar 
tists  who  devote  their  energies  to  the  manufacture  of  cosmetics.  If  "  a 
thing  of  bera  ty  is  a  joy  forever,"  a  thing  of  ugliness  must  be,  no  less  surely, 
a  continual  vexation,  to  remedy  which  the  united  efforts  of  Science  and  Art 
may  be  well  employed. 

We  have  all  seen  photographic  representations  of  the  moon,  and  some 
savarn  have  with  the  aid  of  very  powerful  glasses,  peered  so  far  into  her 
crust  as  to  feel  quite  sure,  that  whatever  be  her  materials,  she  is  not  made 
of  green  cheese,  although  some  movements  which  they  observed  within 


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seemed  to  favor  that  theory.  My  own  little  discovery  relates  to  those  pho 
tographs  of  the  sun  whieh  disfigure  the  noses  and  necks  of  certain  persons, 
taking  especial  advantage  of  the  most  delicate  complexions,  and  setting  at 
nought  the  distinctions  of  society.  No  matter  how  long  a  lady  may  go 
thoroughly  gloved  and  veiled,  a  few  moments'  inadvertence  will  cover  the 
tenderer  parts  of  her  skin  with  brown  dots,  in  shape  round  or  oval,  as  the 
unwelcome  artist  may  have  caught  the  surface  at  one  angle  or  another.  The 
lapse  of  a  single  instant  will  give  time  for  one  or  more  photographs  of 
the  intrusive  sun,  for  the  human  body  is  never  two  successive  moments 
in  exactly  the  same  position.  Of  course  the  longer  the  exposure,  the 
more  numerous  the  impressions,  and  there  is  no  pose  so  awkward  or  so 
unfavorable  that  advantage  may  not  be  taken  of  it.  The  bridge  of  the 
nose  is  particularly  liable  to  these  sun-pictures,  probably  because  the  fine 
skin  there  is  so  stretched  over  the  bone  as  to  present  a  particularly  appro 
priate  surface, — one  in  which  the  sun  may  be  supposed  especially  fond  of 
glassing  himself;  but  the  back  of  the  hands,  the  fair  expanse  of  snowy 
shoulders  which  is  sometimes  in  sight  through  a  transparent  cape,  the  ivory 
arm  slightly  veiled  by  lace, — all  these  are  diligently  visited  by  what  may 
well  be  called  "  the  spoiler." 

AVhat  might  he  not  deserve  who  would  discover  an  antidote  to  the  evil, 
something  that  would  put  the  sun  out  of  countenance  !  This  honor  will 
undoubtedly  fall  to  the  share  of  a  photographic  artist ; — one  who  is 
thoroughly  informed  as  to  the  materials  required  for  preparing  the  "  plate  " 
on  which  the  same  performs  his  wonders.  He  who  knows  what  it  is  that 
takes  and  retains  the  impressions  will  of  course  be  able  to  prevent  or  re 
move  it.  To  him  we  refer  the  scientific  cosmeticist,  who  will  undoubtedly 
succeed  in  giving  an  elegant  form  and  a  fascinating  odor  to  the  chemicals 
required.  (The  present  writer  asks  nothing  for  the  discovery  except  a  mod 
est  share  in  the  profits.) 

What  new  researches  into  the  sun's  surface  may  be  made  by  a  judicious 
magnifying  of  some  very  large  and  recent  freckles,  can  only  be  conjectured  ; 
but  the  least  the  scientific  world  can  do  in  return  for  the  hint  is  to  make  the 
results  public  immediately,  and  credit  the  whole  thing  to  the  METRO 
POLITAN  FAIR. 


PROGRESS. 

WHEN  Cornelia  (M'me.  Gracchus,  mere)  was  asked  where  were  her  jew 
els,  she  pointed  to  her  sons. — Most  of  the  distinguished  matrons  of  New 
York  can  make  a  better  show.  They  not  only  boast  of  the  same  gems  as 
the  Roman  lady — quite  as  valuable  in  their  eyes  as  were  hers — but  they  keep 
a  precious  set  of  Emeralds  below  stairs. 


THE  BRAVE  SOLDIER  BOY  LAID  UP. 
I  DID  not  think,  when  I  did  'list,  that  this  would  be  my  fate, 
I  only  thought  I'd  give  the  rebs  a  blizzard  on  the  pate. 
I  told  them  all  at  home,  so  safe,  they  needn't  cry  for  me — 
The  luck  that  always  had  been  good  would  not  abandon  me. 
I  thought  a  heart,  if  brave  and  true,  that  loved  its  country  so, 
Surely  must  be  bullet-proof  against  its  country's  foe. 
But  though  they  havn't  touched  my  life,  they've  done  enough  for  me  ; 
And,  oh,  the  boys  will  fight  it  out,  and  I  not  there  to  see. 

Our  Captain,  when  he  comes  to  day  to  give  the  boys  his  thanks 
Because  we  fought  the  fight  so  well,  will  miss  me  from  the  ranks  ; 
No  harm  to  him,  as  now  in  mine,  if  tears  should  wet  his  eye — 
He  always  liked,  when  work  was  warm,  to  have  me  standing  by. 
The  musket  that  has  done  so  well  must  rest  against  the  wall, 
Many  a  reb  will  live  too  long  for  missing  of  its  ball ; 
I  hate  to  think,  when  fighting  comes,  that  I  can't  be  there  too, 
God  knows  I'd  give  a  hundred  lives  to  put  the  good  cause  through. 

But  what's  the  use  of  sighing ;  they're  caring  here  for  me 
As  if  I  were  a  gentleman  of  high  top-notch  degree. 
They  cool  my  brow  with  lotions,  and  speak  with  gentle  word, 
They  seem — my  brain  is  wide-awake — like  angels  of  the  Lord ; 


I  used  to  think  I'd  take  no  help  from  any  lady's  hand, 
And  that  a  chap  might  keep  his  pride  whilst  they  were  all  so  grand. 
If  this  war  did  no  other  good,  that  makes  us  so  to  smart, 
'Twould  go  for  much,  to  prove  it  true,  that  they  have  got  a  heart. 

They've  put  my  foot — the  only  one — in  slipper  soft  as  lace, 

I'm  glad  that  they  can  keep  the  mate  to  suit  another  case. 

If  'twern't  for  fighting  or  for  home — I  can't  but  like  those  best — 

It  seems  to  me  I'd  be  content  to  keep  this  jolly  nest. 

They  speak  such  words  of  kindness,  and  see  each  fellow's  need, 

And  words  that  sound  so  comforting  they  from  the  Good  Book  read. 

God  bless  their  hearts  !  and  give  to  them,  if  they  should  come  to  grief, 

Such  measure  as  they  give  to  us,  of  bountiful  relief. 

ELLSLAND. 


AID  FOR  THE  SOLDIER. 

BY   ELIZABETH   T.    PORTER   BEACH. 

AID  for  the  Soldier !  aid  for  the  brave  ! 
Him  who  doth  peril  his  life-blood  to  save 
All  we  hold  dear  of  our  Country  and  Right ! 
Aid  for  the  Soldier,  who  faces  the  fight ! 

Think  of  the  home  he  is  leaving  behind  ! 
Think  of  the  loved  ones,  the  gentle,  and  kind ; 
Lift  up  your  souls, — let  sweet  pity  draw  nigh  ! 
Aid  for  the  Soldier  !  imploring  we  cry  ! 

Soften  his  pillow,  extend  every  care, — 
Solace  and  offerings  lovingly  bear ; 
Blessings  of  bounty  shed  free  on  his  path, 
Brighten  that  pathway  of  carnage  and  wrath  ! 

Give,  then,  oh  !  give  of  your  plentiful  store, — 
Give,  then,  to  "  reap  as  ye  sow,"  evermore ; — 
Aid  for  the  Soldier !  imploring  we  crave ; 
Aid  for  our  heroes !  the  loyal  and  brave  ! 


THE  ROLL  CALL. 

BY    HENRY    P.    LELAND. 

WHEN  through  the  camp  the  rattling  drum, 

The  reveillee  is  sharply  calling 
Up  spring  the  boys ;  they  know  that  noise, 

And  in  for  roll  call  soon  are  falling. 
"  Here  !  "  "  Here  !  "  is  answered  down  the  line  : 

u  Break  ranks !  " — And  now  the  call  is  over, 
With  cofFee,  hard  tack  and  fresh  beef, 

They  breakfast  in  the  tallest  clover. 

Where  through  soft  silken  curtains  shining, 

The  mid-day  sun  breaks  slowly  in, 
The  advocate  of  traitors  sleeping, 
Dreams  but  of  copperheadish  sin. 

He  feverish  wakes.     Why  should  he  wake  ? 

Then  creeps  into  the  breakfast  hall, 
And  over  a  secession  sheet 

Gives  a  mild  tea  and  stale  roll  call. 

When  from  this  war  our  country  wakes, 

Her  reveillee  shall  be  surprising  ! 
Through  the  red  dawn  and  fresh  free  air 
In  stately  pride  and  grandeur  rising. 
Then  shall  her  loyal  sons  whose  names 

Shine  out  the  faithful  in  her  story, 
See  the  false  copperheads'  small  rolet 
Played  out  in  her  roll  call  of  glory. 


130 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

(To  be  continued  daily.) 


ARTICLES  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


Fancy  articles,  J.  W.  Skinner  &  Co.,  St.  Lawrence, 

N.  Y. 

Paintings,  Miss  Skinner,  Ogdensburg. 
Confectionery,  18th  street  Methodist  Church. 
Ottoman,  T.  Barker  &  Son. 
F:incy  articles,  Cha's  Sherry,  Jr. 
Album,  Mitchell  <fc  Seixaa. 

2  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  Mrs.  T.  R.  Butler,  $698.10. 
Water  colors,  Raynolds,  Pratt  &  Co.,  $133.20. 
Curiosities,  Miller  &,  Mathews. 
Books,  Milk-r  &  Mathews. 
Soap,  David  S.  Brown,  Jr. 
Corsets,  W.  A.  Moore. 
Books,  Dion  Thomas. 
4  pkgs.  ale  and  porter,  Wm.  Eagle. 
Tooth  powder,  N.  C.  llawes. 
Dog,  Konaldson  &  Mears. 
2  flower  stands,  Jaqnes  fc  Mooney,  $110. 
Muff.and  collar  (furs),  Albert  Magosch. 
Surgical  instruments,  Wade  &.  Ford. 
Boots  and  shoes,  II.  Sarles  &  Son. 
Painting,  Cath.  C.  B  Wood,  $160. 
Butter  dish,  Geo.  E.  Clay. 
Chair,  H.  Hamilton. 
China,  Geo.  II.  Kitchen  &  Co.,  $101. 
45  pkgs.  pickles,  to-.,  f.  IT.  Provost,  $317. 
6  pkgs.  soap,  Colgate  &.  Co. 
Combs,  G.  G.  Guild,  $100. 
Chair,  Gregory  &  Brother. 

4  pkgs.  saddlery,  J.  E.  Condict,  $105. 
Parasols,  Clyde  &.  Black. 

5  pku'*.  clothing  and  furnishing  goods,  Brooks  <fc  Bros., 

$1,000. 

Statuette,  Miss  L.  G.  Ilustace,  Brooklyn. 
2  pkgs.  perfumery,  $150. 
Medicated  wine,  Walsh,  Sausol  SL  Lcroy. 
Shoes,  J.  &  J.  Slater. 
Ladies'  hats,  John  B.  Terry,  $150. 
2  pkgs.  fancy  articles. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  J.  A.  Bonnell. 
Shell  work. 
Fancy  articles. 

Furnishing  goods.  G.  II.  Wilthaus  &  Co.,  $704. 
Rustic  frame,  Hallway,  N.  J. 
Silverware. 
2  boxes  decorations. 
Stationery,  Boston. 
Toys,  Tivoli. 

2  bbls.  vinegar. 
Books. 

Bcales,  Westerly,  R.  I. 

Cassimeres,  Westerly,  R.  I. 

Saddlery,  J.  K.  Condict. 

Fancy  articles,  Cornwall,  N.  Y. 

Apples,  Fulton,  N.  Y. 

Pictures,  Philadelphia. 

Fancy  articles,  West  Point. 

Fancy  articles,  Cornwall,  X.  Y. 

40  pkgs.  paste  board,  W.  O.  Davy  &  Co. 

35  pkgs.  soap,  Ate.,  Ja's  Pyle,  $169. 

4  pkgs.  furniture,  Weil  &  Braunsdorf. 

Furniture,  C.  Halm. 

Fancy  goods,  F.  Seybel. 

3  pkgs.  furniture,  B.  Newhouse,  $400. 
Stove,  M.  Abbott. 

Valise  and  trunks,  John  Underbill. 
10  boxes,  Holmes  &  Bowman. 

2  pkgs.  furniture,  Henry  Lien. 
Furniture,  Rinshof  &  Schruber. 
Furniture,  Reiss  &  Keller. 

fl  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  musical  instruments,  7th  street 

Meth.  E.  Church,  $314.58. 
Books,  J.  Wiley,  $100. 

3  pkirs.  Ixxiks,  Hatch  &  Co.,  $136. 

2  pkgs.  drygoods,  D.  Oakcs  &  Son,  Bloomflcld,  N.  J., 

$307.37. 

28  pkgs.  soap,  J.  C.  Hull  &  Son. 
Billiard  table,  Cha's  Roth,  $200. 
Port  wine,  Dr.  Underbill,  $200. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Anna  M.  Johnson,  Hastings,  N.  Y., 

j.-ill,!. 


2  pkgs.  glassware,  E.  Haughwout  &  Co.,  $475. 

Bonnet  frames,  T.  A.  Kidd. 

Fancy  good;?,  M.  Keidd. 

Photograph,  F.  II.  Martin. 

Bronze  eagle,  Henry  Berger. 

Shoes,  H.  Rothschild. 

Furniture,  F.  Grene. 

Bed  spring,  Lippincott,  Do  Wolf  &  Co. 

4  pkgs.  furniture,  W.  P.  Kingham,  $100. 

5  pkgs.  sundries,  Dr.  Chapin's  Church. 
Rubber  goods,  Novelty  Rubber  Co.,  $250. 
Pamphlets,  T.  C.  Dorcmus,  $100. 
China,  J.  Hasbrouck. 

Jewelry,  A.  Fraukfleld  &  Co. 

Dirk,  Samuel  Cohen. 

2  pkgs.  furniture,  Wm.  Graum. 

4  pkgs.  fancy  goods,  ladies  Dr.  Bice's  Church,  $1,200. 

7  artificial  eyes,  Dr.  F.  Bauch  &  Gougelman. 

Bonnet,  Mrs.  Odel. 

Fire  place  heater,  A.  Hampton. 

Safe,  Valentine  &.  Butler,  $300. 

Hardware,  D.  8.  Plume  &  Co. 

Heater,  Conover  &  Woolluy. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Mather. 

2  pkgs.  furniture,  John  Green. 

China,  Haviland,  Mcrritt  &  Co..  $100. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  M.  L.  Bdgerton,  New  Brunswick, 

N.J. 

Fancy  articles,  John  P.  Kaus. 
Plumbing,  Newkirk  &  Kennedy. 
2  pkgs.  hardware,  C.  Lockwood  &  Co. 
Boots  and  shoes,  J.  Hunt. 

2  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  J.  A.  Courier,  Meth.  Association. 
Piece  of  shell,  Dr.  Macgown. 

3  pkgs.  China,  Haviland  Brothers  &  Co.,  $260. 
Hoop  skirts,  M.  Cohen. 

4  pkgs.  stationery,  Julius  Bien,  $898. 
Furniture,  Cha's  C.  Schmidt. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  Thompson. 
Album,  C.  L.  Jones. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Taylor,  Dobbs'  Ferry,  $250. 

Millinery,  Mrs.  J.  Davidson. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  E.  Kan. 

2  pkgs.  clothing,  First  Dutch  Church,  Tarrytown. 

Millinery,  Mrs.  Mulchenor. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Lawton. 

Flowers,  J.  D.  Davis,  $100. 

2  pkgs.  spool  cotton,  Merrlck,  Brothers  &  Co.,  $200. 

Clothing,  Mrs.  Eothan. 

Photograph,  N.  P.  Anderson. 

2  pkgs.  books,  Mrs.  Birdsall. 

2  tables,  Mrs.  D.  II.  Brooks. 

Stationery,  L.  Verhaegen,  $600. 

Grate,  Jackson  &.  Son. 

Slippers,  Miss  Lillie  Sackctt. 

2  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  A.  T.  Stewart  &  Co. 
15  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  J.  E.  Alger,  $358. 

3  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  W.  G.  Vandcrrocst,  $100. 
2  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  Guillcaumc  &.  Korn,  $100. 

2  pkgs.  boys'  clothing,  A.  J.  Post  &  Son,  $100. 
Stationery,  E.  Esterbrook,  Jr.,  $103.50. 
Camp  stool,  Mrs.  Lydlg. 

Furniture,  F.  Spatz. 
Furniture,  Geo.  Hess. 

3  pkgs.  furniture,  Smith  &  German. 
2  pkgs.  music,  Wm.  Hall,  $238. 
Boat  model,  L.  H.  Demaray. 
Billiard  shades,  D.  Conlan. 

Safe,  Marvin  &  Co.,  $325. 

Shoes,  W.  H.  Bruder. 

2  pkgs.  furniture,  Miss  Hoppock. 

2  trunks,  John  Black. 

3  pkgs.  groceries,  T.  M.  P.edbead. 
Steel  collars,  O.  Ernest. 

2  pkgs.  China,  G.  Collamore,  $105. 
Confectionery,  A.  Ponchon. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  C.  Ferrcro,  $497.25. 
2  washing  machines,  E.  Chipman. 
Mirror,  Whittcmore  Brothers,  $200. 

6  pkgs.  brandy,  G.  E.'  Castillon,  $150. 
Flowers,  E.  V.  Welsh,  $350. 


Boots,  J.  Mayer. 

Drawings,  II.  Hipschle. 

6  clothes  wringers,  Colby  Brothers  &  Co. 

Clothing,  Schloss  &  Lewis. 

Confectionery,  Wm.  Wetz. 

Optical,  J.  Gall,  $135. 

Cushion,  Miss  J.  E.  Moore. 

10  pkgs.  wine,  Mrs.  Frank  E.  Howe,  $220. 

China,  Mrs.  Frank  E.  Howe,  $575. 

Books,  T.  W.  Strong,  $251.28. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Gall. 

2  pkgs.  books,  Barnes  &  Burr. 

Machine,  D.  P.  Kinyon,  Raritan.  N.  J.,  $150. 

Surveyor's  instrument,  Bcckel  Brothers. 

China,  E.  II.  Quinn. 

Picture,  Miss  Burlins. 

4  refrigerators,  Richardson,  Boynton  &  Co. 

India  rubber  clothing,  A.  8.  Gatchell,  $100. 

India  rubber  jewelry,  Vulcanite  Jewelry  Co.,  $170.13. 

India  rubber  bands,  E.  A.  Bunner. 

50  pkgs.  wine,  Bininger  &  Co.,  $780. 

Stationery,  Harrison  &  Bradford. 

Brushes,  E.  E.  Towers,  $100. 

Parasols,  "\Yetmore,  Dearborn  &  Co. 

Ambrosial,  Dr.  II.  H.  Sterling. 

2  pkgs.  garden  seeds,  W.  W.  Fowler. 
Drugs,  E.  &  S.  Fougera,  $105. 
Toilet  articles,  A.  Gentil. 

Fancy  articles. 

3  pkgs.  drugs,  Caswell,  Mack  &  Co.,  $417.70. 

2  pkgs.  glassware,  Light. &  Clark,  $100. 
Confectionery,  W.  II.  Barmore. 
Fancy  articles,  Old  Ladies'  Asylum. 
Drugs,  Hameman  &  Ncgbanr. 
Whist,  J.  J.  Adams,  $100. 

Chair,  E.  W.  Hutchings. 
Chair,  J.  Steinbuhler. 

4  oil  paintings,  D.  Wheat. 

Patent  stereoscope,  A.  Bickers,  $100. 

Album,  C.  L.  Jones. 

Artificial  fruit,  A.  Lonette  Van  Dezand,  $J50. 

Self  sewers,  D.  Barnum,  Chicago. 

India  rubber  goods. 

Millinery,  Miss  Redmond. 

Millinery,  Mrs.  8.  D.  Moody. 

China,  Davis,  Collamore  &  Co.,  $275. 

Stationery,  Alpha  Phi  Society. 

Stationery,  Wynkoop  &  Thomas. 

Books,  M.  Haillery. 

Photographs,  U.  S.  S.  Com.,  N.  Y. 

3  ploughs,  Grant,  Goodwin  &  Co. 
Furniture,  A.  D.  Farrell. 
Furniture,  Warren  Ward,  $100. 

6  pkgs.  musical  instruments,  Stratton  &  Foote,  $379.50. 

Glass,  Wm.  Oppitz. 

Shoes,  T.  Genganncns. 

6  pkgs.  furniture,  W.  II.  Lee  &.  Co.,  $160. 

3  pkgs.  glass  pictures,  J.  &  G.  H.  Gibson. 

Photograph,  Holland  Johnson.. 

3  pkgs.  machines,  Singer  Mf 'g  Co.,  $325. 

Toys,  F.  Osborn. 

3  pkgfl.  clothing,  J.  R.  Franklin. 

10  pkgs.  fancy  goods,  Austin,  Kelly  &  Co.,  $326. 

Millinery,  Mrs.  Lyle,  $160. 

Model  ship,  Mrs.  Khnbull. 

39  pkgs.  groceries,  "Lyles,  Polhamus  i,  Co.,  $492.40. 

Metallic  boat,  O.  R.  Ingersoll,  $500. 

103  pkgs.  wine,  Wellington  &  Cox. 

Emb'd  child's  coat,  Miss  Maggie  J.  Grtlg,  Nashville, 

Tcnn. 

Hats,  Seamless  Clothing  Mf 'g  Co.,  8186. 
2  pkgs.  hair,  Ludwig  &  Bourlier. 
Shirts,  Mrs.  Rothan. 
Toys,  Althof,  Bergman  &  Co.,  $250.50. 
Slippers,  unknown. 
Skates,  N.  Y.  Skating  Club,  $150. 
Fancy  frames. 

Curiosity,  Jesse  S.  Lord,  Hartford. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  Lewis,  Toronto,  Canada. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Geo.  Mackensio. 
Books,  C.  A.  Miller. 


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PLAN  OF  THE  FAIR  BUILDINGS. 

are  indebted  to  the  courtesy  of  the  Messrs.  HAEPEB  &  BROTHERS  for  the  use  of  the  following  Plans,  the  clearness  and  correctness 

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SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


BUBBLING  AROUND  THE  FAIR. 

MY  rural  cousin,  Van  Dunderdunk,  came  down,  last  week,  from  hig 
family  "jungle,"  on  the  Hudson,  to  see  the  sights;  and  as  I  had  been 
annually  invited  to  spend  "  a  few  days"  at  the  "jungle  "  aforesaid  (though, 
thank  the  goodness,  I  never  went  but  once ;  when  I  was  nearly  killed  by 
being  compelled  to  cat  a  quart  of  blackberries  at  the  family  "  tea "),  I 
felt  bound  to  take  hold  of  Van  D.  and  show  him  around  our  Babylon. 

Imprimis,  of  course,  I  took  him  to  the  FAIR.  Though  by  no  means  a 
babe,  he  was  rather  innocent ;  and  I  had  a  queer  time  chaperoning  him 
that  night.  We  brought  up,  at  first,  at  the  Floral  dfpot,  where  (as  "Jen 
kins  "  would  say)  the  imperial  beauty  of  Mrs.  R ;  and  the  piquant 

sallies  of  the  espiegle  Miss  U.  R ;  and  the  Saxon,  peach-blossom  love 
liness  of  Miss  F ;  and  the  high  Dut«h  bloom,  and  come-and-cat-mc 

expression  of  Miss  S and  Miss  B ,  and  many  other  embodiments 

of  loveliness  therein  presiding,  made  susceptible  and  bewildered  bachelor- 
dom  pause  in  its  wanderings,  and  exclaim,  ere  purchasing,  "  Which  are  the 
flowers  ?  "  (Please  accept  that,  my  young  buds  of  the  Horticultural  estab 
lishment.) 

One  of  these  gems  of  loveliness  bestowed  such  a  fascinating  twinkle 
from  her  revolvers,  upon  my  too  susceptible  kinsman,  that  he  became 
insensibly  drawn  up  to  the  precincts  of  the  mazy  pagoda  in  which  she  was 
ensconced,  like  the  beneficent  fairy  in  a  pantomime.  Thereupon,  the  be 
witching  fair,  extending  a  second-hand  specimen,  resembling  a  pale  yellow 
rosebud,  with  the  dainty  grace  of  a  Hebe,  and  the  bewildering  condescen 
sion  of  a  flirtatious  Venus,  placed  it,  with  her  own  fair  hands,  in  the 
buttonhole  of  Van  D.'s  new  "  Clarendon."  That  individual  smirked  and 
blinked  reciprocatingly  under  the  sweet  infliction,  informing  me  the  while, 
that  she  was  "  immense"  and  that  he  must  "  follow  it  up,"  till  recalled 
from  his  dreams  of  blissful  complacency  at  his  supposed  conquest  by  a 
mellifluous  "  one  dollar — please  !  "  delivered  in  the  most  argentine  of 
voices.  Van  D.  solemnly  and  silently  placed  a  virgin  greenback  in  her 
fairy  digits,  and  withdrew  with  the  rapidity  of  an  inefficient  and  disap 
pointed  torpedo.  After  the  above  blow,  Van  D.  planted  himself  so  sternly 
and  fixedly  in  front  of  a  gigantic  gallipot  yclept,  per  placard, 
"  NEPTDNE'S  CUP — a  vegetable  submarine  growtli  from  the  straits  of  Ma 
lacca,  price  $75  "—that  I  thought  he  was  going  to  invest  in  the  same  as  a 
receptacle  for  the  annual  "  family  preserves."  Drawing  him  with  difficul 
ty  away  from  this  submarine  wonder,  as  well  as  from  other  organic  fasci 
nations  at  the  table  of  the  "  Episcopal  Church  of  the  Resurrection,"  and 
passing  the  conchological  tributes  from  New  Bedford,  which  vainly  ap 
pealed  to  us  to  shell  out,  we  invested  in  a  cravat  of  many  colors  at  the  ta 
ble  of  my  ever  bland  and  industrious  friends  Mesdames  McV and 

W of  the  "Gents'  Furnishing  Department."  En  route  we  had  a 

passing  wreathed  smile  and  merry  jest  from  Miss  Kitty  D ,  "  ever 

bright  and  fair,"  who  was  drawing  in  beholders  to  patronise  her  composite 
department,  whereat  the  lamented  Washington,  attended  by  his  faithful 
and  ubiquitous  black,  and  that  very  philosophic  looking  steed,  all  done  in 
worsted,  were  located  cheek  by  jowl,  with  a  gigantic  wooden  turtle  and  an 
"  A  No.  1."  Noah's  ark,  and  other  curiosities  and  delectations  too  numerous 
to  mention. 

Passing  thence  while  refreshing  ourselves  with  a  look  at  the  "  spring 
chickens  "  in  the  Vernal  Department  of  Jersey's  fair  daughters  (all  got  up 
galore,  in  military  braid  and  fixings,  not  to  speak  of  the  destructive  artil 
lery  of  sparkling  eyes,  and  other  good  things) — while  enjoying  this,  I  re 
mark,  that  bore  Jack  Bathos  button-holed  me  to  let  off  one  of  his  infernal 
conundrums.  "  When  is  a  lady  like  a  spoon  ?  "—interrogated  that  indi 
vidual.  "Give  it  up  "—murmured  I,  despondingly  ."  Because,"  said  Bathos, 
as  he  was  whirled  away  before  the  charge  of  a  stout  old  lady  and  her  caro 
sposo,  who  were  getting  through  the  FAIR— ore  time,  "  When  "  cried  he, 
in  a  voice  borne  over  the  strains  of  Finnegan's  Wedding,  from  the  brass 
band,  "  when,  she's  in-tea-resting  1 " 

Recovering  from  the  effects  of  this  new  blow  by  dint  of  a  gill  of  liquid 
colic  from  "  Jacob's  Well,"  we  sternly  moved  on,  'till  the  very  decided 
smile  of  a  fair  one  in  black  and  green  from  the .  india  rubber  department 
again  rallied  my  susceptible  relative.  He  smiled  reciprocatingly  again, 
and  she  smiled  most  bewitchingly,  and  I  really  thought  the  thing  was  made 
up  between  them — one  of  those  Heaven-made,  love-at-first-sight  things,  I 


enviously  mused,  that  we  sometimes  read  of — until  "  only  half-a-dollar  a 
smile,"  intimated  by  the  ingenious  but  bewitching  fair,  awoke  Van  Dunder 
dunk  from  delusion  No.  2.  That  individual  sighed  solemnly  as  he  slowly 
counted  out  ten  five-cent  "  currencies,"  and  we  again  "  moved  on,"  mar 
velling  greatly  at  the  delusion  of  this  "  hollow  sphere." 

Van  Dunderdunk  was  not  very  agile  in  his  movements,  so  that  he  was 
frequently  treading  on  ladies'  trains,  and  violently  colliding  with  sprightly 
"jeunes  premieres  "  (as  Peter  says),  in  black  silk,  green  scarf,  and  volumi 
nous  heads  of  hair,  who  were  rushing  wildly  about  like  aid-de-camps  on  a 
field  day.  In  endeavoring  to  reach  the  Stationery  Department,  of  which 
my  urbane  friend  James  F.  Ruggles  is  the  successful  chef,  with  a  most  effi 
cacious  coordinate  assistant  female  element  in  Mrs.  Isaac  B 1,  and 

coryphm  blooming  and  scintillating,  to  all  the  whilk  Van  D.  was  desirous 
of  testifying  his  nascent  admiration ;  in  trying  to  reach  the  Stationery  De 
partment  aforesaid,  I  remark,  Van  D.  successively  penetrated  a  red  shirted 
myrmidon  of  the  "  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR,"  a  green  peacock,  looking  like 
an  unripe  Bird  of  Paradise,  a  small  feminine  party  in  green  scarf,  specta 
cles  and  a  "cataract"  an  ancient  Ex.-Com.-mnn ;  a  baby  house  and 
contents,  a  bowl  of  maizcna  jelly — and  a  patent  rat  trap. 

After  lingering  awhile  at  the  lingerie,  where  Van  D.,  in  order  to  bask 
for  a  moment  in  the  smiles  of  Miss  D ,  purchased  of  her  two  lace  bon 
nets  de  nuit — which  he  facetiously  remarked  might  be  "  handy  to  have  in 
the  house,"  we  brought  up  at  the  Roman  table,  where  there  are  not  a  few 
nice  things  for  presents  and  souvenirs.  I  am  sorry  to  say,  however,  that 
judging  from  the  specimens  of  pigment  art  there  contributed  by  our  Amer 
ican  residents  in  Rome — pro  patrid,  &c.,  that  Church,  Bierstadt,  Kensett, 
Beard  &  Co.  will  have  to  tremble  for  their  laurels.  Go  and  see  them — 
they  are  rare,  and  rich  too.  By-the-by,  as  Shoddy,  »»«•?,  was  purchasing 

a  diamond  ring  of  Mrs.  P ,  of  the  Jewelry  and  Fancy  Department,  who 

was  lauding  it  as  a  beautiful  solitaire,  and  as  Mrs.  S.  was  asking  most  inno 
cently  if  it  were  warranted  a  "solitaire I" — as  this  little  bii  of  trade  was 
going  on,  I  remark,  her  sweet  offspring,  Velveteen  Shoddy,  put  her  arm 
through  mine,  and  with  bewitching  simplicity  informed  me  that  Professor 
Patria,  of  Rome,  had  been  very  good  and  nice  in  sending  them  so  many 
sweet  pictures  to  the  FAIR.  Blessing  sweet  Velveteen's  simplicity,  her 
discourse  on  art  was  cut  short  by  that  irrepressible  bore  Bathos  with  a 
new  conundrum.  "  Why  is,"  bawled  he — "  Why  is  a  man  with  a  bad  hat 

like  a ;  "  but  the  rest  of  this  discourse  was  cut  short  by  the  rataplan 

of  the  22d  drum  department  whose  instruments  of  music  (!)  now  became 
paramount.  Giving  Van  D.  and  the  Shoddy  family  the  slip,  and,  taking 
Velveteen  under  my  arm,  we  slipped  off  a  la  Jessica  to  Delmonico's, 
where  I  solaced  myself  with  the  mysteries  of  "  Moet  Salade  de  Volatile, 
not  to  speak  of  sauce  piquante  from  the  fair  Velveteen. 

G. 

BY  Thursday  evening,  all  the  articles  at  the  Roman  table  were  sold,  ex 
cept  some  of  the  Pictures,  Busts,  and  Photographs.  In  three  days  was 
thus  realized  about  $5000. 

HARPER'S  WEEKLY,  from  whose  pages  we  are  permitted  by  the  courte 
sy  of  the  publishers  to  transfer  to  our  columns  the  plans  of  the  FAIR 
buildings  which  appear  on  the  preceding  page,  contains  this  week  an  ad 
mirable  account  of  the  MKTROPOLITAN  FAIR,  illustrated  by  numerous  spirited 
and  handsomely  executed  woodcuts.  The  literary  and  artistic  merits 
•which  characterize  this  journal,  as  well  as  its  thorough  devotion  to  the 
cause  of  liberty  and  Union,  render  it  entirely  worthy  of  the  extensive  cir 
culation  to  which  it  has  attained. 

Ix  the  Old  Curiosity  Shop  may  be  seen  a  beautiful  ambrotype,  the  sub 
ject  of  which,  a  pretty  contraband  girl,  was  discovered  in  the  streets  of 
Fernandina,  Fla.,  by  the  officers  of  the  Harry  Andrews,  of  the  Blockad 
ing  fleet,  and  of  the  supply  steamer  Massachusetts,  on  her  first  visit  to 
that  place  in  May,  18G2.  The  girl  was  about  14  years  old,  daughter  of  a 
prominent  Secesh  merchant  there,  who  fled  when  our  troops  took  posses 
sion  of  the  place.  Her  mother,  his  mistress,  is  a  bright  mulatto  slave, 
supposed  to  be  part  Seminole ;  her  aunt  is  a  very  black  negress.  Pay 
master  Kelsey,  of  the  H.  Andrews,  and  Mr.  Fox,  officer  of  the  Massachu 
setts,  endeavored  to  induce  the  mother  and  aunt  to  let  the  child  be  sent  to 
the  North  to  be  educated,  promising  to  assume  all  the  responsibility  and 
expense,  and  return  her  in  safety ;  but  the  aunt  feared  she  might  be  kid 
napped  and  would  not  consent.  It  was  only  with  great  difficulty  and 
expense  that  this  picture  and  one  other  was  obtained.  This  was  subse 
quently  purchased  by  a  merchant  of  Brooklyn  for  $5,  and  is  presented  to 
the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR,  if  that  is  paid  for  it. 

FIVE  hundred  Universal  Clothes  Wringers,  have  been  presented  to  the 
United  States  Sanitary  Commission,  and  are  for  sale  at  the  METROPOLITAN 
FAIR  of  New  York.  The  donors,  in  making  this  very  liberal  contribution, 
do  so  with  the  stipulation  that  the  Wringers  shall  be  sold  at  neither  more 
nor  less  than  the  regular  price  of  Seven  Dollars  each. 


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LITTLE  ANNIE. 

BY   HENRY   AMES    BLOOD,  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Wno  will  weep  for  little  Annie  ? 
Who  will  weep  when  morning  passes 
Through  the  wet  and  silent  grasses 
To  the  graves  of  pretty  lasses  ? 
You  and  I  and  all  the  many 
Little  birds  will  weep  for  Annie. 

Who  will  sing  for  little  Annie  ? 
Who  will  sing  when  all  together, 
Blue  and  white  and  scarlet  feather 
Hop  there  in  the  summer  weather  ? 

You  and  I  and  all  the  many 

Little  birds  will  sing  for  Annie. 

Who  will  pray  for  little  Annie  ? 
Who  will  pray  when  evening  closes 
O'er  the  bed  where  she  reposes 
'Neath  the  hushed  and  folded  roses  ? 

You  and  I  and  all  the  many 

Little  birds  will  pray  for  Annie. 

Who  will  dream  of  little  Annie  ? 

Who  will  dream  not  when  the  mellow 
Midnight  moon  beneath  the  willow, 
Sleeps  with  Annie  on  her  pillow  ? 
You  and  I  and  all  the  many 
Little  birds  will  dream  of  Annie. 


HOW  I  CAME  TO  BE  A  NURSE.— No.  V. 

THE    NURSE. 

SOME  one  said,  once — writing  about  hospitals,  and  the  way  to  make 
and  keep  them  what  they  should  be — that  "  women  and  whitewash  were 
the  best  disinfectants."  Some  one  was  quite  right.  There's  a  deal  of 
nonsense  talked  by  men,  and  women,  too,  on  the  employment  of  women 
nurses  in  hospitals,  and  the  grave  disapprobation  of  the  men  and  the  ro 
mantic  patriotism  of  the  women  are  equally  uncalled  for  and  misapplied. 
I  am  a  woman  nurse,  and  I  ask  permission  to  speak. 

Hospitals  are  the  right  places  for  women.  When  I  say,  "  women,"  I 
don't  mean  exclusively  persons  of  forty-five,  who  prefer  to  pin  their  clothes 
on,  rather  than  to  fasten  them  securely  with  buttons — persons  who  bend 
over  a  patient's  bed,  shedding  inadvertent  needles  and  scraps  of  thread  into 
his  gruel— persons  who  write  "  To  and  Teast,"  meaning  tea  and  toast,  etc., 
etc.  These  are  not  essentials  calculated  in  themselves  to  fit  a  person  for 
the  position  of  army  nurse,  though  from  the  specimens  found  in  many 
hospitals,  one  would  think  total  ignorance  a  qualification  provided  for  in 
the  army  regulations.  When  I  say  women,  I  mean  persons  possessing  the 
common  sense,  the  native  tact,  the  goodness  of  feeling,  the  facility  of  move 
ment  which  are  indispensable  alike  in  parlors  and  kitchens. 

No  woman  is  fit  to  take  care  of  the  roughest  soldier  without  these,  and 
the  rougher  the  man,  the  more  important  is  true  refinement  in  his  woman 
nurse.  It  is  astonishing,  or  rather  it  is  not— to  see  how  instinctively  the 
"  common  soldier  "  recognizes  and  respects  the  lady  in  his  nurse.  I  thought  I 
was  held  in  disdain  by  a  grumpy  old  fellow,  in  Ward  G,  till  I  heard  "him 
say  to  some  one  alongside  him  as  I  came  in,  "  Here  comes  the  missus, 
she'll  help  you."  The  word  "  missus  "  was  his  recognition  of  my  position 
as  a  lady  in  the  establishment. 

The  soldiers  know  that  where  a  woman  of  the  right  kind  is,  all  their 
little  wants  will  be  more  carefully  looked  after,  the  cups  put  within  arm's 
reach  on  their  tables,  the  poor  old  faded  thread-bare  clothes— pathetic  in 
their  very  shabbiness — will  be  nicely  folded,  the  dirty,  precious  little  scraps 
of  letters,  the  old  tobacco  boxes,  the  pocket  combs  and  daguerreotypes 
will  be  carefully  put  away  for  them  ;  and  as  for  their  dinners,  they  are 
sure  they'll  have  them  before  all  the  "  full  diet  "  men  are  fed,  and  the  beef 
tea  is  turning  white  round  the  edges. 

Some  men  nurses  are  as  kind  and  good  as  they  can  possibly  be,  and  I 
thank  them  with  all  my  heart  for  the  care  I  have  seen  them  take  of  their 
wounded  fellows.  They  are  as  patient  and  gentle  as  a  woman,  and  that  is 
the  highest  praise.  But  then  the  soldiers  like  the  very  sight  of  a  woman 
when  they  are  sick,  and  the  touch  of  her  hand.  "  That  feels  like  my 


mother,"  they  say,  or  "  When  is  that  lady  with  a  silk  gown  coming  again  ; 
I  hav'nt  seen  a  bit  of  silk  since  I  left  home." 

The  Arabs  say,  when  you  have  eaten  salt  with  a  man  you  are  friends. 
In  the  army  hospitals,  when  a  soldier  produces  from  the  lining  of  his  coat, 
or  some  secret  corner  of  his  mattress,  the  daguerreotypes  of  his  wife  and 
children,  and  shows  them  to  you,  all  bashful,  and  confiding,  and  proud  at 
the  same  time,  you  may  consider  yourself  accepted  ;  it  is  his  endorsement 
of  you.  You  will  always  be  sure  of  his  smile  after  that.  They  come  to  it, 
slowly,  some  of  them,  and  I  always  watch  for  the  indications.  "  Come  in 
this  room,  ma'am  "  and  I  go  in  and  shut  the  door.  "  See  ;  this  is  my  wife's 
picture."  "  Look  here,  ma'am,"  and  the  hand  plunges  under  the  pillow. 
"  Was'nt  I  a  brave  man  to  come  away  and  leave  them  /"  "  I'd  like  to  show 
you  this,  ma'am  ;  that's  my  oldest."  "  How  do  you  do,  to-day,  Warren  ?  " 
"  Pretty  well,  ma'am,  but  I'm  grieving  for  them"  showing  me  his  little 
family,  with  tears  in  his  eyes — "  I  could  manage  to  do  without  seeing  my 
wife  and  boy,  but  I  want  the  little  girl."  And  so  they  go — and  I  count 
off  my  conquests  by  the  number  of  bland,  happy  looking  wives  and  round- 
faced,  pop-eyed  babies  I  have  admiringly  looked  at  and  talked  about  with 
the  good  fellows  who  were  brave  to  come  away  and  leave  them  all. 

There  is  not  the  slightest  occasion  for  annoyance  of  any  kind  in  the 
care  of  the  soldiers.  It  is  no  part  of  the  duty  of  a  woman  to  do  what  is 
called  the  "  heavy  nursing  "  in  a  ward.  It  is  her  head  and  her  heart,  that 
we  want,  not  her  hands,  so  much.  Where  she  is,  the  door  will  not  be 
banged  in  a  sick  man's  ear ;  the  loud  screeching  of  ward-masters  and 
nurses  from  one  end  of  a  long  room  to  the  other  will  cease  ;  swearing  will 
be  done  away  with,  or  at  any  rate  be  done  under  the  breath ;  at  meal 
time  each  man  will  have  exactly  what  the  surgeon  orders  for  him,  and 
codfish  hash  will  not  be  given  to  the  typhoid  fever  patient,  while  his  scalded 
milk  goes  to  the  great  strong  Irishman  with  a  lame  finger.  It  would  never 
enter  a  man's  head  to  make  a  corn  stalk  bed  soft,  by  doubling  a  quilt 
several  times  over  the  mattress,  but  a  woman  will  carefully  preserve  all 
her  "  condemned  "  blankets  and  comfortables  for  just  this  purpose.  And 
when  it  comes  to  the  washing  of  the  patients — a  damp  rag  taken  up  one 
side  of  the  ward  and  down  the  other,  is  an  elaborate  toilet  in  the  opinion 
of  most  ward-masters.  As  for  the  medicines — left  to  the  men,  the  wildest 
confusion  would  prevail — castor  be  substituted  for  cod-liver,  camphene  for 
turpentine,  and  all  pills  looking  alike,  would  be  given  indiscriminately. 

It  is  all  very  well  for  men  to  say — "  women  in  hospitals  may  be  useful, 
but  it's  no  place  for  my  daughters  and  sisters."  Certainly  it  is  no  place 
for  your  daughters  and  sisters,  unless  they  are  refined  and  sensible  women. 
Put  a  sentimentalist,  or  a  delicate  creature  whose  head  is  full  only  of  the 
romance  of  the  work,  in  a  ward,  and  she  will  very  soon  discover  that  she 
is  in  the  wrong  place.  "  I  don't  understand  why  there  should  be  any  diffi 
culty  in  the  way  of  my  going,"  an  applicant  for  admission  among  the  corps 
of  nurses  said  to  me.  "Are  you  ready  to  pass  the  examination  ?  You 
know  they  will  sound  your  lungs,  and  insist  on  your  having  a  spine,  and 
being  able  to  stand  all  day  long  if  necessary."  "  Well,  then,"  she  said, 
in  despair,  "  They  will  discover  that  I  have  the  rheumatism,  dreadfully, 
but " — vigorously  doubling  up  her  fist,  and  bringing  it  down  with  a  thump 
— "Why  can't  I  go,  just  to  soothe  and  sympathize?" 

This  lady  would  not  have  answered  as  a  nurse ;  neither  would  a  great, 
rough  scrub-woman,  as  many  men  think,  be  an  acceptable  ministering 
angel  to  a  sick  man.  Put  such  a  woman  in  a  hospital,  and  her  ignorance 
and  coarseness  tell  at  once  on  the  moral  tone  of  her  ward. 

Since,  then,  men  nurses  should  not  be  left  to  themselves  to  care  for  the 
sick — since  a  knowledge  of  scrubbing  is  not  in  itself  sufficient,  it  remains, 
that  when  you  can  secure  in  a  woman  nurse  a  happy  combination  of  refine 
ment,  neatness,  true  kindness  of  heart  and  clearness  of  head,  you  have  in 
a  ward  what  will  secure  the  greatest  comfort  and  speediest  recovery  for 
the  sick,  and  for  the  well  or  convalescing,  the  best  moral  restraint.  Why, 
then,  is  it  not  perfectly  proper  for  such  a  woman  to  be  placed  where  she 
can  accomplish  this  good  thing  ?  If  she  can  make  the  beef  tea  and  beds 
better  than  the  men  ;  can  write  the  soldiers'  letters  for  them,  and  admire 
their  babies  ;  can  make  them — that  is,  coax  them — to  take  their  doses  and 
porter  at  the  right  time  ;  can  help  them  to  go  to  sleep,  and  be  good,  and 
do  all  this  more  quickly,  and  at  least  as  well  as  a  soldier,  who  might  be 
re-enforcing  the  army,  if  he  was'nt  a  nurse — why  shouldn't  she  do  it,  and 
why  should  he  ? 


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SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


SPIEIT  OF  THE  FAIK. 


NEW    YORK,    MONDAY,    APRIL    18,     1864. 


THE  STOKY  OF  PELAYO. 

A   FRAGMENT,    BY   WASHINGTON   IKVING. 

(Now  published  for  the  first  time.) 

(CONCLUDED.) 

Now  it  so  happened  that  at  this  time  there  lived  in  a  remote 
part  of  Estremadura  an  ancient  cavalier,  a  hale  and  hearty  bache 
lor,  named  the  Count  Trafesis.  He  had  been  a  warrior  in  his 
youth,  but  now  in  a  green  and  vigorous  old  age,  had  retired  from 
camp  and  court  to  a  domain  on  the  banks  of  the  Tagus  inherited 
from  his  Gothic  ancestors.  His  great  delight  was  in  the  chase, 
which  ho  followed  successfully  in  the  vast  forests  of  Estremadura. 
Every  morning  heard  the  woods  resounding  with  the  melody  of 
hound  and  horn  ;  and  the  heads  of  stags,  of  wolves,  and  wild 
boars  vied  in  his  castle-hall  with  the  helms  and  bucklers  and 
lances,  and  the  trophies  of  his  youthful  and  martial  days. 

The  jovial  count  was  up  at  early  dawn  pursuing  a  boar  in  the 
thick  forest  bordering  the  Tagus,  when  he  beheld  the  little  ark 
floating  down  the  stream,  lie  ordered  one  of  his  huntsmen  to 
strip  and  enter  the  river  and  bring  the  ark  to  land ;  on  opening  it, 
he  was  surprised  to  behold  within  an  infant,  wrapped  in  costly 
robes,  but  pale  and  wan,  and  apparently  almost  exhausted.  Beside 
it  was  a  purse  of  gold,  and  on  its  bosom  a  cross  of  rubies  and  a 
parchment  scroll,  on  which  was  written,  "  Let  this  infant  be  hon 
orably  entertained,  he  is  of  illustrious  lineage ;  his  name  is 
Pelayo." 

The  good  count  shrewdly  surmised  the  cause  of  this  perilous 
exposure  of  a  helpless  infant.  Ho  had  a  heart  kind  and  indulgent 
toward  the  weaker  sex,  as  the  heart  of  a  genial  old  bachelor  is 
prone  to  be  ;  and  while  he  looked  with  infinite  benevolence  upon 
the  beauteous  child,  felt  a  glow  of  compassion  for  the  unknown 
mother.  Commanding  his  huntsman  t  •  be  silent  as  to  what  he 
had  witnessed,  he  took  the  infant  in  his  arms  and  returned  with  it 
to  his  castle. 

Now  it  so  happened  that  the  wife  of  his  steward  had  about  a 
week  before  been  delivered  of  a  child,  which  lived  but  a  very  few 
days,  leaving  the  mother  in  great  affliction.  The  count  gave  her 
the  infant  and  the  money  found  with  it,  and  told  her  the  story  of 
the  ark,  with  a  strong  injunction  of  secrecy,  entreating  her  to 
take  charge  of  the  child  and  rear  it  as  her  own.  The  good  woman 
doubted  the  story,  and  strongly  suspected  her  master  of  having 
fallen  into  an  error  in  his  old  age  ;  she  received  the  infant,  how 
ever,  as  a  gift  from  heaven,  sent  to  console  her  in  her  affliction, 
and  pressed  it  with  tears  to  her  bosom,  for  she  thought  of  the 
child  she  had  lost. 

Pelayo,  therefore,  was  reared  on  the  banks  of  the  Tagus  as  the 
offspring  of  the  steward  and  his  wife,  and  the  adopted  son  of  the 
count.  That  veteran  cavalier  bore  in  mind,  however,  that  his 
youthful  charge  was  of  illustrious  lineage,  and  took  a  delight  in 
accomplishing  him  in  all  things  befitting  a  perfect  hidalgo. 

He  placed  him  astride  of  a  horse  almost  as  soon  as  he  could 
walk,  a  lance  and  crossbow  were  his  earliest  playthings,  and  he 
was  taught  to  hunt  the  small  game  of  the  forest  until  strong 
enough  to  accompany  the  count  in  his  more  rugged  sports.  Thus 
he  was  inured  to  all  kinds  of  hardy  exercises,  and  rendered  heed 
less  of  danger  and  fatigue.  Nor  was  the  discipline  of  his  mind 
neglected  ;  under  the  instructions  of  a  neighboring  friar,  he 


learned  to  read  in  a  manner  that  surpassed  the  erudition  of  his 
foster  father,  for  he  could  scan  more  correctly  all  the  orisons  of 
the  Virgin,  and  listened  to  mass,  and  attended  all  the  ceremonies 
of  the  Church  with  a  devotion  truly  exemplary.  Some  ancient 
chroniclers  have  gone  so  far  as  to  say  that  he  even  excelled  in 
clerkly  craft ;  but  this  is,  most  likely,  fond  exaggeration. 

Time  glided  by :  King  Ezica  was  gathered  to  his  fathers,  and 
his  son  Witiza  reigned  in  his  stead.  All  the  chivalry  of  the  king 
dom  was  summoned  to  Toledo  to  give  splendor  to  his  coronation. 
The  good  old  count  proposed,  among  the  rest,  to  appear  at  a  court 
from  which  he  had  long  been  absent.  His  ancient  serving-men 
were  arrayed  in  the  antiquated  garbs  in  which  they  had  figured 
in  his  days  of  youthful  gallantry,  and  his  household  troops  in  the 
battered  armor  which  had  seen  hard  service  in  the  field,  but  which 
had  long  rusted  in  the  armory.  He  determined  to  take  with  him  his 
adopted  son  Pelayo,  now  seven  years  of  age.  A  surcoat  was  made 
for  him  from  the  mantle  of  rich  brocade  in  which  he  had  been 
found  wrapped  in  the  ark.  A  palfrey  was  also  caparisoned  in 
warlike  style.  It  was  a  rare  sight,  says  the  old  chronicler,  to  see 
the  antiquated  chivalry  of  the  good  Count  Trafesis  parading  across 
the  bridge  of  the  Tagus,  or  figuring  in  the  streets  of  Toledo,  in 
contrast  to  the  silken  and  shining  retinues  of  the  more  modern 
courtiers ;  but  the  veteran  was  hailed  with  joy  by  many  of  the 
ancient  nobles,  his  early  companions  in  arms.  The  populace,  too, 
when  they  beheld  the  youthful  Pelayo  ambling  by  his  side  on  his 
gentle  palfrey,  were  struck  with  the  chivalrous  demeanor  of  the 
boy,  and  the  perfect  manner  in  which  he  managed  his  steed. 

Among  the  nobles,  continues  the  old  chronicle,  who  appeared 
in  Toledo  to  do  homage  to  the  new  king,  was  Favila,  Duke  of 
Cantabria.  He  had  left  his  wife  in  their  castle  among  the  moun 
tains,  for  the  fair  Lucia  was  still  in  the  meridian  of  her  beauty, 
and  he  feared  lest  the  sight  of  her  might  revive  the  passion  of 
Witiza.  They  had  no  other  fruit  of  their  union  but  a  little  daugh 
ter  of  great  beauty  called  Luciuda,  and  they  still  mourned  in  se 
cret  the  loss  of  their  firstborn.  The  duke  was  related  to  Count 
Trafesis,  and  when  ho  first  beheld  Pelayo  his  heart  throbbed,  he 
knew  not  why,  and  he  followed  him  with  his  eyes  in  all  his  youth 
ful  sports.  The  more  he  beheld  him,  the  more  his  heart  yearned 
toward  him,  and  he  entreated  the  count  to  grant  him  the  youth  for 
a  time  as  a  page,  to  be  reared  by  him  in  all  the  offices  of  chivalry, 
as  was  the  custom  in  the  houses  of  warlike  nobles  in  those  days. 
The  count  willingly  complied  with  his  request,  knowing  the  great 
prowess  of  the  Duke  of  Cantabria,  who  was  accounted  a  mirror  of 
knightly  virtue.  "  For  my  own  part,"  said  he,  "  I  am  at  present 
but  little  capable  of  instructing  the  boy ;  for  many  years  have  passed 
since  I  gave  up  the  exercise  of  arms,  and  little  am  I  worth  at  pres 
ent  excepting  to  blow  the  horn  and  follow  the  hound." 

When  the  ceremonies  of  the  coronation  were  over,  therefore, 
the  Duke  of  Cantabria  departed  for  his  castle,  accompanied  by  the 
young  Pelayo  and  the  count ;  for  the  good  old  cavalier  could  not 
yet  tear  himself  from  his  adopted  child.' 

As  they  drew  near  the  castle,  the  duchess  came  forth  with  a 
grand  retinue,  for  they  were  as  petty  sovereigns  in  their  domains. 
The  duke  presented  Pelayo  to  her  as  her  page,  and  the  yonth 
knelt  to  kiss  her  hand,  but  she  raised  him  and  kissed  him  on 
the  forehead  ;  and  as  she  regarded  him,  the  tears  stood  in  her 
eyes. 

"  God  bless  thee,  gentle  page  !  "  said  she,  "  and  preserve  thee 
to  the  days  of  manhood ;  for  thou  hast  in  thee  the  promise  of  an 
accomplished  cavalier.  Joyful  must  be  the  heart  of  the  mother 
who  can  boast  of  such  a  son !  " 

On  that  day,  when  the  dinner  was  served  with  becoming  state, 
Pelayo  took  his  place  among  the  other  pages  in  attendance,  who 


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were  all  children  of  nobles ;  but  the  duchess  called  him  to  her  as 
her  peculiar  page.  He  was  arrayed  in  his  surcoat  of  brocade, 
made  from  the  mantle  in  which  he  had  been  folded  in  the  ark, 
and  round  his  neck  hung  tho  cross  of  rubies. 

As  the  duchess  beheld  these  things,  she  turned  pale  and  trem 
bled.  "  What  is  the  name  of  thy  son  ? "  said  she  to  Count  Tra- 
fesis.  "  His  name,"  replied  the  count,  "  is  Pelayo."  "  Tell  me  of 
a  truth,"  demanded  she,  still  more  earnestly,  "  is  this  indeed  thy 
son  ? "  Tho  count  was  not  prepared  for  so  direct  a  question. 
"  Of  a  truth,"  said  he,  "  he  is  but  the  son  of  my  adoption ;  yet  is 
he  of  noble  lineage."  The  duchess  again  addressed  him  with  ten 
fold  solemnity :  "  On  thy  honor  as  a  knight,  do  not  trifle  with  me ; 
who  are  tho  parents  of  this  child  ? "  The  count,  moved  by  her 
agitation,  briefly  told  the  story  of  the  ark.  When  the  duchess 
heard  it,  she  gave  a  great  sigh,  and  fell  as  one  dead.  On  reviving, 
she  embraced  Pelayo  with  mingled  tears  and  kisses,  and  pro 
claimed  him  as  her  long  lost  son. 


FIRST  SPRING  FLOWERS. 
I  AM  watching  for  the  early  buds  to  wake 

Under  the  snow  : 
From  little  beds  the  soft  white  covering  take, 

And,  nestling,  lo ! 
They  lie,  with  pink  lips  parted,  all  aglow ! 

Oh  darlings !  open  wide  your  tender  eyes, 

See !  I  am  here — 
Have  been  here,  waiting  under  winter  skies 

Till  you  appear, — 
You  just  come  up  from  where  he  lies  so  near. 

Tell  me,  dear  flowers,  is  he  gently  laid, 

Wrapped  round  from  cold ; 
Has  spring  about  him  fair  green  garments  made 

Fold  over  fold ; 
Are  sweet  things  growing  with  him  hi  the  mold  ? 

Has  he  found  quiet  resting-place  at  last, 

After  the  fight? 
What  message  did  he  send  me,  as  you  passed 

Him  in  the  night, 
Eagerly  pushing  upward  toward  the  light  ? 

I  will  not  pluck  you,  lest  his  hand  should  be 

Close  clasping  you : 
These  slender  fibres  which  so  cling  to  me 

Do  grasp  him  too, — 
What  gave  these  delicate  veins  their  blood-red  hue  ? 

One  kiss  I  press,  dear  little  bud  half-shut, 

On  your  sweet  eyes  ; 

For  when  the  April  rain  falls  at  your  foot, 
And  April  sun  yearns  downward  to  your  root 

From  soft  spring  skies, 
It,  too,  may  reach  him,  where  he  sleeping  lies. 


TROOPER'S  SONG. 

BT    R.  W.  RAYMOND. 

OUR  bugles  sound  gaily,  "  To  horse  and  away !" 
And  over  the  mountains  breaks  the  day  ; 
Then  ho !  comrades,  ho  !  for  the  ride  and  the  fight ! 
There  are  deeds  to  be  done  ere  we  slumber  to-night. 

But  whether  we  fight  or  whether  we  fall 

By  sabre-stroke,  or  rifle-ball, 

The  hearts  of  the  Free  will  remember  us  yet, 

And  our  country,  our  country  will  never  forget ! 


Now  mount  and  away  !     Let  the  coward  delight 
To  be  lazy  at  morn  and  safe  at  night ! 
Our  joy  is  a  charger  flecked  with  foam, 
And  our  bed  is  the  earth,  and  the  saddle  our  home  ! 
But  whether  we  fight,  &c. 

See  !  yonder  the  line  of  the  traitorous  foe, 
And  bright  in  the  sunshine,  bayonets  glow  ! 

Breathe  a  prayer,  but  no  sigh !     Think  for  what  we  would  fight  ;- 
Now  charge  with  a  will,  boys  !  and  God  for  the  Right  1 
And  whether  we  fight,  &c. 

We  have  gathered  again  the  red  laurels  of  war ; 
We  have  followed  the  traitors  fast  and  far ; 
But  some  who  rose  gaily  this  day  with  the  sun, 
Lie  bleeding  and  pale  on  the  field  they  have  won  ! 
Now  whether  we  fight,  &c. 

Take  cheer,  gallaut  brothers,  who  languish  in  pain  ! 
We  will  carry  you  gently  home  again ; 
Fair  hands  shall  attend  you,  warm  hearts  shall  be  near  ; 
For  the  Soldier  of  Freedom  no  boon  is  too  dear. 
And  whether  we  fight,  &c. 

Good  bye  to  the  wounded.     To-morrow's  new  raid 
Will  give  us  new  work  for  spur  and  blade. 
Thus  daily  we  ride,  at  our  bugles'  gay  call, 
And  conqueririg  ever,  as  conquerors  fall. 

But  whether  we  fight  or  whether  we  fall, 

By  sabre-stroke  or  rifle-ball, 

The  hearts  of  the  Free  will  remember  us  yet ; 

And  our  country  can  never,  no,  never  forget ! 


MY   NOTE  BOOKS.* 

BY     DONALD     G.     MITCHELL. 

IN  an  out  of  the  way  corner  of  my  library  are  five  plethoric 
little  note-books  of  Travel.  One  of  them,  and  it  is  the  earliest,  is 
bound  in  smart  red  leather,  and  has  altogether  a  dapper  British 
air ;  its  paper  is  firm  and  evenly  lined,  and  it  came  a  great  many 
years  ago  (I  will  not  say  how  many)  out  of  a  stationer's  shop  upon 
Lord  street  in  Liverpool.  A  second,  in  stiff  boards,  marbled,  and 
backed  with  muslin,  wears  a  soldierly  primness  in  its  aspect  that 
always  calls  to  mind  the  bugles,  and  the  drums,  and  the  brazen 
helmets  of  Berlin — where,  once  upon  a  time,  I  added  it  to  my 
little  stock  of  travelling  companions.  A  third,  in  limp  morocco, 
bought  under  the  Hotel  de  VEcu  at  Geneva,  shows  a  great  deal  of 
the  Swiss  affectation  of  British  wares,  and  has  borne  bravely  the 
hard- knapsack  service,  and  the  many  stains  which  belonged  to 
those  glorious  mountain  tramps  that  live  again  whenever  I  turn 
over  its  sweaty  pages.  Another  is  tattered,  dingy — the  paper 
frail,  and  a  half  of  its  cover  gone  ;  yet  I  think  it  is  a  fair  specimen 
of  what  the  Roman  stationers  could  do,  in  the  days  when  the  Six 
teenth  Gregory  was  Pope.  Tho  fifth  and  last,  is  coquettish,  jaun 
ty — as  prim  as  tho  Prussian,  limp  like  the  Genevese,  and  only  less 
solid  than  the  English  :  it  is  all  over  French  ;  and  the  fellows  to 
it  may  very  likely  have  served  a  tidy  grisette  to  write  down  her 
tale  of  finery,  or  some  learned  member  of  the  Institute  to  record 
his  note-takings  in  the  Imperial  Library. 

I  dare  not  say  how  often  these  little  conjurers  of  books  wean 
me  away  from  all  graver  employment,  and  tempt  me  to  some  ram 
ble  among  the  highlands  of  Scotland,  or  the  fastnesses  of  the 


*  Extract  from  a  work  entitled  "  Seven  Stories,  with  Basement  and  Attic,"  by 
D.  J.  Mitchell,  shortly  to  be  published  by  Charies  Scribner,  New  York. 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


Apennines.  I  do  not  know  but  that  this  refreshment  of  the  old 
sentiment  of  travel,  through  the  first  unstudied  jottings-down,  is 
oftentimes  more  delightful  than  a  repeated  visit. 

To-night — by  a  word,  by  a  fragment  of  a  line,  dropped  upon 
my  little  Genevese  book,  the  peak  of  Mont  Blanc  cleaves  the  sky 
for  the  first  time  in  all  my  range  of  vision ;  the  clear,  up-lifted 
mountain  of  white,  just  touched  with  the  rosy  hues  of  approach 
ing  twilight — the  blue  brothers  of  nearer  mountains  shouldering 
up  the  monarch — the  dark,  low  fir  forests  fringing  all  the  valley 
up  which  I  look — a  shining  streak  of  road  that  beckons  me  on  to 
the  Chamouni  worship — the  river  (is  it  the  Arve  ?)  glistening  and 
roaring  a  great  song — all  this  my  little  book  summons,  freshly, 
and  without  disturbing  object.  But  if  I  repeat  the  visit,  the  in 
evitable  comparisons  present  themselves.  "  Aye,  this  is  it ;  but 
the  atmosphere  is  not  altogether  so  clear,  or  the  approach  is  not 
BO  favorable  ; "  and  so,  for  mere  vanity's  sake,  you  must  give  a 
fellow-passenger  the  benefit  of  your  previous  knowledge :  as  if  all 
the  "  le  void  !  "  and  "  la  voila  !  "  were  not  the  merest  impertinen 
ces  in  such  august  presence !  No:  it  is  sadly  true — perhaps  pleas 
antly  true — that  there  are  scenes  of  which  no  second  sight  will 
enlarge  the  bounds  wherein  imagination  may  disport  itself, — for 
which  no  second  sight  will  create  an  atmosphere  of  more  glorious 
rarity. 

To-night,  this  tattered  little  Roman  journal,  by  merest  mention 
of  the  greasy,  cushioned  curtain,  under  whose  corner  I  first  urged 
my  way  into  the  great  aisle  of  St.  Peter's — brings  up  the  awed  step 
with  which  I  sidled  down  the  marble  pavement,  breathing  that 
soft  atmosphere,  perfumed  with  fading  incense — oppressed,  as  by 
a  charm,  with  the  thought  of  that  genius  which  had  conjured  this 
miracle  of  architecture  ;  and  oppressed  (I  know  not  how)  by  a 
thought  of  that  Papal  hierarchy  which  by  such  silent  show  of 
pomp  and  power,  had  compelled  the  service  of  millions.  And  if  I 
go  back  again,  all  this  delightfully  vague  estimate  of  its  grandeur 
cannot  renew  itself;  the  height  is  the  same;  all  the  width  is 
there ;  those  cherubs  who  hold  the  font  are  indeed  giants ;  but 
the  aroma  of  first  impressions  is  lost  in  a  whirl  of  new  compari 
sons  and  estimates ;  is  the  Baldiichino  indeed  as  high  ns  they  say 
it  is  ?  Is  St.  Peter's  toe,  of  a  truth  worn  away  with  the  inveterate 
kissings  ?  Every  piece  of  statuary,  every  glowing  blazon  of  mosaic 
compels  an  admeasurement  of  the  old  fancy  with  the  object  itself. 
All  the  charming,  intoxicating  generality  of  impression  is  preyed 
upon,  and  absorbed  piecemeal  by  specialities  of  inference,  or  of 
observation ;  while  here,  in  the  quiet  of  my  room,  with  no  dis 
tracting  object  in  view,  I  blunder  through  the  disorderly  characters 
of  my  note-book  with  all  the  old  glow  upon  me,  and  start  to  life 
again  that  first,  rich,  Roman  dream. 

And  the  same  is  true  of  all  lesser  things :  There  was  once  a 
peasant  girl,  somewhere  in  Normandy,  with  deliciously  quaint 
muslin  head-dress,  and  cheeks  like  the  apricots  she  sold, — a  voice 
that  rippled  like  a  song ;  and  yet,  with  only  a  half  line  of  my 
blotted  note-book,  she  springs  into  all  that  winsome,  coquettish 
life  which  sparkled  then  and  there  in  her  little  Norman  town ; 
but  if  I  were  to  leave  the  pleasant  cheatery  of  my  book,  and 
travel  never  so  widely,  all  up  and  down  through  Normandy,  I 
could  never  meet  with  such  a  blithe  young  peasant  again. 

By  one  or  two  of  the  old  pen-marks,  I  am  reminded  of  a  burly 
beggar,  encountered  in  my  first  stroll  through  Liverpool.  Ho  was 
without  any  lower  limbs  that  I  could  discover,  and  was  squatted 
upon  the  stone  flagging  of  St.  Nicholas'  church-yard,  where  he 
asked  charity  with  the  authoritative  air  of  a  commander  of  an 
army.  And  I  recall  with  a  blush  the  admiring  spirit  with  which, 
as  a  fresh  and  timid  traveller,  I  yielded  my  pence  to  his  impetuous 
summation;  and  how  I  reckoned  his  masterful  manner  fairly 


typical  of  the  sturdy  British  empire,  which  squatted  upon  its  little 
islands  of  the  sea,  demanded — in  virtue  only  of  its  big  head  and 
shoulders — tribute  of  all  the  world.  I  do  not  believe  that  such 
imaginative  exaltation  of  feeling  could  overcome  me  upon  a  re 
peated  visit ;  or  if  it  did,  that  it  would  beget — as  then — the  very 
romanticism  of  charity. 

There  was  a  first-walk — scored  down  in  the  red-covered  book 
—along  a  brook-side  in  the  forest  near  to  Blair-Athol  in  the  north 
of  Scotland, — in  the  course  of  which  all  the  songs  of  Burns  that  I 
had  ever  known,  or  heard,  came  soughing  to  my  ear  through  the 
fir-branches,  as  if  ploughmen  in  plaids  had  sung  them ;  but  if  I 
should  go  there  again,  I  think  the  visionary  ploughmen  would 
sing  no  more  ;  and  that  I  should  be  estimating  the  growth  of  the 
larches,  or  wondering  if  the  trout  would  rise  briskly  to  a  hackle  ? 

I  do  not  write  thus,  simply  to  iterate  the  stale  truism,  that  the 
delight  and  freshness  of  first  impressions  of  travel,  can  never  be 
renewed  ;  that  we  all  know  ;  all  enthusiasms  have  but  one  life,  in 
the  same  mind.  Convictions  may  be  renewed,  and  gain  strength 
and  consistency  by  renewal ;  but  those  enthusiasms  which  find 
their  life  in  exultant  imaginative  foray,  can  no  more  be  twice 
entertained,  than  a  foaming  beaker  of  Mumm's  Imperial  can  be 
twice  drank. 

What  I  wish  to  claim  for  my  spotty  note-books,  is — that  their 
cabalistic  signs  revive  more  surely  and  freshly  the  aroma  of  first 
impressions  than  any  renewed  visit  could  do.  Therefore  I  cherish 
them.  Time  and  time  again,  I  take  them  down  from  their  niche 
in  my  library,  when  no  more  serious  work  is  in  hand,  and  glide 
insensibly  into  their  memories, — the  present  slipping  from  me 
like  a  dream, — and  indulge  in  that  delightful  bewilderment  at 
which  I  have  hinted,  and  in  which  cities  and  mountains  pile 
before  me,  as  if  I  lived  among  them. 

It  is  true  that  the  loose  and  disjointed  wording  in  which  I  have 
scored  down  incidents  or  scenes  of  travel,  would  prove  wholly 
uninteresting,  if  not  absolutely  unintelligible,  to  others.  There 
are  little  catch-words,  by  the  sight  of  which  I  may  set  a  great 
river  aflow,  or  build  a  temple  ;  there  arc  others,  that  start  a  com 
pany  of  dead  faces  from  their  graves,  or  put  me  in  the  middle  of  a 
great  whirl  of  masked  figures  who  dance  the  night  out  to  the 
music  of  Musard.  And  I  must  say  that  I  rather  enjoy  this  sym 
bolism  of  language,  which  individuates  a  man's  private  memories. 
Who  knows  what  cold,  invidious  eye  may  be  scanning  them 
some  day  ? 

THE  LOYAL  MAN. 

I  AM  a  loyal  man  of  the  first  water.  I  belong  to  a  chapter  of  the  Loyal 
League  in  New  York,  where  I  do  business.  I  belong  to  another  chapter  in 
Brooklyn,  where  I  reside,  and  I  belong  to  an  appendix  in  the  country  where 
I  spend  the  summer.  I  have  often  urged  my  friends  to  redeem  the  best 
government  upon  which  the  sun  ever  shone,  if  need  be,  with  their  lives. 
I  know  a  good  many  fellows  now  in  the  army,  and  I  always  speak  well  of 
them.  The  other  day  a  vile  Copperhead  called  the  soldiers  "  Lincoln's 
dogs "  in  my  presence,  and  I  instantly  told  him  he  must  be  mistaken. 
Moreover,  on  several  occasions  I  have  given  letters  of  recommendation  to 
soldiers'  widows,  who  were  really  worthy  people  and  in  great  distress.  I 
should  have  deserved  to  be  called  a  Copperhead  if  I  had  not  assisted  them. 

I  disapproved  entirely  of  the  riots  last  year,  and,  rather  than  seem  to 
countenance  such  proceedings,  I  retired  from  New  York  and  Brooklyn 
during  their  continuance,  to  a  quiet  village  in  New  Jersey.  I  found  a  good 
deal  of  Copperheadism  in  the  village,  and  attempted  to  convince  some  of 
the  deacons  that  this  rebellion  must  be  crushed  with  a  strong  arm  in  seas 
of  blood,  and  that  every  man  should  be  ready  to  do  his  part  to  sustain  the 
Government  and  execute  the  laws. 

I  was  pleased  to  hear  that  the  riots  had  been  put  down  without  com 
promise,  and  returned  at  once  to  the  city,  like  a  law-abiding  man.  My  bill 
against  the  city,  for  damage  incurred  by  leaving  my  business,  was  $2,267.50 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


141 


— $7.50  being  the  fare  to  the  New  Jersey  village  and  back  again.  I  knew 
that  it  was  important  to  impress  upon  the  Copperhead3  of  New  York  how 
much  it  cost  to  resist  the  law,  therefore  I  handed  in  my  bill.  It  could  not 
have  been  received  with  more  contempt,  had  I  been  a  foremost  Copperhead, 
instead  of  a  well-known  loyal  man. 

Shortly  after  this,  I  was  drafted.  I  am  constitutionally  so  nervous  as 
to  disqualify  me  for  active  service ;  and  I  told  the  Provost  Marshal  so ;  but 
after  some  discussion,  he  declined  to  discharge  me,  and  demanded  either 
me,  my  substitute,  or  my  $300.  I  knew  that  to  go  myself  would  rob  New 
York  of  a  loyal  man,  at  a  time  when  his  services  might  be  most  needed, 
and  to  put  in  the  army  one  whose  only  recommendation  as  a  soldier  would 
be  his  ardent  and  undaunted  soul,  encased,  however,  in  a  most  delicate  and 
fragile  body.  I  was  afraid  the  fire  within  me  would  consume  my  frame,  if 
I  should  allow  my  flaming  zeal  to  light  me  to  the  battle  field.  On  the 
other  hand,  I  felt  that  a  paltry  $300  was  a  poor  return  to  my  suffering 
country,  asking  for  A  MAN.  So  I  engaged,  therefore,  a  substitute,  an  expe 
rienced  warrior  from  Tipperary,  who  consented  to  do  battle  for  Liberty  and 
for  $150.  The  true  patriot  must  understand  political  economy. 

I  wish  the  war  to  be  prolonged  until  no  rebel  treads  our  sacred  soil.  I 
desire  treason  and  slavery  to  be  uprooted  and  cast  into  the  fire ;  and  I  hope 
somebody  will  do  it.  I  am  not  in  favor  of  tax-bills ;  taxation  drove  us  to 
rebel  against  Great  Britain.  Let  Mr.  Chase  keep  issuing  greenbacks,  and 
we  shall  soon  bring  the  war  to  a  glorious  end.  Some  persons  point  to  the 
high  price  of  gold  as  an  indication  of  financial  difficulties.  The  price  of 
gold  is  the  result  of  Copperhead  machinations.  Let  a  law  be  passed  to 
suppress  Copperheads,  and  we  shall  hear  nothing  more  of  gold.  It  is  be 
cause  I  do  not  approve  of  the  spirit  of  wild  speculation  that  I  have  sought 
other  investments  for  my  money.  Half  a  million  dollars,  which  I  made 
incidentally,  the  other  day,  while  forming  a  Colorado  gold  mining  company, 
I  have  put  hi  the  Bank  of  England. 

I  intend  to  take  my  family  abroad  this  year,  in  order  to  increase  the 
respect  of  my  children  for  republican  institutions.  Patriotism  is  always 
stronger  in  exile ;  and  I  think  this  is  eminently  a  time  when  patriotism 
should  be  strong. 

I  believe  that  great  experience  is  necessary  to  make  a  good  President. 
Consequently  no  man  should  ever  be  elected  President  who  has  not  served 
one  term  already,  in  that  capacity.  This  general  rule  should  be  impartially 
applied  to  the  present  case.  ANDREW  JACKSON  GRUELL. 


VALENTINE. 
MY  love  wears  a  coat  of  black  velvet, 

And  boot-heels  uncommonly  high, 
With  a  rose  in  the  side  of  her  bonnet 

Just  over  her  saucy  blue  eye ; 
And  when  she  walks  out  of  a  Sunday, 

So  queen-like  she  treads  the  pave, 
That  never  in  Rome  had  old  Caesar 

A  triumph  more  splendidly  gay. 

My  love  is  a  stunner  at  parties, 

Her  dress  is  so  stylish  and  full — 
Her  wreath  takes  a  bushel  of  roses, 

Her  skirt  twenty  acres  of  tulle ; 
And  I  think  when  she  glides  down  the  staircase — 

A  soft  floating  cloud  of  white  lace, 
That  a  bevy  of  sunny-winged  angels 

Have  silently  dropt  in  her  place. 

My  love  dances  polkas  and  lancers, 

She  leads  in  the  German's  bright  maze ; 
While  her  chaperon  nods  in  the  corner 

Protecting  her  dozen  bouquets. 
She  dances  till  four  in  the  morning, 

As  brimful  of  frolic  and  fun, 
When  Brown  calls  the  last  of  the  hackmen, 

As  when  the  gay  sport  was  begun. 


As  treason  is  all  in  the  fashion, 

And  monarchs  I  greatly  prefer, 
I  think  I'll  secede  from  the  nation, 

And  swear  my  allegiance  to  her : 
Her  little  pink  fan  is  the  sceptre — 

Her  wreath  is  the  crown  I'll  obey, 
My  Sovereign  of  Love  and  of  Beauty — 

My  Queen  of  the  Bright  and  the  Gay. 


W.  J.  II. 


LETTER  FROM  GENOA. 
To  tfte  Editor  of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR  : 

SIR  : — No  child  of  America,  however  separated  from  hia  home  by  time 
and  distance,  but  follows  with  perhaps  even  an  intensified  interest  its  sor 
rows  and  its  joys  ;  the  cords,  though  strained,  can  never  be  broken  that 
bind  us  to  our  native  land,  and  just  because  we  are  so  far  away,  we  forget 
all  its  foibles  to  remember  only  its  greatness ;  and  our  armor  of  national 
pride  becomes  more  invulnerable  than  that  of  Thetis's  son.  This  beautiful 
and  grand  enterprise  of  our  brothers  and  sisters  to  help,  support,  strengthen 
and  sustain  the  brave  but  broken  soldiers,  fills  our  hearts  with  a  double 
loyalty :  first  to  him  who  offers  his  breast  as  a  shield  to  his  mother  land, 
and  then  to  those  who  like  angels  of  mercy  are  seeking  to  do  their  all,  far 
away  from  the  battle-field,  to  assuage  the  anguish  of  the  fallen. 

And  this  little  band  of  Americans,  five  in  number,  living  in  Genoa, 
would  lay  some  offering  on  their  beloved  home-altar  at  this  time  ;  and  their 
friends  in  Genoa  have  begged  to  share  with  them  this  tribute  of  their  affec 
tion,  for  they  feel  that  the  descendants  of  Christopher  Columbus  are  linked 
closely  to  those  of  Washington :  and  in  casting  over  in  our  minds  what 
testimonial  we  could  send  to  prove  that  wherever  an  American  dwells,  his 
heart  beats  for  the  soldier,  we  thought  that  a  bust  of  him  who  made  us 
Americans, — who  left  us  that  grand  inheritance  of  Liberty,  nationality, 
and  Union,  all  that  which  inspires  the  soldier  with  a  love  stronger  than  that 
of  life — would  be  most  acceptable.  This  bust  was  ordered  a  long  time  since 
by  an  American  passing  through  Genoa,  of  a  very  eminent  sculptor,  M. 
Cerasco.  The  order  was  fulfilled,  but  the  American  never  returned  to  claim 
it,  and  it  seemed  as  if  awaiting  the  filial  love  that  should  take  it  home.  The 
letter  accompanying  it  is  signed  for  us  all  by  the  Marquis  Gualterio,  Prefect 
of  this  province,  and  the  distinguished  descendant  of  a  distinguished 
family. 

Farewell,  dear  America ;  our  hopes,  our  prayers,  our  faith  are  all  with 
thee.  

CHARADE. 

TEARFUL  the  mother  watched  my  waning  first, 

Precious  as  liquid  gold, 
While  the  dear  life  her  heart's  blood  would  have  nursed, 

Faints  from  her  yearning  hold. 
Nor  knows  the  Prophet's  hand  my  last  will  lend, 

His  voice  pronounce  a  spell, 
Potent,  resisting  nature's  course  to  bend, 

And  miracles  compel. 

Touched  by  the  Prelate's  staff,  the  King  must  bow, 

Where  vassals  throng  the  halls, 
Till  from  my  lifted  first,  upon  his  brow, 

Heaven's  sign  in  blessing  falls : 
Then  rising  eager,  from  his  warrior  peers 

My  second  he  demands, 
And  leads  with  holy  zeal,  through  weary  years, 

My  whole  in  distant  lands. 

O'er  foreign  seas  again  and  yet  again, 

My  whole  shall  tempt  the  world ; 
And  back  be  many  a  fleet  and  shattered  train 

In  wreck  and  discord  hurled. 
Fond  broken  hearts  and  ruined  thrones  and  homes 

Its  fatal  charm  shall  prove, 
And  through  all  time,  where'er  its  story  comes, 

Men's  souls  with  pity  move. 


HANDSOME  is  who  handsome  has. 


142 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

( To  be  continued  daily.) 


ARTICLES  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


Cartes  de  visile,  Fuller  Brothers,  $200. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Now  Bedford,  Mass.,  $800. 

100  pkgs.  whiskey,  Fred.  Wright,  $400. 

4  pkgs.  syrup,  Lelilia  Gordon. 

Wax  flowers,  Misa  Bennett. 

Dental  Instruments,  J.  D.  Chevalier  it  Son,  $225. 

3  pkgs.  bed  and  cots,  Tyler,  Howe  &  Co. 

3  pkgs.  steel  pens,  Joseph  Gilloll,  $313.52. 

Chair,  Jas.  W.  lllckey. 

Photographic  albums,  Owens  &  Agar,  $101. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Dr.  Lyon. 

Fancy  articles,  Misses  Van  Kemen. 

Chair,  II.  G.  Hager. 

Millinery,  Mme.  Sebille. 

Hat,  Mrs.  Aug.  F.  Smith. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Dr.  McVickar. 

Fowls,  W.  L.  Laing,  Hcmpatcad. 

Furniture,  Mrs.  J.  G.  King,  Jr. 

Books,  Geo.  P.  Philos  &.  Co.,  $100. 

Butter,  Southwick  &.  Winser. 

3  pkgs.  wine,  W.  L.  Laing,  Hempstead. 
Music,  Wm.  Dressier. 

Harness,  &c.,  Harmer,  Hayes  fc  Co.,  $529.25. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Mary  Krom. 

Drugs  and  medicines,  Dr.  Notsch  &  Co. 

Photographs,  John  Pyne. 

Library  step,  G.  W.  Koch. 

Toy  house,  Mr.  Weefees. 

Barometer,  E.  Kendall  &  Co. 

Cotswold  buck,  Nath.  Hallock,  Milton,  N.  Y. 

Harness,  &c.,  J.  F.  Smith  &  Co.,  $295. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Campbell. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  Ilarmes  &  Russak. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  M.  L.  Steiglitz  fc  Co. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  M.  Stern,  $125. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  H.  Prager. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  8.  Corn. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  II.  Rothstoin. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  S.  Wolff  &  Co. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  Isidor  Brothers. 

11  hat  orders,  T.  H.  Amidon. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  John  N.  Genin,  $115. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  Spruhan  <fc  Rahmer. 

Hats,  caps  and  furs,  Goldlng  &  Dunlap,  $144. 

Hats,  caps  anil  furs,  J.  R.  Terry,  $150. 

Children's  clothing,  E.  P.  Chargois. 

Child's-qulll,  Mrs.  P.  A.  Wilson. 

Hungarian  drag,  Brcwstcr  &  Co.,  $1,000. 

Fancy  chair,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Andrews. 

Fruit  and  flowers,  T.  J.  Eayner. 

I-iooks,  Sheldon  &  Co.,  $210.07. 

Mess  cans,  Walter  Hawks. 

2  refrigerators,  Richardson,  Boynton  &  Co. 
Slippers,  Kate  B.  Timpson. 

Toys,  P.  T.  Timpson. 

Books,  E.  Goodenough. 

Books,  American  Sunday  School  Union,  $100. 

Corner  rack,  Wm.  Robertson. 

Lady's  bonnet,  Mme.  B.  Williams. 

4  pkgs.  cider,  J.  S.  Hallock. 

9  pkcs.  India  rubber  goods,  Gutta  Percha  Mf'g  Co., 

$259.78. 

3  pkgs.  hair  dressers'  articles,  W.  J.  Barker. 
Perfumery,  H.  Diedel. 

10  pkgs.  bitters,  Russ  &  Co. 

Child's  cloak  and  figure,  Mmo.  Demorest. 

House  furnishing,  Mr.  Stoutenburg. 

8  pkgs.  wine,  Perkins,  Stern  &  Co. 

2  pkgs.  spool  cotton,  Willimantic  Linen  Co.,  $200. 

Orders  for  hats  and  hammock,  Hunt  A:  Dusenbury,  $102. 

(ilnsa  signs,  Glass  Letter  Co. 

Tin  cash  boxes,  Jas.  O.  Smith  &  Sons. 

Photographic  album,  K.  *  II.  T.  Anthony  it  Co.,  $150. 

2  pkgs.  stationery,  Root,  Anthony  &  Co. 

F;mcy  articles,  Mrs.  P.  C.  Van  Sclmick,  $120. 

Metallic  lifo  boat,  L.  Bushee,  $150. 

o  pkgs.  extract  of  coffee,  P.  Ackorman  &  Co. 

Garden  seeds,  John  Vanderbilt. 

Klk  horns,  Mrs. . 

2  pkgs.  currant  wine,  Mrs.  C.  O.  Lewis. 
Wedding  c»ke,  Walduok  &  Son,  $125. 


Jandy,  Pinsent. 
8  bronze  chairs,  Chase  &  Co. 
Madeira  wine,  Dr.  Delafleld,  $100. 

lair,  II.  Aldorton. 

!amp  chair,  Mrs.  Kelley. 

?ancy  goods,  R.  H.  Hinsdale. 
Salvation  powders,  B.  W.  King. 

'akes,  Gco.  Breeze. 

Wax  fruit  and  child's  skirt,  Stickler  &  Abbott. 
Books,  S.  Seebcrg. 
Toys,  anonymous. 
Stereoscope,  Alex.  Beckers. 

Travelling  case,  Major  Thompson,  Bloomingdalc,  $150. 
Quilt,  Ladies'  Society,  Mystic,  Conn. 
Surgical  instruments,  Geo.  Tieman  &  Co.,  $140. 
2  pkgs.  hardware,  Darling  &.  Schwartz. 

Books,  M.  Hartley. 

Furniture,  &c.,  from  Great  Jones  St.,  unknown. 
2  work  tables,  unknown. 

Jhair,  unknown. 
2  muslin  stands,  unknown. 
Chair,  unknown. 
Table,  unknown. 
Chair,  unknown, 
radle,  unknown. 
2  pkgs.  books,  unknown. 
2  pkgs.  curiosities,  unknown. 

[lubber  goods,  employees  Vulcanite  Jewelry,   N.  T., 
$108.50. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Dr.  Chapin's  Church. 

Leaf  table,  Mrs.  S.  H.  Burger. 

Fancy  articles,  unknown. 

72  pkgs.  hominy,  E.  C.  Hazard. 

Cone  work,  Miss  Henrietta  Egbert. 
Stereoscopic  views,  Sam'l  A.  Cooley. 

Hats  and  caps,  W.  L.  Burke. 

4  pkgs.  books,  D.  L.  Jones,  Brooklyn,  $125. 
India  rubber  goods,  D.  L.  Jones,  Brooklyn. 

10  pkgs.  sugar,  F.  O.  Matthiessom  &  Wiechers,  $249. 
Crib,  Henke  &  Schrader. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  M.  A.  Hanford,  New  Rochcllc. 
Military  equipments,  Belts,  Nichols  &  Co.,  $250. 
Curiosity,  B.  Roswell. 

5  pkgs.  soap,  Colgate  &  Co. 

48  pieces  steel,  East  River  Steel  Works,  Austin  Kelly 

&  Co.,  $104,95. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  Walls. 
2  pkgs.  silver  stove  polish,  John  II.  Perry. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  R.  Dodd,  Jr. 
Fancy  arliclcs,  Miss  L.  N.  Hurd,  Conn. 
Fancy  articles,  Martha  J.  Burnett. 
7  pkgs.  coffee,  Oriental  Coffee  Co.,  $126.60. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Chas.  Lee,  Norwich,  Conn. 

10  pkgs.  oakum,  Benjamin  Mills. 

Medallions  and  lithographs,  Second  Universalist  Society. 

011  painting,  Second  Universalist  Society. 
Trunk,  John  Cattnach. 

Brackels,  Jas.  Marvin. 

Camp  chair,  Francis  Hayek. 

Ladies'  bonnet,  Miss  Barnett. 

Ball  dress,  Mrs.  McKeague. 

Books,  James  Poll. 

Model,  Geo.  H.  White. 

Music,  D.  Brainerd  Williamson,  $150. 

Books,  Johnson,  Frey  &  Co. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Sommerville,  N.  J. 

Stationery,  Willard  Felt  J&  Co. 

Artificial  flowers,  Miss  E.  Hall. 

7  pkgs.  wine,  Hiram  Cranston,  $285. 

Gold  watch  and  chain,  R.  R.  Endicott,  Beverly,  Mass. 

$136. 

Stone  basins,  Miller  &  Coates. 

45  pkgs.  super  carb.  soda,  John  Dwight  &  Co.,  $300.30. 
Patent  ash  sifter,  T.  L.  Halnes. 
Umbrellas,  A.  Keep,  Madison,  N.  J, 
Dry  up  cosmellc,  J.  Rolt. 
Movable  planisphere,  Ilchry  Whitall. 
Fancy  cakes,  John  Parr. 
2  pkgs.  harness,  John  Gillmore. 
Velvet  cap,  H.  Mnllan. 
Magic  clock,  C.  Schwippl. 


3  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  Third  Universalist  Church. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  E.  Moore. 

Stalionery,  S.  C.  Clark. 

Quilt,  E.  Manson. 

12  clolhes  dryers,  E.  Lockhood. 

Artificial  flowers,  Burnap,  Viola  &  Co.,  $100. 

4  pkgs.  artificial  flowers,  C.  H.  Ahrens  &  Co.,  $240. 

5  pkgs.  wall  paper,  T.  V.  Partridge. 
Books,  D.  Van  Nostrand,  $250. 

Planisphere  of  the  stars,  N.  Y.  Nautical  School. 

Forge,  H.  B.  Bigelow,  New-Haven. 

100  bags  salt,  Foreign  Salt  Co. 

Breakfast  shawl,  Mrs.  M.  Spies. 

Stationery,  G.  F.  Nesbitt  &  Co. 

3  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  Mrs.  John  Green. 

3  churns  and  washboard,  unknown. 
Books,  Mrs.  E.  W.  Farnham. 

5  pkgs.  pickles  and  jellies,  J.  R.  Dayton  *  Co. 
Fancy  articles,  Adolph  Weismann. 

Books,  M.  Hartly,  $100. 

Stationery,  Willard  Felt. 

Seamless  hats,  Seamless  Cloth  Mf'g  Co. 

Child's  shawl,  Mrs.  T.  C.  Barline. 

Quilt,  Colored  Home. 

Books,  Roberl  Carter  &  Brolher. 

Tidy,  Mrs.  Jacob  Varian. 

Hand  glasses,  &c.,  W.  J.  Harringlon. 

Cutting  guage,  W.  F.  Hoffman. 

Jewelry,  B.  Franklin. 

Glove  box,  Mrs.  David  Close. 

Agricultural  implements,  Geo.  F.  Jerome. 

6  pkgs.  flowers  from  Holy  Land,  Mrs.  Geo.  D.  Phelps. 
Fancy  article,  Ella  M.  Hardy,  Conn. 

Afghan,  Ladies'  Society,  Trumansburg,  N.  Y. 
Wax  flowers,  Mrs.  John  Decker. 
China  and  earthenware,  W.  A.  Allen,  $100.46. 
Fancy  goods,  Albert  G.  Carl,  Conn. 

4  pkgs.  soap,  Colgate  &  Co. 
Perfumery,  E.  Vatet. 
Refrigerator,  Geo.  A.  Banta. 
Oriental  chair,  B.  &  J.  Hardy. 

3  pkgs.  India  rubber  shoes,  Goodyear  Shoe  Co.,  Nauga- 

tuck,  Conn. 
Books,  C.  II.  Green. 

3  pkgs.  stationery,  Andrew  King  &  Co.,  $140.30. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  D.  W.  Plumb,  Conn. 
Fancy  articles,  Miss  Emma  S.  Thorp,  Conn. 
Fancy  articles,  unknown. 
Fancy  articles,  unknown. 
Fancy  articles,  unknown. 

Fancy  arliclcs,  Miss  8.  C .  Rowe,  Monlgomery,  N.  Y. 
Canes,  J.  H.  Pullman. 
Books,  W.  Gowans. 

Old  manuscripts,  H.  C.  Van  Schaack,  Manlius,  N.  Y. 
10  pkgs.  wine,  A.  De  Luzc,  $106. 
Wine,  Bossert  &  Haofele. 
Fancy  articles,  H.  W.  B.  Reeve. 
Box  lint,  Mrs.  Cha's  O.  Reevi'. 
Hay  cutter,  unknown. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  $100. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Abel  Stevens,  Mamaroneck,  $365.62. 
8  dresses,  Mrs.  A.  F.  Smith,  $170. 
Doll,  Miss  Van  Schaack. 
Screen,  Mrs.  A.  F.  Smith. 
3  pyramids  of  cake,  D.  Henyler. 

7  coils  of  rope,  A.  Whitlock  &  Co.,  $260.59. 
Wax  flowers,  Mrs.  N.  N.  Halstead. 
Engravings,  Cha's  De  Silver. 

8  orders  for  hals,  Burke. 
Hals  and  orders,  James. 

Lingeries,  &c.,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Morgan,  London,  Eng.,  $350. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Whitesboro',  N.  Y. 

Ladies'  breakfasl  caps,  Mrs.  Ja's  Miller. 

Lingerie  and  trimmings,  Aitken  &.  Miller,  $427.83. 

Lingerie  and  trimmings,  J.  W.  Cochran,  $100.30. 

2  pkgs.  petrolino,  Cha's  McKeone. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Danbury,  Conn. 

Floral  album,  Miss  Helen  A.  Bulkley. 

Ship's  binnacle,  Hicks  *  Co.,  $123. 

Fancy  article. 

Sewing  machine,  Hicks. 


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147 


PLAN  OF  THE  FAIE  BUILDINGS. 

WE  aro  indebted  to  the  courtesy  of  the  Messrs.  HAEPEK  &  BROTUEKS  for  the  use  of  the  following  Plans,  the  clearness  and  correctness 

of  which  render  any  explanation  unnecessary. 


FIRST  FLOOR  OF  THE  MAIN  BUILDING  (FOURTEENTH  STREET). 


CARRIAGES 

EARMLf.  R  S     I  M.EL.EM  E  MTS 


'RESTAURANT 


(iiASS 
HATS      NEWBEDfORO  lYALts 


a  l3\i\NEWJERS£Y,DEF*.! 


FI  N  E  ART  GALLERY; 


THE  UNION  SQUARE  BUILDING. 
SEVENTEENTH       STREE.T 


SECOND  FLOOR  (FOURTEENTH  ST.) 


OB5ERVA.TOXY 


Kntered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  In  the  year  1864,  by  Auomnre  E.  MACDONOCUII,  in  tho  Clerk's  Offloa  of  tha  District  Court  of  the  U.  S.,  for  tho  Southern  Diat.  of  N.lC , 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


NORMANDY  CAPS  AND  GAUFFRE  CAKES. 

WE  humbly  bog  pardon  of  the  fair  ladies  at  the  Normandy  Table,  whose 
graceful  and  gracious  presence  gives  to  the  quiet  corner  it  occupies  so  rare 
a  charm,  for  so  long  delaying  the  full  meed  of  justice  due  them.  No  one, 
who  has  once  tasted  the  delights,  both  of  eye  and  palate,  which  that  favored 
corner  affords,  will  dissent  from  our  opinion  that  it  is  one  of  the  most  de 
lightful  attractions  of  the  FAIR  ;  to  him  who  hath  not  been  so  supremely 
happy,  we  can  only  say :  poor  wretch,  we  pity  you  ! 

The  extreme  modesty  of  the  corner  where  the  Normandy  Table  stands, 
has  doubtless  prevented  many  from  noticing  what  would  otherwise  have 
surely  attracted  general  attention.  The  occasional  flittings  through  the 
mazes  of  the  crowded  main  room  of  a  charming  combination  of  graces, 
consisting  of  a  quaint  and  picturesque  coiffure  adorning  the  head  of  an 
extremely  bewitching  young  lady,  has  been  the  signal  for  a  general  explo 
sion  of  audible  exclamation  points.  Whence  it  came,  or  whither  it  went 
— we  refer  to  the  combination — was  to  the  majority  only  matter  of  con 
jecture.  Not  a  few,  however,  have  learned  the  place,  as  the  large  receipts 
at  the  table  clearly  attest.  This  table  was  the  result  of  the  untiring  efforts 
of  Mrs.  Mortimer  Brown,  who  has  certainly  earned  high  praise  for  her  en 
ergy  in  planning  and  perfecting  so  unique  an  entertainment.  The  idea  was 
suggested  to  her  by  seeing,  at  a  restaurant  in  the  quartier  St.  Jacques,  Paris, 
the  waiters,  arrayed  in  the  pretty  Normandy  caps,  dispensing  hot  and 
delicious  gatiffn  cakes,  just  from  the  griddle.  The  perfect  manner  in 
which  the  arrangements  have  been  carried  out,  the  exactness  of  the  repro 
duction,  and  the  exquisitencss  of  the  cakes,  are  the  theme  of  high  compli 
ment  among  all  who  have  seen  and  tasted  the  originals  in  Normandy  and 
Paris.  The  style  of  head-gear  belongs  to  the  ancient  costume  of  Norman 
dy,  and  is  still  maintained,  through  all  the  endless  mutations  of  fashion 
at  the  capital,  the  pride  and  ornament  of  the  fair  Norman  girl.  An  elderly 
lady,  a  native  of  the  province,  who  visited  the  table,  was  delighted  beyond 
measure,  by  the  truthfulness  of  the  representation.  She  had  one  of  the 
caps  at  home,  she  said,  and  would  "  do  it  up,"  and  lend  it  to  one  of  the 
young  ladies,  who  attracted  her  particular  attention.  The  charming  effect 
of  these  caps,  it  is  impossible  fitly  to  describe.  Perhaps  the  exceeding 
comeliness  of  the  fair  damosels  who  wear  them,  may  lend  to  them  an  addi 
tional  grace — no  doubt  it  does — but  it  is  certain  that  all  the  gentlemen  are 
bewitched — •enchanted — overwhelmed  with  admiration.  The  ladies — bless 
their  dear  little  hearts ! — are  in  a  flutter  of  excitement  about  them.  Already 
several  have  been  spoken  for,  and  patterns  are  in  great  demand.  The 
priestesses  of  the  Temple  of  Flora  besiege  the  fairies  of  Normandy  to 
"show  them  how  to  doit,"  for  0  !  bow  delightful  they  will  be  for  break 
fast-caps  at  the  watering  places  this  summer !  The  caps  now  in  use  will 
be  disposed  of  at  the  close  of  the  FAIR,  and  we  doubt  not  that  many  more 
would  find  a  ready  sale. 

The  "  Normandy  cakes  "  are  a  kind  of  celestial  waffle,  or  gauffre,  as  the 
French  persist  in  calling  it,  instead  of  talking  plain  English  like  other  folks. 
Prepared  and  baked  on  a  little  gas-stove  by  the  fair  hands  of  the  charming 
attendants,  nothing  could  be  more  utterly  delicious.  Talk  of  Ambrosia  ! 
Nonsense  !  No  doubt  it  was  very  nice,  but  had  the  jolly  revellers  on 
Mount  Olympus,  who  had  a  "gentle  weakness  "  for  good  cheer,  once  tasted 
these  gauffres — no  more  ambrosia  for  them  !  By  the  way,  we  have,  after 
much  research,  discovered  a  "  classical  allusion  "  to  gauffre  cakes — not  of 
this  make,  however — in  an  ancient  work  (positively  it  appeared  ever  so 
long  before  the  war !)  called"  Quccchy."  The  allusion  may  be  found  on  the 
292d  page  of  vol.  i.,  and  in  the  following  words  : 

"  '  Except  the  almond  gtmffres,'  said  Hugh,  smiling." 

Gauffre  cakes  are  therefore  of  very  ancient  origin.  It  may  be  well  to 
add  that  the  recipe  may  be  obtained  at  the  table  for  a  small  consideration. 

Not  the  least  attractive  feature  of  this  table  is  the  assortment  of  ex 
quisite  cartes  de  visUe  of  the  young  ladies  in  charge,  taken  in  costume. 
They  are  very  beautiful,  and  the  statement  that  more  than  twenty  dozen 
have  already  been  disposed  of  excites  not  the  least  surprise  among  those 
who  have  seen  them. 

The  extreme  politeness  and  suavity  of  the  attendants  has  exerted  a  most 
captivating  influence  upon  the  susceptible  hearts  of  the  "sterner  sex." 
The  same  enraptured  gentlemen  may  be  seen,  night  after  night,  awaiting, 
in  solid  phalanx  several  deep,  their  turn  at  cakes  and  smiles.  And  happy 
he  who  may  partake  of  a  Normandy  roll,  made  doubly  delicious  by  a  pe 
culiar  mode  of  administration,  "  which  must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated." 


A  GREAT  deal  of  attention  in  excited  by  the  cocoanut  palm,  which 
stands  conspicuously  in  an  open  space  beyond  the  Floral  Temple.  People 
who  have  often  regaled  themselves  on  the  rich  meat  and  refreshing  milk 
of  the  cocoanut,  but  had  no  idea  on  what  a  curious  tree  it  grows,  stop 
and  admire  with  unmixed  astonishment.  Two  young  officers,  who'  had 
"seen  service"  in  South  Carolina,  were  greatly  exercised  in  regard  to  its 
native  habitat.  They  thought  it  must  be  a  palmetto ;  but  said  one,  "  It 


isn't  like  what  we  saw  down  at  Beaufort."  "  Well,"  said  the  other,  it 
may  not  be  just  the  thing,  but  it  bears  a  mighty  strong  resemblance,  any 
way."  Yes,  about  as  much  as  a  hideous  dwarf  resembles  a  full-grown  and 
well-developed  man,  or  as  some  people's  loyalty  resembles  true  amor 
patrice. 

Is  the  Curiosity  Shop  we  were  gazing  admiringly  at  a  gorgeous  imperial 
robe,  curiously  worked  with  Chinese  "  dragons  and  things,"  a  part  of  the 
"  loot "  captured  at  the  disgraceful  sacking  of  the  Palace  of  Pekin,  when 
up  walked  a  rustic  swain,  with  his  buxom  damsel  under  his  arm. 
"  There ! "  he  exclaimed,  "  see  that  splendid  Chinese  shawl,  worth  $2,000  ! 
And  there,"  pointing  to  the  precious  Washington  relics  below,  "  are  some 
Chinese  teapots,  tureens,  &c.  !  " 

STANDING  before  Church's  "  Heart  of  the  Andes,"  our  vision  was  sud 
denly  interrupted  by  an  elderly  gentleman,  who  was  accompanied  by  a 
charming  young  lady.  "  That,  my  dear,  is  a  very  fine  picture."  "  Who 
by  ! "  "  It  was  painted  by  Mr.  Church,  and  sold  for  $15,000  !  "  "  Is  it 
possible  ?  Oh-h  my-y ! " — and  they  pressed  eagerly  forward  to  get  a 
nearer  view  of  so  astounding  an  article  of  merchandise.  No  doubt  they 
thought  it  extremely  pretty. 

THE  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  is  very  handsomely  represented  at  the 
stand  under  the  charge  of  Mrs.  John  Kennedy.  An  assortment  of  afghans, 
sofa-pillows,  breakfast  caps,  children's  fancy  dresses,  and  all  manner  of 
elegant  worsted  work,  invites  the  eye,  and  appeals  to  the  purse  of  the 
crowds  who  throng  the  Fair.  A  large  Chinese  robe  of  yellow  silk,  em 
broidered  with  tinsel,  was  presented  by  a  gentleman,  who  fixed  a  price  for 
it,  which  had  escaped  the  memory  of  the  lady  in  attendance  ;  $200  had 
been  offered  for  it.  An  ancient  toy  grandmother,  attired  in  good  old  style, 
excites  much  amusement  at  this  table.  She  is  engaged  in  knitting.  On  a 
table  beside  her  is  a  basket,  and  she  is  saying,  "  I'm  doing  all  I  can  for  the 
soldiers,  but  I  cannot  get  along  very  fast,  and  will  be  very  glad  to  receive 
any  contributions  for  them  in  my  basket."  We  are  happy  to  say  that  her 
receipts  have  been  most  encouraging  thus  far.  Besides  the  articles  men 
tioned,  there  is  a  number  of  very  beautiful  gentlemen's  writing-desks,  gen 
tlemen's  wrappers,  a  very  handsome  lady's  "  red-riding  hood  "  cloak,  wax 
bouquets,  and  two  large  and  very  handsome  ornamented  cakes,  valued  at 
$40  and  $60  respectively.  This  table  represents  nineteen  churches,  und  the 
receipts  to  Thursday  night  amounted  to  $2,500. 

KNICKERBOCKER  KITCHEN  GOSSIP. — Every  young  married  couple  of 
the  good  old  time  of  Dutch  rule  received  from  their  parents  a  ponderous 
Dordrecht  bible,  ornamented  with  brazen  clasps,  and  illuminated  with 
pictures.  Several  of  these  Bibles,  ancient  and  well  worn,  are  on  exhibition 
in  the  Knickerbocker  Kitchen.  Over  the  old-fashioned  fireplace  hangs  a 
long  gun  ;  the  identical  Van  Tassell  gun,  which  is  said  to  have  frightened 
the  crew  of  the  British  sloop-of-war  Vulture  terribly.  There  is  a  long 
story  about  the  gun ;  visit  the  Kitchen  and  hear  it.  Also,  look  at  the 
cradle  made  in  1754,  belonging  to  the  family  of  the  Hon.  James  W.  Beck- 
man.  In  one  corner  of  tire  Kitchen  stands  a  cupboard  stocked  with  the 
quaintest  of  queer  old-fashioned  China,  belonging  to  Bruyn  Hasbrouek, 
Esq.,  of  Kingston,  Ulster  Co.  The  cupboard  is  one  hundred  and  fifty 
years  old.  There  is  also  a  number  of  pieces  of  rare  old  China  belonging 
to  the  family  of  Mr.  Egbert  Benson.  The  Van  Antwerp  family  have  con 
tributed  for  the  ornamentation  of  the  fireplace  many  goodly  pieces 
of  brassware,  kettles,  and  candlesticks,  ancient  in  manufacture,  but 
new  in  brightness.  Our  ancestors  were  famous  for  the  cleanliness 
of  their  household  wares — and  in  Holland,  at  the  present  day,  the 
day  of  the  week  can  be  told  by  noting  the  kind  of  household  utensils 
that  are  drying  in  the  sun  at  the  door.  Mr.  Mczier  has  sent  to  the  kitchen 
a  clock  two  hundred  years  old.  A  remarkable  handkerchief,  emblazoned 
with  all  the  arms  of  the  Lowlands,  belonging  to  Mr.  Egbert  Dennison,  is 
worthy  the  inspection  of  the  visitor.  A  lady  of  New  York  contributed 
specimens  of  China  ware  over  a  hundred  years  old,  which  were  brought 
over  from  Holland  by  her  sister.  The  ancient  mirror  which  tradition  says 
was  the  property  of  Governor  Stuyvesant,  having  arrived  here  in  the  same 
vessel  that  brought  the  Governor  out,  hangs  in  the  Knickerbocker  Hall. 
Take  a  look  in  it.  The  Van  Tassell  gun  referred  to  above  is  the  property 
of  Mr.  J.  C.  Brevoort,  of  this  city.  Among  the  remarkable  portraits  which 
grace  the  walls  of  the  hall  are  those  of  Governor  Stuyvesant,  Admiral  Van 
Tromp,  Peter  Cloppcr  and  his  wife,  Chief  Justice  Jay,  Egbert  Benson,  first 
Attorney-General  of  the  State,  Gen.  Marinus  Willett,  Brockholst  Livingston, 
Rev.  Dr.  Livingston,  Henry  Rutgers,  Dr.  Win.  Beekman,  father  of  Hon.  J. 
W.  Beekman,  of  this  city  ;  Governor  Golden,  Governor  of  this  State  before 
the  Revolution,  and  Warren  Delancey,  in  one  picture,  and  a  great  many 
other  portraits  equally  interesting  and  valuable.  By  all  means  visit  the 
Knickerbocker  Kitchen. 

CONTRIBUTORS  to  the  FAIR  will  no  doubt  appreciate  the  labor  of  mak 
ing  out  the  catalogue  which  we  daily  publish  for  their  benefit  as  well  as 
that  of  our  other  readers.  The  work  would  have  been  scarcely  possible 
without  the  intelligent  aid  of  Mr.  Hamilton  Mills,  of  the  Cashier's  office 
of  the  FAIR,  who  has  found  time  amid  his  engrossing  and  responsible  du 
ties  to  furnish  full  and  accurate  materials  for  this  purpose. 

IN  the  Machinery  Department,  .Messrs.  \Villcox  &  Gibbs  have  fitted  up 
one  of  their  Sewing  Machines  to  run  by  steam.  A  large  trowd  of  people 
is  generally  in  attendance,  who  express  themselves  highly  delighted  as  the 
fine  narrow  hem  comes  noiselessly  from  the  machine,  turned  down  and 
stitched  at  the  rate  of  2000  stitches  a  minute.  It  is  worth  seeing. 


IPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


149 


THE  QUARTERMASTER'S  STORY. 

IT  was  during  the  Rebellion,  in  the  second  bloody  year, 

And  we  lay,  at  single  anchor,  with  our  guns  for  action  clear ; 

And  I  walked  the  deck  with  anxious  steps — "  two  bells  "  was  drawing  near. 

It  was  in  the  good  sloop  Cumberland — a  gallant  ship  was  she, 
With  ribs  of  oak  and  masts  ataunt,  as  meet  'tis  ship  should  be, 
To  carry  abroad  our  Country's  Flag  of  her  own  good  will  and  free. 

And  ever  as  I  seaward  turned,  with  weather-eye  awide, 

I  gave  a  look  from  Newport  News  off  to  the  Rebel  side  ; 

For  I  felt  that,  ere  the  glass  was  turned,  might  something  strange  betide. 

For  we  knew  the  cursed  Rebel  crew  had  raised  the  Merrimac, 
And  cut  away  her  brave  broadside  and  hogged  her  with  a  back, 
Making  her  look  less  like  a  ship  than  a  pedlar  with  his  pack. 

And  yet  she  was  a  fearful  thing — with  sides  in  iron  cased, 
With  iron  roofing  laid  apeak,  with  heavy  timbers  braced, 
And  a  beak  that,  like  a  pilot-fish,  her  deadly  errand  traced. 

And  looking  thus  toward  Sewall's  Point,  I  saw  a  flake  of  smoke, 
And  then  a  puff,  and  then  a  flash,  and  then  a  cannon  spoke, 
And  then  athwart  my  straining  eyes  the  horrid  vision  broke. 

Lads,  I  had  seen  the  Kraken,  and  the  great  Atlantic  snake ; 

Had  seen  the  Arctic  icebergs  oft  against  each  other  break ; 

But  I  never  had  seen  such  a  hell-born  thing — at  least  with  eyes  awake. 

And  now  we're  all  at  quarters,  for  her  prey  is  singled  out, 
And  to  bear  upon  the  Cumberland  she  brings  her  iron  snout, 
While  all  of  us  unlock  our  teeth  for  the  seamen's  battle  shout. 

Three  cheers,  defiant,  loud  and  long,  that  said :  nor  man  nor  hell 

Can  make  a  thing  to  frighten  us  who  know  our  duty  well —  [fell. 

Then  we  gave  a  glance  to  the  Flag  and  to  Heaven,  and  stood  with  purpose 

Slowly,  securely,  sullenly,  she  down  upon  us  bore, 

Till,  when  about  at  pistol-range,  both  opened  with  a  roar, 

And,  at  once,  upon  our  decks  there  lay  of  mangled  men  a  score. 

But  not  a  shriek,  and  scarce  a  groan,  and  no  one  flinched  from  fear ; 
Nay,  the  last  gasp  of  the  dying  man  was  strained  into  a  cheer 
That  told,  however  faint  it  was,  how  the  old  Flag  was  dear. 

And  fast  and  hot  we  plied  our  shot,  but  all,  alas,  hi  vain, 

For  they  plashed  upon  the  creature's  scales  as  if  'twas  summer  rain, 

While  fearfully  our  tally  ran  of  wounded  men  and  slain. 

Anon  there  came  a  brazen  voice  out  from  the  monster's  maw  : 

"  Lower  your  flag  ! " — 'twas  scarcely  said,  when,  quick,  she  gave  a  yaw, 

And  there  she  was,  confronting  us,  as  a  bowler  stands  at  taw. 

Then,  from  our  open  quarter-deck,  came  answer  prompt  and  free  : 
"  No !  never  will  we  strike  our  Flag  to  traitors  such  as  ye, 
And  still  it  shah1  float  over  us  till  we  sink  beneath  the  sea  !  " 

Thus  gallant  Morris  spoke  for  us  ;  and,  high  above  the  din, 

Two  lusty  and  responsive  cheers  their  upward  way  did  win — 

The  third  was  drowned  in  the  bellowing  sound  of  our  broadside  staving  in. 

The  good  ship  gave  a  lurch  to  port,  as  the  sea  rushed  through  her  side, 
And  our  wounded  men  embraced  their  guns,  as  if  each  one  clasped  his  bride ; 
And  the  last  shot  from  the  quarter-deck  struck  square  on  the  comb  of  the 
tide. 

Living  and  dead  went  down,  amain,  in  that  wide-yawning  grave ; 
One  hundred  bubbles  floated  up,  the  last  prayers  of  the  brave ; 
And  then,  o'er  all  that  wreck  beneath,  sparkled  the  laughing  wave. 


But  the  royal-mast  still  stood  erect,  and  the  Flag  streamed  from  its  head, 
And  its  rustling  folds  seemed  whispering  the  service  for  the  dead, 
Whom,  with  that  pall  immovable,  the  waters  overspread. 

All  honor  to  the  Flag  that  won  a  sacrifice  so  grand ! 
All  honor  to  all  loyal  hearts  who  for  their  country  stand ! 
All  honor  to  the  braves  who  fought  in  the  good  ship  Cumberland ! 
NEW  ORLEANS,  March  Mi,  1864.  W.  W. 


THE  FLAG  OF  THE  EAGLE. 

BY  ALFRED   B.   6TKEET. 

THE  Flag  of  the  Eagle  will  never  be  furled, 
Though  battle-skies  scowl  with  the  wrath  of  a  world  ! 
Like  the  brave  bird,  its  emblem,  the  wilder  the  blast, 
The  broader  its  storm-scorning  folds  will  be  cast : 

Mighty  Flag  of  the  Eagle  ! 

Grand  sign  to  the  nations  that  Liberty  here, 
A  sun-burst  from  darkness,  shines  fixed  in  her  sphere  ; 
Where,  free  from  the  clouds  that  long  clung  to  her  way, 
She  will  watch  the  world  kindle  its  light  from  her  ray : 
Beaming  Flag  of  the  Eagle  ! 

Our  broad  fold  of  glory  was  wrought  in  a  loom 
That  arched  from  Maine's  snow-drifts  to  Florida's  bloom  : 
And  the  North  by  the  God  of  their  Fathers  have  sworn 
That  ne'er  into  fragments  that  Flag  shall  be  torn  : 

Dearest  Flag  of  the  Eagle  ! 

This  bright-beaming  banner,  this  Red,  White,  and  Blue, 
Brought  down  from  its  birthplace  each  beautiful  hue ; — 
The  dawn  and  the  noontide,  starred  night  and  the  moon 
Have  each  in  one  splendor  there  blended  its  boon  : 

Sky-born  Flag  of  the  Eagle  ! 

Proud  symbol  of  Freedom  !  man's  footsteps  are  pressed 
Unchecked  to  the  Canaan  that  beckons  him  west ; — 
Where  the  Flag  with  its  dyes  glows,  the  sign  that  our  clime 
Shines  the  autumn,  the  full  gorgeous  Autumn  of  Time : 
Oh  !  grand  Flag  of  the  Eagle  ! 

As  night  brings  to  view  the  stars  ever  on  high, 

Our  gloom  has  revealed  us  our  glory  of  sky. 

We  will  still  pour  our  treasure  and  blood  thick  and  fast, 

But  shall  not  the  Flag  stream  in  triumph  at  last  ? 

Flashing  Flag  of  the  Eagle ! 

Oh,  yes,  the  signs  deepen  ;  the  Nemesis  blow 
His  own  sword  shall  plant  in  the  heart  of  the  foe. 
Down,  down  shall  he  fall  to  his  own  battle-spear, 
That  will  turn  to  a  staff,  with  wild  rapture  to  rear 

Our  land's  Flag  of  the  Eagle ! 


ON  A  LATE  INTERESTING  EVENT. 

AFFECTIONATELY  DEDICATED  TO  THE  "L ND — N  T MES," 

When  dreadful  thunders  shake  the  stage, 
And  all  the  pretty  pasteboard  scenes ; 

'Tis  sweet  to  know  the  awful  rage, 
Only  the  rumbling  is  of  beans, 

When  Jupiter  heard  Cobden  call, 

His  wrathful  thunders  roared  in  vain  ; 

The  rent  cloud  showed  no  Jove  at  all, 
But  only  Johnny  T.  Delane. 

GEORGE  WILLIAM  CURTIS. 


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NEW     YORK,    TUESDAY,    APRIL    19,    1864. 


AUTOGEAPHS  AND  AUTOGRAPH  COLLECTIONS. 

BT    DK.  J.  O.  COGSWELL. 

AUTOGRAPHS  are  of  great  value  as  personal  and  historical  me 
morials.  They  are  more  a  part  of  the  individual  than  the  ordina 
rily  preserved  memorials  of  arras,  articles  of  apparel,  seals,  canes 
and  the  like,  they  are  his  living  self,  the  spiritual  essence  of  his 
mind.  "  Next  to  a  portrait,"  says  a  writer  in  the  Retrospective 
Review,  "  an  autograph  of  a  great  man  is  the  most  valuable  notice 
of  him."  Even  more  might  be  said  of  an  autograph ;  in  some  re 
spects  it  is  to  be  preferred  to  the  portrait.  A  portrait  is  not  always 
a  correct  delineation  of  the  individual,  and  at  best  is  a  delineation 
of  his  person  only  ;  an  autograph  is  more  or  less  a  transcript  of 
mind  and  character,  is  more  enduring  and  easier  of  transmission  to 
future  times.  Thus  ranch  may  be  accorded  to  the  importance  and 
value  of  autographs,  without  unqualifiedly  admitting  that  they  are 
perfect  exponents  of  individual  character.  There  are  instances, 
no  doubt,  where  character,  particularly  in  its  moral  force,  has 
shown  itself  unmistakably  in  the  handwriting.  Who  could  look 
upon  the  signature  of  Washington,  without  seeing  in  it  the  hero 
possessed  of  every  quality  that  constitutes  greatness;  or  of  Sir 
Philip  Sidney,  without  recognizing  it  as  the  signature  of  a  man  of 
a  pure  and  noble  and  chivalric  character ;  or  of  Queen  Victoria,  and 
not  trace  the  combination  of  queenly  dignity  with  every  womanly 
virtue  ?  So,  on  the  other  hand,  there  are  instances  equally  strong 
of  the  opposite  characteristics  discoverable  in  handwriting,  as  in 
Peter  the  Great's  of  Russia,  Charles  the  Twelfth's  of  Sweden,  and 
Napoleon's,  all  denoting  impetuosity,  recklessness,  and  ungovern 
able  self-will.  Another  remarkable  instance  is  seen  in  Lord  Byron, 
whose  manuscripts,  like  his  character,  are  disfigured  throughout 
by  blots  and  erasures,  and  alike  illegible.  With  a  few  such  excep 
tions  any  portfolio  of  autographs  will  show  that  the  idea  of  hand 
writing  being  a  criterion  of  character  is  far  more  fancied  than 
real.  Lord  Chesterfield,  in  a  letter  to  his  son  on  this  subject,  says 
that  "  every  man  who  has  the  use  of  his  eyes  and  of  his  hand  can 
write  whatever  hand  he  pleases."  This  is  saying  too  much;  it  is 
not  enough  for  a  man  to  have  the  use  of  his  eyes  and  of  his  hand 
to  enable  him  to  become  a  good  penman ;  it  requires  a  correct  eye 
and  a  mathematical  precision  in  tracing  the  outlines  of  letters, 
good  instruction  and  patient  practice,  to  effect  it.  Not  many  cen 
turies  ago  no  persons,  however  high  their  rank,  except  ecclesias 
tics  and  professed  scribes  could  write  a  legible  hand,  and  but  few 
could  write  at  all.  Henry  the  Fifth  of  England,  who  reigned 
from  1418  to  1422,  is  the  earliest  sovereign  whose  sign-manual 
could  be  considered  legible.  Previously  the  royal  signatures  were 
mere  monograms;  that  of  Richard  the  Second,  about  thirty  years 
earlier,  is  the  most  ancient  of  any  kind,  of  English  sovereigns, 
known  to  be  in  existence.  The  invention  of  printing,  in  the  middle 
of  the  fifteenth  century,  superseded  the  necessity  of  manuscripts, 
and  consequently  forced  the  professed  scribes  to  find  other  occupa 
tions.  The  art  of  writing  thus  became  a  general  necessary  at 
tainment,  but  the  formal  engrossing  hand  was  the  one  first  adopt 
ed,  and  the  same  continued  in  general  use  in  England  for  nearly  a 
century.  The  freer  and  more  graceful  hand,  borrowed  from  the 
Italian,  first  appears  in  the  writing  of  Roger  Ascliam  and  Sir  John 
Cheke,  the  former  tutor  to  Queen  Elizabeth  and  Lady  Jane  Grey, 
the  latter  to  Edward  the  Sixth.  Under  their  instruction  these 
throe  royal  personages  learnt  to  write  a  fair,  and  for  the  time,  a 


beautiful,  hand.  Ascham,  in  his  "  Schoolmaster,"  remarks  of 
Queen  Elizabeth,  "  she  has  obtained  excellency  of  learning  to  un 
derstand,  speak,  and  write  both  wittily  with  her  head  and  fair 
with  her  hand,  as  scarce  one  or  two  rare  wits  in  both  the  uni 
versities  have  in  many  years  reached  unto."  The  hand  taught  by 
these  two  eminent  scholars  became  the  type  of  what  has  since 
been  called  the  English  hand,  combining,  with  the  neat  Italian,  a 
bolder  and  stronger  outline  of  letters,  characteristic  of  the  country 
in  which  it  was  adopted.  Shakespeare,  judging  from  the  three  or 
four  autographs  of  his  now  extant,  appears  not  to  have  given  up 
the  Gothic  hand,  but  Ben  Jonson,  Sylvester,  and  most  of  his  other 
contemporaries,  followed  the  example  of  the  queen  in  using  the 
new  one.  The  same  typo  passed  over  to  this  country  with  its  first 
English  settlers,  where  it  has  been  improved,  as  all  arts  and  insti 
tutions  are.  The  American  handwriting,  both  of  men  and  women, 
is  now  unsurpassed  in  neatness,  elegance,  and  legibleness,  the 
three  great  requisites  of  chirograph y.  This  is  observable  in  every 
collection  of  autographs  and  in  every  original  document  to  which 
numerous  signatures  are  appended,  particularly  in  the  Declaration 
of  Independence.  Of  the  fifty-six  signatures  to  that  manifesto, 
there  is  not  one,  except  that  of  Stephen  Hopkins,  which  is  slightly 
tremulous  from  age,  that  is  not  a  fair  model  of  a  strong,  statesman 
like  hand.  The  spirit  of  the  instrument  is  expressed  in  every  one 
of  them,  nor  is  there  an  equal  to  it  with  respect  to  fairness  and 
beauty  of  signatures  in  any  state  paper  extant. 

The  author  of  a  small  volume,  published  in  Paris  in  1816,  enti 
tled  "L'Art  de  juger  du  Caractere  des  Homines  sur  leur  Ecritnre," 
concludes  a  long  and  ingenious  course  of  reasoning  in  connection 
with  his  subject,  upon  gesticulation,  or  the  language  of  action,  as  a 
surer  test  of  the  sincerity  of  a  speaker  than  his  words,  with  the 
following  inference :  "  Thus  it  is  seen  how  an  attentive  and  saga 
cious  observer  can  judge  of  many  traits  of  the  character  of  a  man 
from  movements  which  seem  to  be  most  indifferent.  So  it  is  seen, 
in  applying  the  general  consideration  to  handwriting,  that  it  must 
furnish  all  the  data  above  indicated,  and  that,  following  the  move 
ments  of  the  mind,  it  must  bear  the  imprint  of  its  emotions,  and 
hold  a  direct  relation  to  its  faculties."  In  illustration  of  this  theory, 
ho  gives  fac-similes  of  autographs  of  Louis  XIV.  and  XVI.,  Marie 
Antoinette,  Queen  Elizabeth,  Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  Frederick  the 
Great,  Pascal,  Voltaire,  D'Alembert,  Franklin,  and  several  others. 
Of  all  these,  Franklin's  is  the  only  one  really  characteristic,  indica 
tive  (as  he  says)  of  mildness,  amenity,  tranquillity  of  mind,  and  a 
certain  delicacy  of  taste.  The  list  is  composed  entirely  of  strongly- 
marked  characters,  but  in  only  one  instance  is  the  handwriting  so 
strongly  marked  as  to  bo  expressive  of  the  character  of  the  writer. 
Pascal,  whose  mind  was  of  the  highest  order,  and  whose  genius 
for  mathematics  \vns  never  surpassed,  if  ever  equalled,  is  a  per 
fectly  illegible  scratch ;  on  the  other  hand  that  of  Rousseau,  who 
was  capricious  and  erratic  in  everything,  is  as  precise  and  regular 
in  outline  as  copperplate.  The  stamp  of  grandeur  which  he  finds 
impressed  upon  the  handwriting  of  Louis  XIV.  is  seen  only  in 
the  size  of  the  letters,  a  criterion  which  would  make  John  Hancock 
the  greatest  man  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Indepen 
dence.  With  regard  to  Queen  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Stuart,  this 
writer  comes  to  a  like  foregone  conclusion  ;  in  the  handwriting  of 
the  former,  he  finds  inflexible  severity  and  ostentation;  in  that  of 
the  latter,  simplicity,  mildness,  and  majesty;  whereas  the  princi 
pal  difference  discoverable  is  the  difference  between  English  and 
French  teaching. 

The  general  inference  to  bo  drawn  from  all  whicli  has  been 
said  on  the  subject  is,  that  although  character  may  sometimes  be  an 
element  in  the  handwriting  of  a  person,  it  can  never  be  the  prin 
cipal  one — that  it  is  more  national  and  professional  than  individ- 


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ual — that  other  differences  come  from  early  instruction  and  acci 
dent.  The  professional  differences  are  very  great,  not  only  be 
tween  the  different  learned  professions,  so  called,  but  also  with 
reference  to  the  broader  distinction  of  active  and  sedentary  life. 
The  pen  in  the  hand  of  a  merchant's  clerk  is  a  mere  material  in 
strument  ;  in  that  of  the  author,  it  moves  in  concert  with  the 
mind — that  is,  in  the  one  case  it  is  partly  an  intellectual  action  ; 
in  the  other,  altogether  a  mechanical  ons.  The  difference  in  the 
handwriting  of  men  and  women  is  too  obvious  to  be  questioned; 
but  identity  of  occupation  soon  overcomes  this  characteristic  dis 
tinction,  as  is  seen  in  legal  and  other  papers  written  by  women 
who  are  regularly  employed  as  copyists.  In  letter  writing  it  is 
more  sure  to  be  retained,  for  in  that  the  mind  is  the  great  element 
of  movement,  and  this  exercise  of  it  is  one  of  woman's  peculiar 
gifts,  where  her  superior  gracefulness,  delicacy,  and  elegance,  are 
most  manifest  both  mentally  and  materially.  One  other  point  only 
remains  to  be  settled  in  regard  to  handwriting,  and  that  is  of  fam 
ily  resemblances;  these  are  often  strong,  like  those  of  features, 
gait,  gesture,  manners  and  temperament.  Persons  of  the  same 
family  who  are  taught  to  write  by  the  same  master,  will  naturally 
form  a  similar  hand  in  early  life,  and  every  trace  of  resemblance 
may  afterward  disappear,  under  the  influence  of  difference  of  oc 
cupations  and  condition.  It  is  unnecessary  to  say  more  upon  the 
art  of  judging  of  the  character  of  men  by  their  handwriting,  the 
theory  is  now  so  generally  exploded. 

( To  be  continued.) 


JEFFERSON  DAVIS,  JOHN  C.  CALHOUN,  AND  THE  REBELLION. 

TUKEE  SONNETS. — BY  C.  P.  CRANCII. 

BEELZEBUB,  the  god  of  flies,  I  would 

Embalm  in  sonnet-amber.     Hear  mo,  Muse  ! 
Let  not  his  wings,  his  honied  head,  the  blood 

Of  martyrs  sticking  to  his  sting,  excuse 
This  Southern  traitor,  who  is  wont  to  abuse 

God's  boundless  patience  and  the  pliant  mood 
Of  ignorant  man  too  long.     I  fain  would  use 

This  monster  dragon-fly,  and  all  his  brood : 
Shew  him  (in  corpore  vili)  chained  in  verse 

And  pilloried  in  rhyme ;  anatomise 
His  heart,  if  heart  he  has,  and  see  what  breeds 

About  it ;  while  the  wondering  universe, 
Angels  and  men,  shall  marvel  at  the  lies 

That  choke  God's  harvest  with  such  baleful  weeds. 

Yet  are  this  fly-god  and  his  poisonous  swarm, 

Who  ply  their  fiendish  tasks  with  bloody  hands, 
But  baser  spawn  of  one  whose  giant  form 

Still  towers  Titanic  o'er  those  Southern  lands. 
Arch-fiend  of  this  fair  continent,  he  stands 

Foremost,  though  dead ;  and  in  the  direful  storm 
Of  battle,  lies  the  spirit  that  commands 

The  rebel's  code  and  keeps  their  courage  warm — 
Slavery's  apostle  and  Secession's  sage, 

His  name  still  rings  as  teacher  and  as  guide. 
The  very  frogs  of  Dismal  Swamp  still  croak 

The  name  CALIIOUN.     That  name  from  age  to  age 
Shall  stand  accursed.     Southern  hate  and  pride 

Are  branches — he,  the  acorn  of  their  oak. 

Oak,  did  I  write  ?    Say  rather  upas  tree  I 
The  root  is  poison,  poisonous  is  the  crown 

Of  leaves  and  blossoms,  blighting  all  that's  free, 

South,  north,  east,  west,  with  sickness.     Cut  it  down  ' 


Why  cumbers  it  the  earth  ?    From  field  and  town 

The  cry  comes  thicker,  louder — we  will  see 
The  end.     The  axe  is  sharp.     No  threat  or  frown 

Of  slave-lords  or  of  copperheads  heed  we. 
On  with  the  work !    Strike  at  the  root,  nor  fear  ; 

White  men  and  black  men  !    Now  while  shrinks  the  foe ; 
Now  while  with  desperate  strength  one  dying  thrust 

He  aims  at  all  that  makes  our  country  dear, 
Band  we  together,  till  we  overthrow 

And  trample  down  Rebellion  iu  the  dust ! 
March  SOtk,  18G4. 


A   BURIAL    AT    SEA.* 

BY   DONALD    G.   MITCHELL. 

AGAIN.  I  see  the  sun  on  a  great  reach  of  level  water,  that  lias 
only  a  wavy  tremor  in  it — as  peaceful  as  the  bowing  and  the  lift 
ing  of  grain  in  the  wind.  The  yellow-haired  German  is  at  her 
knitting ;  her  red-capped  admirer  is  filling  his  pipe.  Our  quarter 
deck's  company  are  all  above  board,  and  luxuriating  in  the  charm 
ing  weather — when  a  lank,  hatless,  bearded  man  strides  with  a 
quaint  woollen  bundle  in  his  arms  to  the  lee  gangway,  and  "  plash  " 
— goes  his  burden  upon  the  water.  It  is  a  sudden  and  sorry 
burial;  for  it  is  the  dead  infant,  whose  eyes  looked  beyond  us, 
three  days  ago.  I  see  the  Swiss  lady,  with  her  hands  met  to 
gether  ;  and  her  little  ones,  when  they  learn  what  has  befallen, 
grow  pale,  and  leave  their  play,  and  whisper  together,  and  look 
over  astern  where  the  white  bundle  goes  whisking  under  the  inky 
blue. 

Even  the  French  lad  bestirs  himself  into  asking  what  it 
may  be  ? 

"  A  child— dead— that's  the  body." 

"  Sacr-re!"  and  he,  taking  his  cigar  from  his  mouth,  looks 
after  it  too, — shadowy  now,  and  fading  in  the  depths.  There  are 
times  when  the  weakest  of  us,  as  well  as  the  strongest,  eagerly 
strain  our  eyes  and  our  thought  toward  that  great  mystery  of 
Death. 

It  is  but  a  shabby  funeral,  as  I  said  ;  no  prayer  save  the  silent 
one  of  the  Swiss  lady.  God  only  knows  what  worshipful  or  ten 
der  thought  of  the  child's  future,  was  in  the  mind  of  the  emigrant 
father,  as  he  tossed  the  little  package  from  him  into  the  sea.  He 
staggered  as  he  walked  back  to  the  hatchway,  to  climb  below ; 
but  it  may  have  been  only  from  the  motion  of  the  ship. 

After  this — it  was  perhaps  a  matter  of  two  days — I  remember 
a  somewhat  worthier  burial.  It  is  an  old  man  of  seventy  (they 
said)  takes  the  plunge.  He  has  been  ailing  from  the  day  of  sail 
ing  ;^_going  with  his  daughter  and  grandchild  to  try  the  new  land. 
She  is  chief-mourner.  There  is  a  plank  the  carpenter  has  brought ; 
and  he  has  placed  one  end  upon  the  bulwarks  and  the  other  upon 
a  cask  ;  they  lay  presently  a  long  canvas  bundle  upon  it ;  the  old 
dead  man  is  safely  sewed  in,  with  a  cannon  shot  at  his  feet.  Some 
one  among  the  emigrants  reads  a  guttural  prayer.  The  captain 
pops  out  an  "  Amen  I  "  that  sounds  like  a  military  command ;  and 
thereupon  the  carpenter,  with  the  second-mate,  tilt  the  plank ; 
and  away  the  old  man  slides  with  a  sullen,  heavy  splash.  The 
daughter  rushes  to  the  gangway,  with  a  scream — as  if  they  had 
done  him  wrong,  and  looks  yearningly  after  him.  If  she  saw  any 
thing,  it  was  only  the  gray  sack  going  down — full  three  fathoms 
under,  before  our  stern  had  licked  the  little  whirlpool  smooth, 
where  he  sank. 

I  observe  after  some  days,  that  the  captain  is  growing  more 


*  Extract  from  a  work  entitled  t(  Seven  Stories,  with  Basement  ftnd  Attic,"  by 
D.  O.  Mitchell,  shortly  to  be  published  by  Charles  Pcribncr,  New  York. 


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crotchety  and  testy;  it  irks  him  to  share  the  night-watches  as  he 
does,  with  only  the  plucky  little  second  mate ;  who,  though 
sailorly  enough  in  his  air,  has,  I  notice,  a  very  awkward  handling 
to  his  sextant ;  but  he  makes  up  for  his  lack  of  the  science  of  navi 
gation  with  a  pestilent  shower  of  suggestions  to  the  helmsman  : 
"A  pint  nigher  the  wind!  "  "  Kip  her  full !"  " Now  you're  off, 
you  lubber !  "  Thus  I  hear  him,  hour  after  hour,  as  he  paces  off 
his  night-watches  upon  the  deck  above  my  head. 

I  look  back  upon  a  sunny  noon  shining  down  upon  the  vessel, 
and  upon  the  little  Swiss  children,  who  have  forgotten  the  dead 
baby,  and  are  rollicking  up  and  down  the  decks  with  glee.  The 
mother  seated  by  the  taff-rail,  with  a  book  under  her  eye — is  not 
reading,  but  looking  over  the  page  at  that  romp  of  her  little  ones 
—  to  which  I  have  contributed  my  own  quota,  by  joining  in  the 
play  of  "  Puss  in  the  corner." 

Suddenly  there  is  a  swift,  angry  outcry  from  the  waist  of  the 
ship — the  sound  of  a  quick  blow — a  scuffle,  and  loud  shouts.  The 
little  children  cower  away  like  frighted  deer,  and  the  mother 
swoops  forward,  her  face  full  of  terror,  to  give  them  the  protec 
tion  of  those  outstretched  arms.  I  step  to  .tho  little  bridge  that 
reaches  from  the  quarter-deck  to  the  long  boat.  There  is  an  ex 
cited,  clamorous  group  of  sailors  and  of  emigrants  below  me ;  in 
the  middle  of  them  is  the  captain,  hatless  and  panting,  and  with 
his  hand  streaming  with  blood ;  the  tall,  mulatto  cook  confronts 
him,  his  face  livid  with  rage.  I  learn  about  the  happening  of  it  all, 
afterward.  It  seems  that  the  captain  had  given  an  order,  which 
the  cook  has  chosen  either  to  neglect,  or  to  treat  with  indifference. 

"  But  by ,  sir,  on  my  ship,  sir,  I'll  have  my  orders  obeyed:  " 

— and  thereupon,  he  has  seized  a  billet  of  wood  (an  ugly  stick,  I 
remember,)  and  rushed  upon  tho  mulatto.  The  blow  it  seems 
only  stunned  the  man  for  a  moment,  for  he  has  rallied  so  far  as  to 
give  an  answering  blow ;  and  as  tho  captain  springs  forward  to 
seize  him  by  the  throat,  he  has  caught  his  hand  in  his  teeth  (they 
are  as  white  and  sharp  as  a  leopard's)  and  nearly  torn  away  his 
thumb.  There  is  a  manifest  show  of  sympathy  with  the  mutineer, 
on  the  part  of  the  sailors  ;  but  the  instinct  of  obedience  is  strong — 
strong  even  in  tho  culprit ;  for  he  makes  no  resistance  now,  as  tho 
carpenter  and  second  officer  place  the  irons  on  his  wrists.  And 
presently  ho  is  safe  in  the  meat  house,  under  tho  jolly  boat ;  at 
least  we  think  so — and  the  captain,  as  well — who  coolly  pockets 
the  key. 

IX  THE  STUDIO. 

IT  was  midnight.  The  Moon  looked  into  the  studio  through  the  large 
uncurtained  window  with  her  cold,  selfish  eye,  and  saw  everything.  The 
Moon  is  not  modest !  She  likes  very  well  to  be  looked  at,  and  indeed,  she 
contrives  to  shine  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  every  place  where  she  does  not 
shine  ten  times  blacker  than  it  is  at  midnight,  when  not  a  star  is  in  the 
sky. 

Just  BO,  to-night,  she  drew  away  a  large  black  cloud  from  her  face,  and 
looked  in,  as  I  said,  at  the  studio  window.  She  sent  in  a  broad,  cold, 
steady  look ; — n  beam,  in  short  with  the  exact  pattern  of  the  window  sash 
on  it,  cutting  clear  across  the  room,  and  up  the  opposite  wall,  making  it 
light  as  day  wherever  she  touched,  and  dark  as  a  pocket,  if  you  will  allow 
me  to  say  so,  everywhere  else  in  the  room. 

Against  the  wall,  in  the  full  light  of  the  broad  moonbeam,  stood  a 
pedestal,  and,  on  it,  the  marble  bust  of  a  lovely  Grecian  nymph.  Seldom, 
in  this  work-day  world,  do  we  see  any  human  face  so  pure  and  sweet  as 
hers!  A  radiant  beauty  streamed  forth  from  every  feature,  as  if  the  mar 
ble  bust  were  a  lamp  of  lucid  alabaster,  with  a  flame,  caught  from  the 
very  altar  of  Vesta  herself,  imprisoned  within  its  delicately  sculptured  walls. 
It  is  true,  that,  if  the  spectator  had  stepped  a  little  to  one  side,  he  would 
have  perceived  that  a  large  slice  appeared  to  have  been  cut  from  the  top 
and  from  the  back  of  her  head,  and,  from  certain  points  of  view,  this  muti 


lation  almost  destroyed  the  marvellous  beauty  of  the  otherwise  perfect 
bust,  but  the  face  was  untouched,  and  if  you  just  kept  your  eyes  fixed  upon 
that,  you  could  not  but  be  satisfied.  Not  the  merest  idler  came  into  the 
studio ;  the  chambermaid,  to  sweep  and  dust ;  the  landlord,  to  get  the 
monthly  rent ;  the  postman — and  what  could  be  more  stupid  than  a  post 
man  ! — but  each  and  every  one  looked  at  the  beautiful  nymph,  and  thought 
to  himself,  aye,  and  often  spoke  his  thought,  too — "Well,  now,  that  is  a 
sweet  pretty  kind  of  girl !  " 

Just  beyond  the  moonlight  stood  another  pedestal,  and,  on  it,  another 
bust  not  of  a  nymph  but  of  a  young  hero  ;  a  noble  head,  with  wide  eyes, 
a  sweet,  strong  mouth,  and  thick,  clustering  curls.*  He  never  turned  his 
eyes  from  the  beautiful  nj'mph,  but  looked  at  her,  in  the  most  loving  way, 
from  morning  until  night,  year  in  and  year  out. 

It  was  a  desperate  case.  The  very  shovel  and  tongs,  who,  after  having 
loved  one  another  many  years,  standing  on  opposite  sides  of  the  fireplace, 
had  seized  a  lucky  moment  when  the  chambermaid  had,  by  accident,  put 
them  together,  to  plight  eternal  troth  and  marry,  expressed  themselves 
very  strongly  on  the  indelicacy  of  the  nymph  in  permitting  such  public 
attentions,  without  compelling  the  gentleman  to  bring  matters  to  a  conclu 
sion.  But  the  beautiful  nymph,  all  this  time,  had  never  once  looked  at 
the  hero !  No,  her  eyes  were  fixed  upon  a  very  different  object,  on  whom 
she  looked  with  unutterable  fondness.  Yes,  she  was  in  love  with  the  lay- 
figure  !  There  ho  stood,  in  the  middle  of  the  room,  in  the  broad  moon 
light,  dressed  in  a  splendid  Spanish  suit,  all  green  velvet  and  gold,  with  the 
whitest  of  stockings  on  his  shapely  leg,  and,  on  his  head,  as  fine  a  hat  with 
streaming  feather  and  diamond  clasp  as  ever  graced  the  head  of  the  very 
King  of  Spain  himself. 

The  nymph  thought  him  an  adorable  creature.  To  have  looked  at 
her  face,  so  purely  beautiful,  you  would  have  said  that  nothing  less  than 
an  angel,  no,  not  even  the  noble  young  hero  himself  with  his  magnificent, 
manly  head  was  worthy  to  carry  off  such  a  piece  of  perfection  ;  and  yet, 
although  one  look  at  the  hero  who  stood  so  near,  the  least  bit  of  en 
couragement,  would  have  brought  him  to  her  feet  at  once,  she  persisted  in 
giving  him  the  cold  shoulder.  But,  then,  you  see,  she  had  no  head  ! 
There  was  the  secret !  Perhaps  it  was  just  as  well  for  his  peace  of  mind 
that  the  young  hero  stood  where  he  could  not  possibly  know  that  all  he 
was  in  love  with  was  a  face  !  A  sweet,  expressive,  lovely  face,  it  is  true  ; 
but,  only  that,  after  all.  But,  he  is  not  the  first  fine  young  fellow  who  has 
never  seen  his  beloved  one  without  a  head-dress,  and  has  taken  it  for 
granted  that  such  a  lovely  face  must  have  a  brain  behind  it ! 

And  yet,  the  lay-figure  had  not  everything  his  own  way,  cither.  The 
truth  was,  that,  for  all  his  fine  clothes,  he  felt  uneasy.  His  joints  were 
stiff,  and  one  of  his  legs  was  broken,  and  had  been  mended  witli  iron,  so 
that  it  could  no  longer  bend.  Besides,  although  his  clothes  were  very  fine, 
and  stuck  out  as  if  he  were  really  a  stout  man,  he  was,  in  truth,  thin  as  a 
rail,  and  had  nothing  but  a  straight-jointed  stick  for  a  body ;  for,  although 
he  often  boasted  to  the  nymph  that  he  was  all  heart — heart  of  oak — yet 
that  was  only  a  figure  of  speech  and  intended  to  deceive,  and  he  stood  in 
daily  terror  lest  he  should  be  stripped  of  his  disguise,  and  the  truth  made 
known.  That  would  have  been  a  sad  day  for  him ;  for,  next  to  his  taste  in 
dress  the  beautiful  nymph  admired  his  figure,  and,  especially,  his  leg ! 
"  Legs,"  she  thought  to  herself,  "  must  be  as  useful  as  they  are  becoming ! 
How  charming  it  must  be  to  have  them  ! "  She,  herself,  you  will  remem 
ber  had  never  been  off  her  pedestal. 

I  know  not  how  it  chanced,  but,  to-night,  the  bust  of  the  nymph  had 
been  turned  a  little,  just  the  least  hit  in  the  world,  so  that  her  eyes  rested 
both  on  the  hero  and  the  lay-figure.  Now,  it  must  be  thought,  she  will 
certainly  relent ;  now  that  she  can  see  them  both,  she  will  choose  the  noble 
hero.  Surely,  she  cannot  prefer  to  him,  so  young  and  handsome,  such  an 
awkward  stick  as  the  lay-figure.  It  was  plain  to  see,  too,  that  the  hero, 
modest  as  he  was,  felt  that  there  might  be,  now,  a  chance  for  him,  and  he 


*  In  his  description  of  the  bust  of  the  nymph,  the  writer  seems  to  have  had  in  his 
mind  the  beautiful  bust  of  Psyche,  which  is  mutilated  in  the  manner  he  describes.  It 
is  to  be  found  in  every  statuary  shop.  Wo  cannot  guess  what  antique  is  the  orici- 
nal  of  his  hero.  It  may  be  the  "  Antlnous,"  or,  perhaps,  tho  "  Giullan  de  Medici,"  of 
Michael  Angelo.  Neither  suits  the  description,  exactly. — ED. 


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resolved  to  speak  and  plead  his  cause  before  she  should  again  be  turned 
away  from  him. 

So  ho  began.  He  talked  for  an  hour,  and  in  the  most  interesting  way. 
It  is  true  that  the  shovel  thought  his  compliments  very  flat,  but  that  was 
only  because  they  were  not  paid  to  her.  She  heard  the  tongs  say  a  great 
many  dull  things  without  finding  out  how  dull  they  really  were ;  for  "  flat 
tery  "  only  means,  praise  of  other  people  ;  when  people  natter  us,  we  call 
it,  "appreciation."  The  hero  paid  his  mistress  some  compliments  that 
were  really  fine,  and  made  her  think  him  not  so  contemptible,  after  all. 
Then,  he  told  her  his  experiences,  his  adventures,  and  a  very  interesting  tale 
they  made  ;  his  language  was  as  choice  and  classic  as  heart  could  desire ; 
and  in  every  sentence  there  was  this  touching  thought  expressed,  every 
time  in  different  words — that,  in  all  his  travels  and  among  all  the  people 
he  had  seen,  he  had  never,  no,  positively  never,  seen  any  one  so  fascinat 
ing,  so  beautiful,  so  loveable  as  she  ! 

Was  it  the  firelight  reflected  in  her  marble  cheek  that  made  the  sweet 
face  of  the  nymph  seem  to  blush  at  this  delicate  compliment  ?  That,  in 
deed,  said  the  shovel,  is  both  delicate  and  new.  That  is  worthy,  or,  at  least, 
almost  worthy  of  the  tongs  in  his  best  moments  !  And,  whether  she 
blushed,  or  only  seemed  to  blush,  the  nymph  thought  the  same.  If  it  had 
not  been  for  her  maidenly  modesty  she  would  almost  have  looked  encourag 
ingly  on  the  hero.  He  stood  there  in  the  pale  moonbeam — which  had  be 
come  so  much  interested  in  his  adventure,  that  it  had  crept  nearer  and 
nearer,  and  now  stood  close  to  him — and  wished  with  all  his  manly  heart 
that  the  beautiful  lady  would  but  give  him  one  smile ;  and  who  knows  but 
that  she  might  have  done  so,  had  not  the  lay-figure,  seeing  that  matters 
TV  ere  getting  desperate,  given  himself  a  twist  which  nearly  broke  every  stick 
in  his  body,  and,  in  his  hurry  to  put  in  a  word,  nearly  overset  himself. 

How  he  blustered !  How  he  boasted  !  If  the  hero  had  talked  an  hour,  this 
bragging  lay-figure  talked  for  three  !  Stories  of  France  and  Spain  and  Italy  | 
Terrible  adventures  in  all  sorts  of  fine  clothes  !  Spangles,  velvets,  plumes, 
and  swords !  The  nymph  was  obliged  to  hold  her  breath,  the  tale  was  so  ex 
citing.  It  made  the  hero  appear  a  very  second-rate  hero,  after  all ;  and 
when,  at  last,  the  lay-figure  declared  that  unless  he  could  marry  her,  the 
only  lady  he  had  ever  seen  who  was  worth  dying  for,  he  should  pine  away 
until  he  became  nothing  but  a  bundle  of  useless  sticks,  the  nymph  became 
so  frightened,  that,  without  even  looking  at  the  despairing  hero,  she  nodded 
at  once  to  the  lay-figure,  and  promised  to  be  his. 

And  so  she  was  !  Yes,  she  married  the  lay-figure,  although  everybody 
in  the  studio,  especially  the  easel — who,  because  he  held  the  pictures,  had 
come  to  think  he  painted  them,  and  that  he  was  a  great  judge  of  art 
although  he  had  no  suspicion  that  there  was  anything  more  on  the  front  of 
the  canvas  than  he  saw  on  the  back  ; — the  easel  expressed  aloud  the  opin 
ion,  stretching  his  legs  very  wide  apart,  and  supporting  himself  behind  on 
his  cane,  that  the  bridegroom  was  a  well-dressed  nobody,  and  that  the 
bride  had  only  half  a  head,  and  he  believed  nothing  but  misery  would  come 
of  it. 

This  made  a  terrible  quarrel,  you  may  be  sure.  The  coal  scuttle  added 
fuel  to  the  fire  by  saying  the  very  bitterest  things  he  could  think  of  behind 
the  lay-figure's  back.  But  then,  everybody  knew  that  his  bad  temper  was 
occasioned  by  his  own  unhappy  marriage  relations  with  the  grate  whom  he 
was  obliged  to  feed  and  support,  but  who  always  insisted  on  his  being  kept 
as  much  out  of  sight  as  possible.  Theirs  was  a  truly  unhappy  marriage, 
as  every  one  knew. 

The  poor  hero,  however,  had  a  hard  time  of  it,  and  felt  no  heart  to 
quarrel.  He  grew  paler  and  paler,  and  stood  sighing  in  the  corner,  a  most 
pitiable  spectacle.  No  one  ever  knew  how  it  happened,  but,  when  the 
maid  came  in  the  morning,  to  sweep  and  dust,  or,  rather,  after  she  had 
gone — the  hero  was  found  lying  upon  the  floor  behind  the  nymph,  broken 
into  twenty  pieces,  and  with  his  beautiful  eyes  fixed  upon  the  back  of  that 
lovely  creature's  head ! 

What  a  pity  that  he  could  not  have  seen  it,  a  little  earlier  ! 


SINCE  in  the  world's  eternal  chorus 
Some  voices  must  be  high  and  low, 

Let  those  who  like  it  bawl  and  bore  us, 
But  only  in  the  things  they  know. 

HOUGIITON. 


SONG  OF  THE  IRON  KING. 

I  AM  King,  I  am  King,  let  who  will  call  me  slave, 

King  of  men  from  the  hour  of  their  birth, 
'Till  I  screw  them  at  last  in  the  grave, — in  the  grave, 

And  shovel  them  into  the  earth. 

I  am  King  of  the  Skies,  for  my  tridents  arise 

To  the  realm  of  the  thunderbolt'!  ire, 
And  I  pierce  with  my  spear  as  it  flies, — as  it  flies, 

The  angular  serpent  of  fire. 

I  am  King  of  the  Earth,  for  I  hold  in  control 

The  world,  in  my  fettering  bands ; 
And  my  steeds  are  the  steam,  as  I  roll, — as  I  roll, 

With  the  commerce  of  men  in  my  hands. 

I  am  King  of  the  Sea,  through  whose  fathoms  I  sink, 

Till  I  grapple  its  slippery  bed  : — 
Ah  !  vain  is  the  storm  if  /  link,  if  /  link 

The  argosies  floating  o'erhead. 

I  am  King  of  the  Air,  for  my  subtle  wires  swing 

Where  the  pen  and  the  pre?s  cannot  reach, 
And  the  nations  afar  through  me  ring — through  me  ring, 

In  the  currents  of  timeless  speech. 

I  am  King  of  the  red  flaming  pageant  of  War, 

And  my  laugh  is  the  bayonet's  flash, 
I  drink  to  both  foes  in  their  gore — in  their  gore, 

And  I  shout  in  the  serried  ranks'  clash. 

I  am  King  of  the  bountiful  harvest  of  Peace, 

I  strike,  and  the  wilderness  blooms, 
I  wave  o'er  earth's  golden  increase — increase, 

And  I  dance  in  the  echoing  looms. 

I  am  King  of  dark  Sorrow,  and  King  of  bright  Joy, 

For  I  toll  when  they  hear  not, — the  dead; 
And  the  maiden's  heart  leaps,  tho'  so  coy — tho'  so  coy, 

When  my  bridal  bell  peals  o'er  her  head. 

I  am  King  of  the  Poor,  I  am  King  of  the  Rich, 

For  I  hold  fast  the  wealthiest  store, 
And  my  gleaming  point  guides  the  quick  stitch,  the  quick  stitch, 

That  keeps  misery  out  of  the  door. 

I  am  King  of  the  glorious  kingdom  of  Toil, 

Whose  bounds  are  the  limitless  light, 
Sweet  harmony  springs  from  my  turmoil — my  turmoil, 

And  grace  from  my  demons  of  might. 

Hail  me  King,  hail  me  King  of  humanity  then, 

Supreme  on  Utility's  throne, 
For  I  rule  over  matter  and  men — over  men, 

By  the  power  of  Endurance  alone. 

C.  K.  T. 


MUSIC  OF  THE  INDIANS. 

AT  the  exhibition  of  the  Indians  at  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIH,  the 
strangely  weird  vocal  melodies  used,  in  part,  as  accompaniment  to  their 
dances,  are  really  noteworthy.  These  monotonous  melodies  are  usually 
comprised  within  the  first  four  steps  of  the  diatonic  scale.  They  are  sung 
to  the  accompaniment  of  a  little  drum,  and  a  few  rattles,  while  the  feet  are 
kept  in  motion,  by  those  accompanying,  <l  L'Afrique.  The  following 
snatch  is  a  specimen  :  This  is  repeated  ad  infinitum. 


Occasionally  a  melody  is  introduced,  where  the  octave  is  heard,  although 
this  is  usually  covered  by  a  shriek  or  howl,  which  is  considered  a  relief 
to  the  otherwise  nasal  and  dreamy  mode  of  singing.  Here  is  such  a  speci 
men,  viz.  : 


The  mark  >  indicates  the  shriek. 


S.  LASAR. 


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LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

( To  be  continued  daily.) 


ARTICLES  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


Infants'  sacks,  Mrs.  W.  Tyson. 

Match  holders,  J.  E.  Squire,  New-Haven. 

3  pkgs.  hats,  Shethar  St.  Nichols,  $170. 

Toy  cradle  and  doll,  Fanny  Raddle. 

Toy  house,  Fanny  Raddle. 

Dressing  case,  O.  W.  Morris. 

1'hotograph  in  oil,  J.  H.  Martin. 

Flower  baskets,  ladies  of  Catskill. 

Fans,  Mrs.  E.  P.  Cowles. 

Dresses,  Mrs.  Donovan,  $361. 

3  pkgs.  candy,  W.  II.  Gibson  <t  Brothers,  $100. 

3  pkgs.  books,  Mrs.  A.  T.  Clayton. 

Stationery,  S.  Raynor. 

Sketch,  Frank  Mac  Kcnzie. 

2  doz.  Madeira  wine,  Mrs.  Schemcrhorn. 

Stationery,  Willard  Felt. 

Stationery,  200  copies  plan  of  Fair,  Wm.  M.  Franklin. 

Jewelry,  Bernheim  SL  Arlich.  • 

Jewelry,  Amasa  Brainard,  $120. 

Jewelry,  Chatellier  &  Spcnce,  $135. 

Jewelry,  Baldwin,  Lcyton  it.  Co.,  $265. 

Jewelry,  Andrew  SchulttTS  <fc  Co.,  $185. 

Jewelry,  Hunting  &  Earle,  $113. 

Jewelry,  A.  Rnmrill  &  Co.,  $150. 

Jewelry,  Falconer,  Pollack  &  Co. 

Jewelry,  Philip  Bissinger,  $225. 

Jewelry,  Sackett,  Davis  &  Co.,  $280.50. 

Gold  and  silver  pencils,  Mabio,  Todd  &  Co.,  $105.50. 

Jewelry,  Manzini  &  Lawson. 

Jewelry,  John  Andrews. 

Jewelry,  E.  W.  Burr,  $050. 

Jewelry,  W.  Bnhl,  S248. 

Watches,  L.  8.  Follows  &  Schell,  $330. 

Watches,  Breitling  Laederich. 

Jewelry,  Merrill,  Fitch  &.  Co.,  $239.50. 

Jewelry,  F.  Thiebault,  $110. 

Cameos,  Rosswog  &  Spiess. 

Cameos,  D.  Brcuhl,  $125. 

Platedware  and  jewelry,  G.  C.  Allen,  $307. 

Jewelry,  J.  Schiel,  $100. 

Jewelry,  J.  Riley. 

Jewelry,  Durand  Jc  Co.,  $230. 

Gold  pencils,  tc.,  J.  H.  Rauch,  $165. 

Watch,  J.  Jurgensen,  $220. 

•Watch,  J.  D.  Hyde  it,  Sons,  $272. 

Jewelry,  Ira  Richards  &  Co.,  $713.62. 

Jewelry,  A.  Bergsteiii. 

Jewel  ry,  H.  &  G.  Soule. 

Jewelry,  Hayward  &.  Briggs. 

Jewelry,  Grinnt-11  &  Goddard. 

Jewelry,  J.  T.  Moran. 

Jewelry,  Henle  Brothers,  $100. 

Jewelry,  Hunt  &  Owen. 

Watch,  H.  G.  Borel  &  Co. 

Watch,  Fellows  &  Co.  (lid  donation),  $260. 

Jewelry,  Lichtcnauer. 

Jewelry,  Tobias  Lyon,  $100. 

Jewelry,  G-.  W.  Bodine. 

Watches,  Lontz  Brothers,  $200. 

Imitation  diamond  specimen,  L.  Jacobs,  $150. 

Books,  H.  T.  Piaget. 

Razors,  J.  Montardin,  $252. 

Silver  fruit  dish,  Bailey  &  Co.,  Philadelphia,  $250. 

Silver  pitcher,  A.  Rnmrill  &  Co.,  $175. 

Silver  fruit  set,  J.  Polhamus. 

Silver  ice-cream  set,  Hebbard  &  Moore. 

Silver  goblet,  W.  Bogcrt,  Ncwburg,  N.  Y. 

Silverware,  A.  Coles  «fc  Co. 

Silverware,  Gorham  &  Co.,  Providence,  R.  I.,  $383. 

Silverware,  D.  W.  Chapman. 

Clock,  A.  M.  Hays  St.  Co. 

Clock,  Culvert  Brothers. 

Clock,  D.  H.  Wickham,  $150. 

Bronze  vases,  n.  Olmstead. 

Platedware,  Geo.  C.  Allen,  $139. 

Platedware,  Fellows  t  Co.,  $150. 

Platedware,  H.  Young,  $108. 

Platedware,  R.  Rait,  $173. 

Plalc'lware  and  clock,  Fellows  Sc  Cooper,  $141. 

Platedware  and  fancy  goods,  II.  Salisbury  &  Co. 

Platedware  and  fancy  goods,  W.  M.  Smith. 


Platedware,  Case  &  Co. 

Canes,  A.  Cox  &  Sons. 

Fans,  J.  Wilson,  $248. 

Fancy  goods,  Hernstein  &  Sons. 

Fancy  goods,  A.  Wallack. 

Fancy  goods,  H.  Levy  &.  Brother,  $211.30. 

Platedware,  Pratt,  Soult  &  Co.,  $108.75. 

Clock,  J.  B.  Phillips,  $100. 

Fancy  goods,  Fitch  &  Waldo,  $229. 

Silver  watch,  John  E.  Hyde  &  Son. 

Jewelry,  Rathburn  &  Richards. 

Platedware,  Hall,  Elton  &  Co.,  $103. 

Fire  screen,  Miss  Chapman. 

Camp  stool,  Mrs.  Catlin,  Orange,  N.  J. 

Fancy  article,  Miss  A.  Elmendorf. 

Worked  slippers,  Miss  Florence  Smith. 

8  pkgs.  yeast  powders,  soap,  &c.,  T.  Andrews  &  Co. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Sherman. 

Model  of  schooner,  W.  R.  Talbot,  $150. 

Curiosity. 

Books. 

Vertebra  of  whale,  &c. 

Washing  machine. 

Fancy  book  marks. 

Antiquity  from  Thebes,  Geo.  Sewell,  U.  8.  Navy. 

Cone  frame,  E.  8.  Staple,  Brooklyn. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Amelia  Vose. 

Fancy  articles,  ladies  of  Dr.  McLeod's  Church,  $250. 

Toys,  Willie  C.  Ostrandcr. 

Lingerie,  Mme.  F.  do  Pcrcival. 

Lingerie,  Mme.  N.  Nouriet. 

Lingerie,  34  ladies  of  St.  James  Hotel,  $1,409.30. 

2  pkgs.  hats  and  caps,  Flay-',  Baldwin  &  Co.,  $130.50. 

Fancy  articles,  Mies  A.  M.  Seaman. 

2  pkgs.  fancy  articles,  Miss  Lee. 

Hats  and  caps,  through  Flagg  &  Baldwin. 

2  pkgs.  trophies,  Dr.  J.  W.  Page,  Newbern,  N.  C. 

2  pkgs.  books,  M.  W.  Dodd,  $100.10. 

25  pkgs.  'castile  soap,  John  Kirkman,  $105. 

Specimen  india  rubber,  II.  R.  Corning,  Son  &  Co. 

:i  doz.  French  hats,  P.  W.  Vail. 

Bundle  whips,  American  Whip  Co.,  $122. 

Fancy  article,  Miss  Carleton. 

Fancy  article,  Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Bacon,  Danbury,  Conn. 

Shell  work,  Mrs.  Geo.  H.  Sergeant. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Ella  M.  Hardy,  Conn. 

Book,  Win.  Gowans. 

Cigars,  F.  Chazournes  &  Son. 

Landscape,  Jervis  McEnteo. 

Study  of  large  picture,  J.  F.  Cropscy. 

Lako  scene  (Sunset),  R.  M.  O. 

Landscape,  D.  W.  C.  Boutelle. 

String  of  Pearls,  Miss  J.  G.  W. 

Cattle  Piece,  W.  H.  Webb. 

Green  Mountain  Brook,  L.  Lang. 

Spanish  Girl,  Geo.  H.  Hall. 

Esopus  Creek,  A.  B.  Durand. 

Valley  of  the  Yoscmitc,  A.  Blerstadt. 

America  in  1862,  Henry  Peters  Gray. 

Setting  Sun,  F.  E.  Church. 

Landing  of  the  Pilgrims,  National  Bank  Note  Co. 

Portrait  of  Richard  Cobden,  Fagniani. 

A  Roman  Peasant,  J.  A.  C.  Gray. 

Scott's  entry  in  the  city  of  Mexico,  Ogiivie. 

Commissary  Stores  Abandoned,  W.  H.  Beard. 

Berkshire  Scenery,  James  Hart. 

Coast  Scene,  J.  H.  Kensett. 

Village  on  the  Coast  of  Normandy,  Vintabole. 

Xew  England  Meeting  House,  Mrs.  Clark. 

Head  (Young  Girl),  Geo.  A.  Baker. 

Florence  Nightingale  at  Scutari,  E.  Lcutz 

Landscape,  Win.  Hart. 

Venice  (Sunrise),  D.  Huntington. 

Hudson  River,  T.  Anderson. 

Landscape,  A.  Bandit. 

Copy  of  Domenichini's  Last  Communion  of  St,  Jerome, 

Peter  R.  Strong. 
Goddess  of  Union,  F.  Augero. 
Autumnal  Landscape,  J.  W.  Caeilear. 
Daisy,  J.  G.  Brown. 
Venice,  G.  P.  Cranch. 


View  from  Bavenor,  Wm.  T.  Whittridge. 
Island  of  Grand  Manan,  R.  Gignoux. 
Autumn  Pastime,  W.  J.  Hennesay. 
The  Orchard,  E.  Benson. 
The  Unexpected  Friend,  W.  H.  Webb. 

The  Thing  Won't  Go,"  C.  B.  Butler,  Jr. 
The  Morning  Lesson,  W.  O.  Stone. 
Winter  Scene,  Carl  Brandt. 
The  Approaching  Combat,  W.  T.  Hugo. 
Landscape,  R.  W.  Hubbard. 
Xew  York  Harbor,  J.  Pope. 
Camoen's  Catarina,  J.  Bates. 
In  the  Stable,  T.  Robinson. 
At  the  Fountain,  Beker. 
Sunrise,  Gift. 

A  Mountain  View,  Mr.  Haskcll. 
Lunch  Time,  Jas.  D.  Smille. 
The  Independent  Beggar,  Waldo. 
The  Dying  Bird,  L.  Kieffer. 
The  Young  Artist,  Warren. 
Lake  Scene,  R.  M.  O. 
Autumnal,  C.  M. 
Study  from  Nature,  W.  Homer. 
The  Young  Sweep,  E.  Johnson. 
Newsboy,  J.  O'Brien  Inman. 
Scene  on  the  Lehigh,  D.  W.  C.  Boutelle. 
Fruit,  S.  Voigt. 

Strawberries,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Edwards. 
The  Meadow  Lands,  J.  R.  Brevoort. 
Scone  in  Scotland,  A.  Richardson. 
Decatur's  Attack  on  Tripoli,  D.  M.  Carter. 
On  the  Shore,  Geo.  H.  Yewell. 

Knitting,  A.  D.  Bucher. 

Catskill  Mountains,  R.  M.  O. 

Moonlight. 

A  Cavalier,  W.  Verbryck. 

The  Soldier's  Widow,  J.  B.  Stearns. 

Landscape,  C.  U.  Moore. 

Lake  George,  D.  Johnson. 

Landscape,  J.  Rondel. 

Fruit,  C.  M.  Jenckes. 

London  Bridge,  E.  L.  Henry. 

Contemplation,  E.  D.  E.  Greene. 

Landscape,  D.  Johnson. 

Hon.  C.  Godfrey  Gunther,  J.  Gurney  &  Son. 

Ancient  Mariner,  Ed.  King. 

Florence,  Miss  Glover. 

Marguerite  (Faust),  John  Phillips. 

The  Shady  Brook,  E.  D.  Nelson. 

Winter  Scene,  T.  L.  Smith. 

White  Mountain  Scene,  B.  Champney. 

Autumnal  Walk,  S.  D.  Barrow. 

Moonlight,  S.  D.  Barrow. 

Gen.  Fremont,  Ed.  Mooney. 

Good  Morning,  J.  Haywood. 

Kate  Kearney's  Cottage,  Eliza  Greatorex. 

Candle  Light,  J.  Rosters. 

Hudson  River  Scene,  Geo.  H.  Smillle. 

Eastern  Scenery,  De  Shayc. 

1'ond  Lilies,  R.  M.  Pratt. 

Ecco  Homo,  W.  H.  Asplnwall. 

The  Prayer,  Edwin  White. 

Sketch  from  nature,  U.  L.  Hillyor. 

Study  of  Oranges,  S.  Voigt. 

Landscape,  Volmering. 

Florence,  Miss  Glover. 

On  the  Potomac,  V.  M.  Griswold. 

Stag's  Head,  E.  Terry. 

Fruit  and  Vegetables,  Monginot. 

In  the  Woods,  Albert  B.  Iiuley. 

High  Bridge,  R.  O'Brien. 

The  Basin,  Chas.  Baker. 

Fruit  piece. 

Flower  piece,  T.  Derry. 

After  Titan,  Mrs.  Attwood. 

Mountain  Pas8,  F.  C.  Welby. 

Gen.  Fremont,  8.  N.  Carvelho. 

Landscape,  Robbins. 

Iherries,  G.  W.  Jenkins. 
Rebel  Prisoners,  V.  Nchlig. 
Landscape,  J.  II.  Wright. 


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BUBBLINGS  AROUND  THE  FAIR.— So.  II. 

ACCOUNT   OF   THE    GRAND    MATINEE   AT   THE    HOTEL    DE    FINNEGAN. 

By  "  Jenkins,"  formerly  of  the  "  London  Morning  Post." 
THIS  elegant  and  recherche  festivity,  long  anticipated  by  the  votaries  of 
Fashion  and  Terpsichore,  took  place  on  Wednesday  evening  last  at  the 
now  and  spacious  saloons  of  the  Hotel  de  Finnegan,  which  were  brilliantly 
illuminated  for  the  occasion,  and  gracefully  decorated  with  the  variegated 
productions  of  Flora. 

The  urbane  and  ubiquitous  Mr.  Brown,  the  grand  Mercury  of  the 
metropolis,  and  mediatory  dispenser  of  all  its  modish  festivities  and  so 
lemnities,  was  early  on  the  field  ;  and  his  summoning  whistle  was  never  so 
cheering  and  vibratory  as  when  announcing  the  arrival  in  succession  of  the 
specimens  of  animated  and  varied  fashion  and  loveliness  that  at  the  early 
hour  of  eight  began  to  deposit  themselves  at  the  elegant  vestibule  of  the 
Hotel  de  Finnegan. 

Dancing  began  punctually  at  nine.  Helmsmuller's  well-known  artistic 
band  discoursed  most  eloquent  and  moving  strains  for  the  gay  throng  that 
soon,  as  by  impulse,  began  to  pirouette  on  the  "  light  fantastic  toe." 

Among  the  distinguished  guests  present  we  noticed :  The  Hon.  Mephis- 
topheles  Q.  Bunkum,  M.  C. ;  Hon.  Pasmequoddy  Y.  Doublesides,  M.  C. ; 
Hon.  Jarl  Carl  Snarl  Vou  Shirts,  U.  States  Dutch  Minister  at  the  Court  of 
her  most  Catholic  Majesty ;  the  Hon.  John  Bull  R.  Daily  Owing,  U.  States 
British  Plenipotentiary  to  the  "  Ghostly  See  " ;  Hon.  Julius  Cesar  Hanni 
bal  Pompcy  de  Smash  Johnson,  U.  States  Ethiopian  Minister  Plenipoten 
tiary  and  Ambassador  Extraordinary  to  the  Court  of  St.  James ;  the  Hon. 
Barney  McScrnbbleup,  President  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen ;  Ex.  Briga 
dier-General  Faddle  O'Moriarity  (who  resigned  after  the  great  victory  at 
Bull  Run,  because  he  was  not  immediately  made  President  of  the  United 
States);  Pow-wow-how-how-crash-smash-cash,  or,  "the  bear  that  walks 
with  the  sore  head,"  Chief  of  the  Wall-wallah  tribe  of  Indians ;  Hon.  Phe- 
lim  Polypus  O'Swindleman,  Alderman  elect  of  the  6th  Ward  ;  Smirkey  S. 
Nosearound,  Esq.,  President  of  the  New  England  Saponaceous  Society; 
the  Hon.  Bardolph  O'Swizzleman,  Judge  of  the  Dudheen  Court ;  the  Count 
Joannes ;  the  Rev.  Janus  Saccharine  Foxylove,  President  of  the  Anti- 
Raffle  Society ;  the  Hon.  Fishy  Hard  Case,  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  lean 
ing  on  the  arm  of  Barnum's  lightning  calculator ;  the  Original  Jacobs ; 
Patrick  O'Grady,  Esq.,  permanent  contractor  for  changing  the  grade  of  the 
Fifth  Avenue;  General  Tom  Thumb,  and  Aids;  John  Smith,  Esq.,  and 
numerous  other  distinguished  public  characters. 

For  the  benefit  of  our  lady  readers  we  will  endeavor  to  describe  some 
of  the  most  elegant  toilettes  that  lent  their  lustre  to  a  scene  of  almost  daz 
zling  splendor:  Miss  Van  Dunderdunck  was  elegantly  attired  in  a  cloud-like 
tulle,  with  green  geoffered  ribbon  graplings,  running  up  and  down  the  dress 
like  sportive  water  snakes.  A  few  ruches  around  the  corsage,  also  entwined 
in  a  serpentine  manner,  added  to  her  fascinating  appearance,  sympathising 
with  the  medusaean  effects  of  the  coiffure.  This  consisted  of  a  gorgeous 
aigrette  of  white  and  red  spun  glass;  which,  placed  on  a  blue  ribbon,  gave 
the  usual  patriotic  effects;  on  either  side  of  this  was  a  mother  of  pearl 
star— and,  above  all,  a  green  velvet  coronet,  on  which  was  perched  the 
"emblem  of  the  free,"  with  a  miniature  thunderbolt  in  his  beak.  Miss 
Van  D's  luxuriant  chevelure  hung  down  in  meandering  ringlets,  beneath 
this  brilliant  conception  (we  believe)  of  the  celebrated  Holderman  of  Bond 
street. 

The  Misses  Teeter,  of  Thirty-sixth  street,  were  harmoniously  attired 
in  white  tarletane,  with  forty-five  rows  of  bright  red  tulle  ruching 
upon  the  skirt,  sewn  on  to  form  Vandykes.  A  series  of  miniature  flags  on 
the  corsage,  and  a  number  of  lace  rigadoons  swung  a  la  desinvoltura,  from 
the  back  of  the  dress,  just  above  the  belt,  added  to  the  aerial  effect.  The 
device  of  the  head  was  as  chaste  as  effective  ;  representing  an  apple  tree 
in  full  bearing,  with  a.  miniature  of  Adam  and  Eve  reposing  under  the  um 
brageous  foliage.  In  the  rear  a  little  serpent  en  pantalon  was  perched, 
whose  saltatorial  jerks  as  the  Misses  Teeter  moved  gracefully  (as  ever)  in 
the  mazy  dance,  caused  much  merriment. 

The  elegant  Mrs.  X.,  of  Madagascar  Square,  was  attired  with  her  usual 
elegance  and  Parisian  taste.  Her  dress  was  couleur  de  maize,  with  large 
parallelograms  of  red  and  blue  velvet  shot  over  it ;  these  being  trimmed 
round  the  edge  of  the  skirt  and  up  to  the  waist  with  tufts  of  red  and  blue 


feathers  resembling  periwinkles,  in  nests  of  white  blonde.  The  bodice  was 
ornamented  with  bands  of  isinglass  and  red  feathers  speckled  with  black. 
The  head  dress  was  a  la  catscradle,  lit  up  with  jets  of  gas  and  with  sprink 
lings  of  sand  paper  mixed  with  silver  foil,  which,  when  falling,  gave  the 
effect  of  a  pantomimic  snow  storm,  as  the  fair  wearer  moved  gracefully 
around  the  room  in  the  arms  of  young  Van  Legshaaken,  who  led  the  Ger 
man  cotillion  that  evening  in  a  manner  to  make  even  the  veteran  Spriggs 
tremble  for  his  laurels. 

Miss  Velveteen  S y,  of  Mariposa  Avenue,  was  attired   with   her 

usual  simplicity  and  good  taste.  A  white  satin,  ornamented  about  half 
way  to  the  belt  with  narrow  picked  out  flounces  of  silver  and  gilt,  moving 
obliquely  in  alternating  colors  of  cerise,  maize,  and  sky  blue.  A  series  of 
ruches  of  varied  hue,  representing  a  gorgeous  collection  of  caterpillars, 
ornamented  the  front  of  the  bodice,  embracing  a  form  of  Psychean  mould ; 
a  voile  of  white  tulle  fell  over  the  bouillonnees,  which  were  festooned 
around  the  skirt  with  miniature  green  and  gold  horse  shoes.  The  voile  was 
looped  up  on  the  left  side  with  a  large  bow  of  mauve  velvet,  shot  with 
asparagus  sprigs,  meeting  the  chevelure  which  fell  en  cascarade.  On  one 
side  of  the  head  was  a  little  miniature  Cupid  playfully  represented  as  ang 
ling,  and  on  the  other,  the  pleasing  device  of  a  Maltese  cat  in  chase  of  two 
of  its  natural  enemies.  The  whole  effect  was  pleasing  in  the  extreme,  and 
elicited  many  warm  encomiums. 

We  also  noticed  the  Misses  Succotash  vindicating  the  old  family  re 
putation  for  grace  and  loveliness  ;  Mrs.  Ahasuerus  Solomons,  the  still  dis 
tingue,  though  matronly  lady  of  A.  Solomons,  Esq.,  President  of  the  Coal 
Hole,  whose  recent  brilliant  manoeuvres  in  gold  have  so  electrified  the 
financial  community.  There  was  also  to  be  observed  the  elegant  and 
blooming  bride  of  A.  McFungus,  Esq.,  editor  of  the  Daily  Spif.icator—t\\c 
Misses  Whirligig,  daughters  of  the  Rev.  Hieronymus  Whirligig,  of  St. 
Modus  ;  the  gay  and  dashing  widow,  Mrs.  Keepitup.  Young  Shuttlecock, 
the  millionaire,  joined  also  in  the  mazy  dance,  upon  whose  arm  hung  the 
fascinating  Miss  Van  Spuyten  Duyvil,  of  Fifth  Avenue.  We  also  observed 

the  brilliant  Miss  A .  electrifying  our  susceptible  friend,  the  author  of 

"  a  tribute  to  the  FAIR,"— the  entrainante  Miss  Sallie  B,  the  sprightly  Miss 

Kittie  M ,  Miss  R y,  Miss  L ,  and  Miss ,  and  a  host  of 

others,  each  a  bright  and  coruscating  star,  where  all  were  stars  in  t'le 
galaxy  of  beauty,  fashion  and  talent  presented  to  the  admiring  eye  of  the 
connoisseur  in  aesthetics  on  this  unique  occasion.  The  festivities  were  pro 
longed  till  the  "  rosy  fingered  dawn  "  drew  aside  the  "  solemn  curtained 
night "  and,  need  we  say  more,  than  that  the  "  utmost  good  humor  and 
hilarity  prevailed  ?" 

The  Messrs.  De  Finnegan  catered  as  usual  in  their  superior  style,  and 
were  all  attention  to  the  wants  of  their  guests.     For  the  curious  and  taste 
ful  of  our  readers,  we  shall  hereafter  furnish  a    copy  of  the  unique  menu 
served  on  this,  the  most  festive  and  successful  occasion  of  the  season. 
G. 

THE  New  York  Institution  for  the  Blind,  among  other  charitable  insti 
tutions,  is  represented  in  the  Union  Square  Department.  The  articles 
contributed  were  manufactured  at  the  individual  expense  of  the  managers, 
as  jt  is  contrary  to  the  by-laws  of  the  institution  to  dispose  of  any  of  its 
property  save  by  sale.  The  articles  consist  of  mattresses,  mats,  brooms, 
bead  and  needlework,  all  manufactured  by  the  blind  inmates  of  that  insti 
tution.  They  are  particularly  worthy  of  attention,  as  attesting  the  degree 
of  usefulness  and  proficiency  to  which  these  unfortunates  can  be  trained. 
New  Yorkers  are  pretty  well  aware  of  the  system  of  culture  adopted,  but 
strangers  in  the  city  should  not  fail  to  visit  the  Institution  itself  and  judge 
'or  themselves  of  its  usefulness.  It  is  situated  in  Ninth  Avenue,  between 
33d  and  34th  streets.  More  than  half  its  support  is  derived  from  private 
aid. 

POEMS— BY  MRS.  GEORGE  T.  WILSON. 

PRINTED    FOR    THE    FAIR. 

SOME  things  women  unquestionably  write  better  than  men.  She  who 
soothes  our  sorrow,  refines  our  passions,  and  points  our  hopes  to  the  high 
est  objects,  can  surely  tell  more  clearly  than  we  can  what  she  does  so  much 
more  tenderly.  From  such  a  source  of  home-experience  springs  this  un- 


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pretending  tribute  to  charity.  These  verses  speak  only  what  every  one 
has  felt,  and  what  every  finer  eye  may  have  observed  in  the  life  about  us 
They  touch  with  truth  and  grace  upon  early  memories  and  associations  of 
affection,  and  dwell  on  the  every-day  miseries  of  the  poor  without  losing 
refinement  by  the  contact,  or  missing  the  romance  that  lies  hid  under  the 
commonest  forms  of  real  life.  The  "  Match-Girl  "  and  the  "  Rag-picker  " 
are  simple  stories,  pathetically  told,  of  wretchedness  such  as  passes  us  un 
heeded  in  the  streets  every  hour.  "  What  wakeneth  the  lone  heart  to  love 
again?"  and  "  Twenty-one  Years,"  contain  stanzas  that  betray  both  insight 
and  experience,  as  well  as  power  in  portraying  them.  Patriotic  verses, 
too,  give  a  glow  to  this  little  book,  and  some  cleverly  turned  charades  and 
riddles  deserve  an  hour's  questioning  from  the  ingenious. 
Here  is  a  musical  bit  of  sylvan  description : — 

"  The  wood-dove's  music,  soft  and  warm  ; 
The  swallow,  twittering  to  the  storm  ; 
The  mockbird's  song,  like  trembling  light, 
The  trusting  whistle  of  Bob-White  ; 
The  katydid,  with  fervor  shrill, 
The  gurgling  sound  of  mountain  rill." 

The  good  done  to  the  cause  by  purchasing  this  volume  will  find  itself 
amply  repaid — blessed  both  in  giving  and  receiving.  It  is  to  be  found, 
with  many  others  of  the  best  gifts  to  the  Fair,  in  the  book-department. 

There  are  also  in  the  book-room  some  striking  photographs,  permitted 
by  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Lenox  to  be  taken  from  I'eale's  portrait  of  Wash 
ington  in  his  possession.  That  august  and  sacred  head  should  be  honored, 
as  ji  tutelary  deity,  in  every  household  of  our  nation.  "* 

The  same  room  contains  among  its  treasures  a  very  singular  and  ex 
quisite  work  of  art  and  fancy  combined.  The  beautiful  binding  by  Apple- 
ton,  tempts  one  to  linger  before  opening  it.  In  this  volume  every  broad 
page  presents  an  enigma,  inscribed  in  German  text,  and  surrounded  by  a 
border,  designed  and  illuminated  in  vivid  colors  with  surpassing  taste  and 
richness.  Most  of  the  enigmas  are  ingenious,  some  of  them  little  poetic 
gems,  and  the  setting  of  them  all  is  choice  and  finished  beyond  description. 
The  exceeding  zeal  of  the  guardians  of  public  virtue  will  prevent  the  dis 
posal  of  this  rare  curiosity  at  anything  like  its  true  value,  and  the  fortu 
nate  purchaser  may  boast  that  he  owns  a  book  without  parallel  for  taste 
and  originality  in  this  country. 

THERE  ARE  many  works  of  art  scattered  about  the  FAIR  building  which 
miss  the  attention  bestowed  upon  others  less  worthy,  but  better  placed. 
One  of  these  deserves  to  be  visited  in  the  book-room.  It  is  a  bronze 
group,  fresh  from  the  recent  touches  of  the  famous  Mene,  sent  from  Paris 
expressly  as  a  gift  to  our  charity.  The  life  and  pose  of  the  figures  are 
varied  and  striking.  Beside  a  horse,  stretching  his  wearied  neck,  stands  a 
huntsman  holding  up  in  the  excited  triumph  of  the  chase,  a  fox,  the  only 
really  dead  thing  in  the  group.  Six  hounds  cluster  about  him  in  spirited 
attitudes,  leaping,  crouching,  watching,  but  all  intent  in  enmity  to  the 
poor  creature  so  near  their  own  kind,  who  makes  the  central  interest  of  the 
scene.  The  price  fixed  upon  this  fine  bronze,  much  below  its  value  as 
estimated  by  connoisseurs,  is  $500.  Every  night  in  this  city  suppers  are 
given  which  cost  more.  Real  luxury  and  tasteful  liberality  could  find  in 
this  a  worthy  object  for  their  indulgence,  and  do  good  while  buying  enduring 
pleasure. 

HUMORS  OF  THE  FAIR. 

MILD-LOOKING  old  quaker  gentleman,  standing  transfixed  opposite  the 
flower  table,  gazing  at  a  young  lady.  Presently  he  remarks  softly  to  him 
self:  "  Peradventure  they  may  be  antlers  growing."  An  old  lady  approaches, 
«nd  they  shake  hands.  "Fanny,"  asks  the  old  quaker  gentleman,  "can 
thee  tell  me  what  causes  those  two  horns  to  rise  on  the  head  of  that  other 
wise  desirablel-ooking  damsel  ?  " 

"  Why,  don't  you  know  that  it  is  her  hair,  dressed  in  the  extreme  of 
the  fashion  ?  " 

"  I  knew  that  it  must  be  the  extreme  of  something,  but  I  feared  it  was 
the  extreme  of  a  new  disease.  Oh  !  let  us  be  joyful,  joyful !  and  partake 
of  the  good  things  which  are  set  before  us." 

Buys  a  bouquet  of  the  young  lady  with  horns,  and  walks  slowly  away. 

IN  the  book  store  :    Comfortable  old   lady  from  the  country  with  a 


leather  bag. — "  Got  any  books  for  children  ?  which  I  wants  one  for  my 
granddarter." 

Pretty  young  lady  selling. — "  Oh  yes  !  here  is  one  quite  celebrated  ;  all 
the  children  cry  for  it ! " 

Old  lady  takes  it,  examines  the  outside,  and  pays  for  it. 

Young  lady,  sweetly. — "  Would  you  like  an  autograph  with  it?  " 

Old  lady,  looking  annoyed  and  puzzled. — "  Well,  no ;  it's  heavy  enough 
without  one." 

Young  lady  is  convinced  that  old  lady  thought  "  an  autograph  "  was 
a  large  pincushion  on  which  her  hand  was  resting ;  but  the  author  of  the 
book,  who  had  been  standing  close  by,  stalks  off  flaming  with  rage,  and 
immensely  disgusted  at  the  back-handed  compliment. 


LOYALTY  AT  THE  SOUTH. — Among  the  donations  to  the  FAIR  is  a 
sofa  cushion,  made  by  a  loyal  lady,  in  Richmond,  Va.  It  is  to  be  seen 
at  Table  No.  26,  and  we  hope  all  our  readers  will  take  pains  to  see  it 
before  it  is  sold. 

IF  it  be  true  that  "  who  drives  fat  cattle,  should  himself  be  fat,"  then 
the  counties  of  Livingston  and  Tompkins  must  rear  a  solid  race  of  coun 
trymen.  The  great  white  Ox  contributed  by  the  former  county,  has  not 
remained  without  a  rival.  TOMPKINS  has  girded  up  its  loins,  or  rather  its 
sirloins,  and  sent  down  a  monster  not  quite  the  equal  of  the  first  in  weight 
— he  is  only  the  trifling  armful  of  3,540  pounds — but  of  pure  Durham 
lineage,  beautiful  proportions,  and  peculiar  silver-roan  color. 

There  are  no  statistics  from  which  we  can  judge  how  the  bulls  of  Basan 
would  compare  with  these  monsters,  but  surely  Pharaoh  never  dreamed  of 
fatter  ones.  Livingston  for  weight,  and  Tompkins  for  beauty,  and  both 
for  liberality,  stand  first  among  the  growers  of  flocks  and  herds. 

PERHAPS  no  class  of  contributors  to  the  FAIR  has  done  more  substan 
tial  work  for  the  cause,  in  shorter  time,  than  that  of  the  machinists.  The 
Government  has  required  lately  from  this  most  useful  class  so  much  labor 
at  high  speed  aud  under  great  pressure,  both  mental  and  physical,  that  it 
is  wonderful  that  they  have  been  able  to  devote  so  much  time  and  effort  to 
the  FAIR  as  they  have  done.  The  committee  on  this  class  of  contributions, 
too,  was  one  of  the  latest  formed,  and  has  had  but  three  or  four  weeks  for 
preparation. 

Besides  the  donations  in  kind  and  articles  of  machinery,  engines,  etc., 
sent  in  for  exhibition,  money  has  been  contributed  through  this  committee 
to  the  amount  of  nine  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  much  of  it  through 
liberal  subscriptions  from  the  workmen  themselves  in  the  shops. 

If  any  stronger  evidence  of  enlightened  generosity  can  be  found  among 
the  high-toned  chivalry  of  the  South,  than  has  been  shown  in  this  and  other 
instances,  by  the  greasy  mechanics  of  the  North,  we  should  be  glad  to  be 
reminded  of  it.  One  single  contribution,  by  a  working  engineer,  is  that  of 
a  steam  engine,  worth  seventy-five  dollars.  A  walk  through  the  machinery 
room,  on  Fifteenth  street,  would  repay  the  ingenious  and  curious  observer. 


METROPOLITAN  FAIR  FOR  THE  U.  S.   SANITARY  COMMISSION. 

AUCTION    NOTICE. 

HEADS  of  departments  wishing  to  make  sales  by  auction,  will  please 
hand  in  their  invoices  two  days  before  sale,  to  either  of  the  following  auc 
tioneers,  or  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Committee.  Each  department  will 
arrange  with  the  gentlemen  whom  they  may  elect  to  make  their  sales,  in  re 
gard  to  the  reception  and  delivery  of  their  goods. 

All  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  will  be  received  and  accounted  for 
by  those  employed,  who  will  furnish  their  own  clerks  and  attend  to  their 
own  advertising. 

The  following  are  the  names  and  places  of  business  of  the  gentlemen 
tendering  their  services,  in  the  order  they  were  received : 

DANIEL  A.  MATHEWS,  66  Nassau  street. 

EDWARD  SCHEXCK,  60  Liberty  street. 

GEORGE  WELLES  NICHOLS,  113  Pearl  street. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  37  Nassau  street. 

DANIEL  II.  BURDETT,  109  Wall  street. 

HENRY  MOLTON,  235  Broadway. 

J.  H.  DRAPER,  36  Pine  street. 

EDWARD  SINTZENICH,  155  Broadway. 

J.  E.  HALSEY,  10  Barclay  street. 

WALTER  M.  LLOYD,  15  Nassau  street. 

E.  T.  WILLS,  47  Murray  street. 

JOHN  H.  AUSTEN,  340  Broadway. 

THOMAS  J.  MILLER,  74  Broadway. 

A i. FK K D  L.  CURTIS,  23  Murray  street. 

All  goods  sold  by  this  Commission  are  free  from  United  States  duties, 
as  well  as  the  District  License. 

E.  H.  LUDLOW,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Auctioneers. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  Secretary. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


161 


WILLIAM  BLAKE. 

Ix  a  recent  letter  from  George  Sand,  copied  in  our  daily  journal,  ad 
dressed  to  a  young  poet  who  had  asked  her  advice  and  criticism,  she  tells 
him,  after  describing  the  large  amount  of  true  poetry  published  yearly  in 
France  alone :  "  Poetry  can  never  become  a  profession  nor  a  means  o 
livelihood." 

This  truth  was  continually  experienced  during  a  long  life  by  William 
Blake,  a  man  sent  rich  from  heaven  as  prophet,  poet,  painter,  yet  richer 
still  as  the  possessor  of  the  sunshine  of  content  through  which  the  eyes  of 
the  world  seldom  looked  coldly  in.  Robert  Browning  could  hardly  have 
had  a  memory  of  him  when  he  wrote, 

"  Oh.  thus  to  live,  I  and  my  picture  linked, 

With  love  about,  and  praise,  till  life  should  end, 

And  then  not  go  to  Heaven  but  linger  here — 

Here  on  my  earth,  earth's  every  man  my  friend,— 

The  thought  grew  frightful,  'twas  so  wildly  dear." 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  under  the  mists  of  London,  in  No 
vember  1757:  after  seventy  years  of  a  life  "  thoroughly  lived,"  his  body 
was  buried  unhonored  and  unknown  in  the  old  burial  place  of  Bunhill 
Fields,  Finsbury,  where  lie  the  earthly  remains  of  Bunyan,  Defoe  and 
Stothard.  There  was  no  headstone  placed  to  mark  the  grave  of  Blake, 
and  even  now  it  is  impossible  to  identify  it. 

The  man  lives  for  us  purely  then  in  his  pictures,  his  visions,  and  his 
songs. 

At  a  very  early  age  he  discovered  so  decided  a  love  for  drawing  and 
such  originality  in  design  that  his  father  apprenticed  him  to  the  well-known 
engraver  Basire.  There  are  verses,  also,  written  at  about  the  same  period, 
which,  although  faulty  in  execution,  and  even  in  grammar,  are  full  of  the 
grand  simplicity  of  true  poetry.  Almost  simultaneously,  too,  was  devel 
oped  something  of  his  inseeing  faculty,  for  while  his  father  was  seeking 
among  distinguished  engravers  of  the  time  one  to  whom  his  son  should  be 

apprenticed,  and  having  risked  one  of  the  most  famous,  at  that  period, 

Ryland,— for  this  purpose,  the  strange  boy  remarked  upon  leaving  the 
studio,  "  Father,  I  do  not  like  that  man's  face  ;  it  looks  as  if  he  will  live  to 
be  hanged."  This  judgment  proved  to  be  prophetic. 

William  Blake  married  when  he  was  twenty-four  years  old.  His  wife 
was  "a  dark-eyed  generous-hearted  girl,"  poor,  and  of  a  more  lowly  line 
age,  even,  than  his  own.  She  had  no  education,  as  "  X,  her  mark,"  in  the 
parish  register  avouches,  but  she  laid  the  pure  tablet  of  her  mind  reve 
rently  open  before  her  husband,  who  taught  her  everything  he  knew. 

Steadily,  earnestly,  then,  he  set  himself  to  the  task-work  of  his  life,  a 
labor  never  to  be  wholly  laid  aside  during  the  long  coming  years.  The 
occupation  of  engraving  was  but  a  dreary  refrain  oftentimes,  after  weeks 
or  months  passed  among  his  weird  prophetic  dreams.  Yet  he  must  always 
turn  to  that  when  he  needed  bread.  Poetry  brought  him  little,  and  de 
signing  as  little ;  it  was  chiefly  when  his  stylus  followed  obediently  the 
lines  of  Flaxman  or  Stothard,  that  the  platter  was  filled  upon  their  humble 
table.  Mrs.  Blake  used  to  say,  he  never  wished  to  have  her  speak  to  him 
of  money  !  She  finally  made  it  a  custom  to  put  what  there  was  to  eat  in 
the  house  upon  the  table  so  long  as  it  lasted,  and  when  it  was  gone,— the 
empty  platter.  Then  her  husband  would  finish  a  job  of  engraving,  and 
they  would  be  relieved  for  the  time. 

The  strenuous  activity  of  genius  belonged  to  William  Blake.  Even 
while  he  engraved,  the  book  he  was  interested  to  read  lay  open  before  him, 
and  many  a  clean  page  was  stained  with  the  mark  of  the  engraving  plate 
laid  upon  it.  In  this  way  the  amount  of  labor  he  performed,  was  almost 
incredible.  The  simple  catalogue  of  paintings,  drawings,  and  engravings 
occupy  sixty-four  pages,  octavo,  in  the  English  edition  of  his  life  and 
works. 

The  "  Songs  of  Innocence  "  was  written  before  Blake  was  thirty  years 
old.  They  were  followed  a  few  years  later  by  the  "  Songs  of  Experience," 
both  volumes  containing  treasures  for  the  poetic  heart.  There  are  two  or 
three  poems  in  the  collection  beautiful  as  light,  and  adamantine  in  their 
purity  !  This  is  not  the  place  to  quote  them,  but  there  are  one  or  two  fu 
gitive  verses  which  so  enclose  the  secret  of  his  life  they  should  not  be 
omitted :  as, 

"  He  who  bends  to  his  life  a  joy, 
Does  the  winged  life  destroy  ; 
But  he  who  kisses  the  joy  as  it  flies, 
Lives  in  eternity's  sunrise." 


And  again, 

"Since  all  the  riches  of  this  world, 

May  be  gifts  from  the  devil  and  earthly  kings, 
I  should  suspect  that  I  worshipped  the  devil 
If  I  thanked  my  God  for  worldly  things. 

The  countless  gold  of  a  merry  heart, 

The  rubles  and  pearls  of  a  loving  eye, 
The  idle  man  never  can  bring  to  the  mart, 

Nor  the  cunning  hoard  up  in  his  treasury." 

But  the  divine  faculties  of  poetry  and  design  seemed  insufficient  for 
this  Seer.  The  power  of  beholding  visions  was  greater  in  him  than  in  any 
man  of  his  age.  The  fringe  of  the  mantle  of  Isaiah  and  the  prophets  had 
touched  his  soul.  Song  books  exist  written  and  illustrated  by  himself,  de 
scriptive  of  these  visions  and  filled  with  prophetic  sayings,  but  the  key 
seems  to  be  wanting  by  which  they  can  be  made  intelligible  to  us.  He 
would  be  awakened  in  the  night  time  by  the  coming  of  the  spirit,  and 
would  arise  from  his  bed  and  sit  for  hours  writing  as  the  vision  dictated, 
while  his  faithful  wife  arose  also  to  guard  him  gently  from  the  cold,  and  to 
drink  up  the  mysteries  of  his  words  in  glowing  faith  and  enthusiasm.  Men 
called  him  mad,  and  do  so  call  him  now;  nor  will  we  dispute  the  question  ! 
Yet  for  such  lives  and  such  madness  let  us  be  devoutly  thankful. 

Blake  sometimes  sketched  the  figures  which  appeared  in  his  visions. 
Many  of  these  drawings  exist.  They  are  full  of  character.  A  pleasant 
picture  lingers  with  us  of  his  friend  John  Varley,  who  could  never  see 
anything  himself  but  believed  entirely  in  all  that  William  saw.  Often 
these  two  would  sit  together  far  into  the  night,  the  seer  busily  drawing  one 
head  after  another,  looking  up  occasionally  as  if  a  palpable  sitter  were 
before  him,  while  honest  John  peered  earnestly  forward  asking  questions 
of  vacancy  which  were  never  answered.  One  of  these  sketches  is  highly 
fantastic  and  tickling  to  the  humor.  It  is  the  ghost  of  a  flea,  and  a  suffi 
ciently  fine  likeness  to  have  converted  the  whole  flea  family  to  the  new 
faith! 

William  Blake's  designs  are  a  rare  possession ;  if  we  except  the  illus 
trations  of  "  Blair's  Grave,"  none  of  them  were  ever,  in  any  true  sense  of 
the  word,  published.  His  works  were  written,  designed,  illuminated,  en 
graved,  and  sold  by  himself.  Asking  aid  from  none,  and  receiving  it  only 
from  his  wife,  who  became  an  invaluable  assistant,  they  were  emphatically, 
his  works. 

The  artists  of  his  time  gained  small  praise,  regarded  from  his  lofty  and 
peculiar  point  of  view.  He  believed  in  the  integrity  of  outline  in  draw 
ing,  and  was  a  devout  student  of  Michael  Angelo  and  Raphael ;  but  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds  and  his  school  were  an  abhorrence  to  him.  Flaxman  he 
never  highly  praised,  although  they  were  always  friends ;  he  bitterly  ac 
cused  Stothard  of  theft.  Fuseli,  who  was  fond  of  Blake,  said  once  in  his 
blunt  way,  "  Blake  is  damned  good  to  steal  from." 

The  busy  world  of  London  swept  noisily  past  his  quiet  door,  and  would 
sometimes  threaten  to  carry  away  all  good  fortune  with  it,  leaving  him  to 
oblivion  and  nakedness.  Yet  he  seldom  knew  discouragement  or  depres 
sion  !  He  continued  designing  to  the  last.  Only  a  few  days  before  his  death, 
as  he  lay  upon  the  bed  watching  the  gentle  movements  of  his  wife,  "  Keep 
as  you  are,"  he  said  suddenly;  "  you  have  ever  been  an  angel  to  me;  I 
will  draw  you  !"  His  quiet  room  looking  out  toward  the  Thames  was  but 
a  short  remove  from  the  roaring  heart  of  London.  Here  he  composed 
and  uttered  songs  to  his  Maker,  so  sweetly  to  the  ear  of  his  Catherine,  that 
when  she  stood  to  hear  him,  he,  looking  upon  her  most  affectionately,  said, 
"  My  beloved  !  they  are  not  mine  !  No !  they  are  not  mine  !" 

In  August,  1827,  his  spirit  left  the  body.  He  told  his  wife  they  would 
not  be  parted ;  he  should  always  be  about  to  take  care  of  her,  and  during 
the  four  remaining  years  of  her  life  she  seemed  to  feel  the  continual  solace 
of  his  unseen  presence. 

The  story  of  William  Blake  points  its  own  moral.     The  tale  is  self- 
adorned.     He  looked  in  the  face  of  solitude  and  poverty  with  the  calm 
:ye  of  faith,  and  then  smiling  turned  and  "  plucked  a  hollow  reed." 
u  And  I  made  a  rural  pen, 

And  I  stained  the  waters  clear, 
And  I  wrote  my  happy  songs, 
Every  child  may  joy  to  hear." 

A    F 

March,  1864. 


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NEW     YORK,    WEDNESDAY,    APRIL    20,    1864. 
AUTOGRAPHS  AND  AUTOGRAPH  COLLECTIONS. 

BY   DB    J.  O.  COGSWELL. 

(Continued.) 

THE  history  and  utility  of  autograph  collecting  are  now  to  be 
considered.  Signatures  or  sign-manuals  of  sovereigns  appended  to 
official  documents  have  been  preserved  in  State  archives  from  an 
early  age.  These  at  first  were  nothing  more  than  marks  or  mono 
grams,  as  that  of  Charlemngne,  affixed  to  a  diploma  in  784,  which 
is  now  to  be  seen  in  the  archives  at  Paris.  The  most  ancient  sign- 
manual  preserved  in  England  is  that  of  William  Rufus  about  1185, 
now  in  the  British  Museum,  which  is  a  mere  cross,  believed  to  be 
made  by  his  hand  in  the  centre  of  a  charter.  The  mode  of 
authenticating  all  royal  and  legal  instruments  was  by  seal  and 
not  by  signature ;  hence  there  are  no  autographs  proper  of  a  very 
ancient  date.  Sir  Henry  Ellis,  in  his  collection  of  English  letters, 
says  that  the  sign-manual  of  Richard  the  Second,  who  died  in 
1399,  is  the  earliest  of  an  English  sovereign  known  to  be  in  exist 
ence.  The  oldest  in  the  French  archives  are  those  of  Charles  the 
Fifth  of  France  and  Charles  the  Bad,  king  of  Navarre,  both  con 
temporaries  of  Richard  the  Second.  Signatures  of  this  kind  do 
not,  however,  come  into  the  history  of  autograph  collecting.  This 
is  to  be  traced  most  probably  to  a  custom  which  originated  in 
Germany  in  the  16th  century,  particularly  among  students  at  the 
universities,  of  forming  albums  or  blank-books  for  the  purpose  of 
getting  their  friends  and  persons  of  note  to  write  their  names  in 
them,  and  whatever  else  they  thought  proper  to  add  either  in 
prose  or  verse,  a  practice  which  is  now  common  everywhere, 
especially  among  ladies.  But  autograph  collecting,  as  now  under 
stood,  means  something  more ;  its  object  is,  to  collect  and  preserve 
manuscript  letters  and  other  writings  of  distinguished  persons, 
authenticated  by  their  own  signatures.  Great  public  libraries  and 
museums  became  the  first  depositories  of  these  treasures ;  accord 
ingly,  the  richest  collections  are  found  in  the  principal  institutions 
of  the  kind  in  London,  Paris,  Vienna,  Florence,  Rome,  and  Ma 
drid,  among  which  those  of  the  British  Museum  in  London,  and  of 
the  Imperial  Library  in  Paris,  rank  first.  The  earliest  distinct 
mention  of  a  private  collection  is  found  in  a  letter  from  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  James  the  First,  and  for  a  few  months  Queen  of  Bohe 
mia,  written  from  the  Hague  about  1650  to  Sir  Simon  D'Ewes. 
"In  this  letter,"  she  writes,  "  I  send  you,  as  you  desire,  a  letter  of 
the  King's,  my  husband,  which  he  did  write  to  the  late  Lord  Dor 
chester,  and  one  of  my  eldest  son's  to  me.  I  thought  you  would 
be  glad  to  see  my  cousin  the  Duke  of  Brunswick's  hand,  which  I 
also  send  you."  This  letter  clearly  implies  that  Sir  Simon  was  an 
autograph  collector.  Some  fifty  years  after,  Ralph  Thoresby,  the 
antiquarian,  formed  a  general  museum  of  natural  and  artificial  cu 
riosities,  in  speaking  of  which  he  says:  "This  reminds  me  of 
another  branch  of  the  curiosities  that  I  began  to  collect  of  late 
years,  viz.,  original  letters  and  other  matters  of  proper  hand 
writing  of  persons  of  all  ranks  eminent  in  their  generation."  It 
begins  with  the  kings  of  England,  and  in  addition  contains  auto 
graphs  of  nobles,  bishops,  judges,  and  private  persons  of  eminence 
in  that  country,  and  of  the  kings,  princes,  and  learned  men  of 
other  countries.  The  collection  must  have  been  very  large,  from 
the  account  given  of  it  in  the  Museum  Thoresbianum ;  it  must  also 
have  been  uncommon  at  that  time,  as  a  few  only  are  mentioned  in 
his  Diary,  or  in  the  numerous  letters  addressed  to  him,  although  ho 


often  speaks  of  contributions  received  by  him.  His  earliest  signa 
ture  was  that  of  Henry  the  Fifth  of  England,  about  1420,  and  none 
of  a  private  individual  before  1497,  being  a  letter  from  Sir  Henry 
Wentworth  to  Sir  W.  Calverly,  relative  to  the  landing  of  Perkyn 
Warbeck.  A  letter  of  John  Evelyn  to  Thoresby  shows  that  he 
must  have  at  one  time  been  the  possessor  of  a  large  autographical 
collection;  in  it  there  is  the  following  remarkable  passage:  "As 
to  letters  and  autographs  of  eminent  and  famous  persons,  I  was 
once  master  of  a  glorious  assembly  by  abundance  of  original  pa 
pers,  which  a  relative  of  mine,  who  had  the  disposal  of  the  inven 
tory  of  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  prime  minister  to  Queen  Elizabeth, 
made  me  a  present  of:  among  which  were  divers  letters  under  the 
hands  of  the  then  emperor,  kings  of  France,  Spain,  Denmark, 
Swei'en,  and  other  potentates,  besides  not  a  few  in  public  employ 
ment  during  the  reign  of  James  the  First,  and  it  was  still  augment 
ing,  till  the  late  Duke  of  Lauderdale,  hearing  I  had  some  of  the 
Maitlands,  his  ancestors,  and  others,  under  the  hand  of  Mary  Queen 
of  Scots,  came  to  borrow  them,"  The  sequel  was  that  they  were 
never  returned ;  "  and  thus,"  he  adds,  "  have  I  been  deprived  of 
being  able  to  gratify  that  laudable  design  of  yours."  From  this 
time  onward  autograph  collecting  became  an  object  of  interest 
with  many  persons,  but  nearly  a  century  elapsed  before  any  private 
collection  of  great  extent  was  formed.  Mr.  W.  Upcott,  author  of 
"  A  Bibliographical  Account  of  the  principal  Works  relating  to 
British  Topography,"  formed  one  of  the  largest  and  most  valuable 
private  collections  that  has  ever  been  made,  which  must  have  been 
begun  early  in  the  present  century.  Dibdin,  in  the  first  edition  of 
his  "  Library  Companion,"  gives  the  following  incidents  connected 
with  its  history : — Being  at  Wotton,  the  residence  of  the  Evelyn 
family  in  1814,  and  sitting  one  evening  with  Lady  Evelyn,  Mr.  Up- 
cott's  attention  was  attracted  to  a  tippet  of  feathers,  on  which  she 
was  employed  :  "  We  have  all  of  us  our  hobbies,  I  perceive,  my 
lady,"  said  Mr.  Upcott.  "Very  true,"  she  rejoined;  "and  what 
may  yours  be,  Mr.  Upcott."  "  Mine,  madam,  from  a  very  early  age, 
began  by  collecting  provincial  copper  tokens,  and  latterly  the  hand 
writing  or  autographs  of  men  who  have  distinguished  themselves 
in  every  walk  of  life."  "  Handwritings !  "  exclaimed  Lady  Eve 
lyn,  with  much  surprise,  "surely  you  don't  mean  old  letters;  if 
you  care  for  such  things,  you  shall  have  plenty,"  and  immediately 
ordered  an  attendant  to  bring  down  a  basket  full  of  the  papers 
contained  in  a  certain  ebony  cabinet."  Out  of  this  cabinet  came  a 
largo  number  of  valuable  letters  that  had  been  written  to  Sylva 
Evelyn,  as  he  was  called  in  the  family,  all  of  which  were  given  to 
Mr.  Upcott ;  and  out  of  the  same  cabinet  came  Evelyn's  Kalenda- 
rium  or  Diary,  that  but  for  the  circumstances  just  related  might 
never  have  been  given  to  the  public.  In  1824,  when  Dibdin's  ac 
count  of  it  \vas  written,  Mr.  Upcott's  collection  filled  154  folio 
volumes,  and  was  much  enlarged  afterward.  A  descriptive  cata 
logue  of  it  was  published  in  1836,  at  which  time  it  contained 
32,000  letters.  His  death  happened  in  1845,  and  then  it  was  un 
derstood  to  be  the  largest  private  collection  extant.  It  has  since 
been  sold  by  auction  and  widely  dispersed.  Mr.  Dawson  Turner's, 
of  Yarmouth,  and  Mr.  R.  Cole's,  of  London,  were  next  to  it  in 
importance.  The  sale  catalogue  of  the  former  gives  the  number  of 
autograph  letters  contained  in  it  at  nearly  40,000.  The  example 
of  Mr.  Upcott  had  great  influence  in  bringing  autograph  collecting 
into  fashion  in  England,  particularly  among  Indies.  It  would  not 
be  difficult  to  specify  every  collection  of  note  that  had  been  formed 
before  h's  time;  an  account  of  those  formed  since  wonld  fill  a 
volume.  Nor  was  the  fashion  confined  to  England ;  it  extended 
throughout  the  rest  of  Europe ;  rich  collections  were  formed  in 
France  by  Chateaugiron,  De  Fremont,  Dolomieu,  Guizot,  Montmer- 
qu6,  Villeneuve,  Bargemont,  and  numerous  others ;  in  Austria, 
by  Graeffer  and  Metternich  ;  in  Italy,  by  Morbio  and  Borromeo. 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


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A  few  facts,  collected  from  a  work  by  Lalanne,  entitled  "  Diction- 
naire  de pieces  autographes  voices  aux  Tjiblioth&ques  de  la  France" 
published  in  Paris  in  1851,  show  how  rapidly  the  taste  for  auto 
graphs  must  have  increased  there.  A  sale  catalogue  exclusively  of 
autographs  appeared  in  Paris  for  the  first  time,  in  May,  1822.  In 
the  following  thirteen  years  there  were  forty-six  sales,  numbering 
12,000  autographs  ;  in  the  next  twelve  years,  from  1836  to  S45, 
sixty-two  sales,  numbering  26,000 ;  and  in  the  five  years  i  -om 
1846  to  1850,  thirty-three  sales,  numbering  32,000,  from  whicl  it 
appears  that  of  the  70,000  autographs  sold  by  auction  in  27  years, 
nearly  half  were  sold  in  the  last  five. 

(  To  be  continued.} 


NATIONAL     HYMN. 

BY   JANE    GARY   FULLER. 

GOD  !  hear  the  patriot's  cry, 
When  troubles  oppose ! 

Lead  113  to  victory 
Over  our  foes. 

Traitors  and  treachery 

Arm  against  Liberty ; 

Lead  us  to  victory 
Over  our  foes ! 

Dark  lowers  the  battle-storm, 

Heavy  with  fate ; 
Heroes  for  combat  form, 

Victories  wait ! 
Sons  of  the  glorious  North, 
Lead  all  your  valor  forth, 
Every  man  prove  his  worth — 

Prove  himself  great ! 

Souls  of  heroic  sires, 

Call  from  the  sky, 
"  Brighten  your  Union  fires, 

Conquer  or  die !" 
Woe  to  the  rebel  band, 
Aiming  with  impious  hand, 
Blows  at  our  fatherland  ! 

Conquer  or  die  ! 

God  !  hear  the  patriot's  cry, 
When  troubles  oppose ! 

Lead  us  to  victory 
Over  our  foes ! 

Traitors  and  treachery 

Arm  against  liberty ; 

Lead  us  to  victory 
Over  our  foes  ! 


Jacksonville,  Florida. 


LE  monde  est  plein  de  foux, 
Et  qui  n'en  veut  pas  voir 

Doit  se  nicher  dans  un  trou, 
Et  casser  son  miroir. 

TRADUIT. 
HE  who  fain  would  shun  a  dunce, 

So  many  fools  this  world  abide  in, 
Must  break  his  looking  glass  at  once, 

And  find  a  hole  himself  to  hide  in. 


LETTERS  FROM  N.  P.  WILLIS  AND  COUNT  D'ORSAY. 

IN  our  notice  of  the  autograph  collection  at  the  FAIR,  we  alluded  to  a 
very  interesting  letter  from  Mr.  Willis,  inclosing  an  autograph  note  from 
Count  D'Orsay.  Through  the  kindness  of  the  lady  to  whom  these  letters 
were  sent,  we  are  permitted  to  lay  them  before  our  readers : 

IDLEWILD,  April  2,  1804. 

DEAR  MRS.  S . :  During  the  two  years  of  my  residence  in  Lon 
don,  1835-6,  I  chanced  to  see  a  great  deal  of  Count  D'Orsay,  at  that  time 
the  world's  most  celebrated  specimen  of  the  "  man  of  pleasure."  Till  the 
time  of  his  death  (a  year  or  more  ago),  I  maintained  with  him  an  irregu 
lar  correspondence,  of  which  the  enclosed  half  sheet,  (with  his  signature), 
is  an  "  autograph"  specimen.  I  have  thought  it  would  be  a  valuable  con 
tribution  to  your  album  for  the  "  FAIR." 

Count  Alfred  D'Orsay,  (it  will  be  remembered),  was  voted,  by  all  artists 
who  saw  him,  "  the  handsomest  of  human  beings."  He  was  really  quite  a 
wonder  in  that  way — a  little  above  the  common  height,  singularly  athletic 
and  symmetrical,  quite  perfect  in  feature,  and  as  curiously  red  and  white  as 
any  ideal  Adonis.  He  was  a  wonderful  horseman,  the  best  of  boxers  and 
fencers,  and  waltzed  and  dressed  only  too  well  for  a  private  gentleman  ! 
Added  to  all  this,  the  Count  was  correspondingly  well  accomplished — spoke 
half  a  dozen  languages,  equally  well,  and  (as  afterward  turned  out),  was 
quite  gifted  as  an  artist  When  I  first  saw  him,  he  had  a  studio  as  an 
amateur — (residing  with  Lady  Blcssington,  in  Seamore  Place,  May  Fair) — 
but,  after  the  death  of  her  ladyship,  he  removed  to  Paris,  and  openly 
adopted  the  profession  of  a  sculptor.  The  enclosed  note  is  a  proposal  to 
execute  a  commission  for  our  country — one  in  which  he  felt  "  inspired  "  to 
be  successful. 

D'Orsay's  nights  were  too  well  known  to  be  passed  mostly  at  the  gam 
ing  tables  of  Crockford's  and  the  Travellers' ;  but  he  seemed  to  have  sepa 
rate  health  and  spirits  for  his  mornings  and  evenings — shining  inexhausti 
bly  at  those  famous  "  breakfasts  and  dinners,"  where  Lady  Blessington 
entertained  Moore  and  Bulwer,  D'Israeli  and  Horace  Smith.  He  was  truly 
a  most  extraordinary  conversationist,  and  half  worshipped  by  all  these 
varieties  of  unrivalled  wit  and  accomplishment. 

D'Orsay  died,  not  long  since,  of  a  most  painful  disease  of  the  brain,  and 
his  latter  years  we  suppose  to  have  been  made  very  painful  by  his  reduced 
circumstances — too  proudly  concealed  from  his  friends.  His  sister,  the 

Countess ,  (at  whose  house  he  met  Mr.  Phalen,  as  mentioned  iu  his 

enclosed  note),  is  one  of  the  "  bright  spirits  "  of  intellectual  Paris  ;  and  she 
and  the  famous  Madame  Guiccioli  (Lord  Byron's  friend),  attended  him 
mostly  at  the  last.  I  have  wondered  that  the  latter  lady  (somewhat  literary 
in  her  habits),  does  not  give  us  a  "  biography "  of  the  Count.  Truly 
written,  it  would  be  one  of  the  most  interesting  books  in  the  world  ! 

Intending  this  note  only  as  the  necessarily  explanatory  accompaniment 

to  the  autograph  enclosed,  I  remain,  dear  Mrs.  S . 

Yours,  very  sincerely,  N.  P.  WILLIS. 

COUNT  D'ORSAY'S  NOTE. 

*  *  *  About  my  advices  on  the  subject  of  a  bronze  statue  that  if  to 
be  erected  at  New  York,  to  the  memory  of  Washington,  I  am  going  to 
write  to  him.  I  would  be  glad  to  execute  that  statue,  as  I  am  sure  that  I 
could  make  a  moral  and  a  physical  likeness  of  that  great  man — I  coitld  do 
it  in  one  of  the  ateliers  of  the  government,  which  is  near  the  Seine,  and  it 
would  be  easily  embarked.  The  bronze  statue  could  be  sent  in  pieces,  and 
easily  adjusted  on  arrival.  Think  of  it.  I  spoke  of  you  last  night,  here  at 
my  sister's,  with  Mr.  Phalen,  and  Mr.  Creighton,  the  son  of  my  old  friend 
— and  I  receive  your  letter  this  morning. 

Yours  very  truly,  CT.  D'ORSAY. 

P.  S. — You  would  like  very  much  the  monument  that  I  have  erected 
at  Chambourcy.  When  it  will  be  engraved,  I  will  send  you  one  of  the  first 
copies. 

AN  arm  of  aid  to  the  weak, 

A  friendly  hand  to  the  friendless, 
Kind  words,  so  short  to  speak, 

But  whose  echo  is  endless. 
The  world  is  wide — these  things  are  small, 
They  may  be  nothing,  but  they  are  all.         HOUGHTON. 


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SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


THE  ORIGIN  OF   CHAMPAGNE. 

FROM    THE    GERMAN. 

FIFTEEN  hundred  thousand  Devils 
Once  came  up  on  earth  to  dwell, 

Having  found  by  ead  experience 
That  it  was  too  hot  in  hell. 

But  these  careless  little  devils 
Brought  no  money  in  their  purse ; 

So  they  scratched  their  ears  and  whimpered, 
"  We  have  come  from  bad  to  worse." 

On  his  throne  in  farthest  limbo, 

Satan  laughed  till  he  was  lame ; 
"  What  a  stupid  pack  of  devils  ! 

Best  go  back  from  whence  they  came." 

From  among  these  hungry  devils 

Up  spoke  "  Pipi  fox,  the  rough  :" 
"  You  are  fools,  and  only  this  child 
Is  a  devil  up  to  snuff. 

"  Are  we  hungry,  weary,  thirsty  ? 

See  the  cellar  over  there, 
With  its  rows  of  musty  bottles, 
That's  the  stuff  to  banish  cares. 

"  Are  the  doors  fast  locked  and  bolted  ? 

Thro'  the  keyhole  let  us  go." 
"  Hooray  !"  shrieked  ten  thousand  devils, 
"  Hooray,  hooray,  ho !  ho  !  ho  !" 

Off  they  scampered  to  the  cellar, 

Where  was  stored  the  generous  wine, 

Ripened  by  the  sun's  hot  kisses, 
From  the  red  hlood  of  the  vine. 

Giminetey !     How  they  chattered, 
Swarming  pell-mell  thro'  the  air ; 

Every  devil  got  a  bottle, 
Every  devil  drank  his  share. 

High  old  times  they  had,  carousing, 
Heedless  of  the  midnight  chime, 

While  they  wildly  sang  in  chorus, 

"  Nought  compares  with  love  and  wine." 

When  the  bottles  were  half  empty, 

And  the  devils  all  were  full, 
Father  Satan  came  among  them, 

Soundly  sleeping  found  them  all. 

For  a  joke  he  put  these  devils 

In  the  bottles  every  one, 
Wired  the  corks  and  put  the  pitch  on, 

This  he  thought  was  devilish  fun. 

Fifteen  hundred  thousand  devils, 
In  glass  prisons  close  enthralled — 

Since  which  time  these  devil's  bottles, 

"  Heidsick'a  champagne  "  have  been  called. 

When  you  ope  these  famous  bottles, 

Out  the  devil  leaps  straitway  ; 
If  you  drink  the  wine  that's  in  them 

Then  the  "  devil  is  to  pay." 


Songs  and  laughter  float  around  you 
All  the  air  is  full  of  glee, 

Pent  up  joy  seems  overflowing, 
For  at  last  the  devil's  free. 

And  next  morn,  on  calm  reflection, 
You  will  own  up,  I  opine, 

That  this  story's  true  as  gospel, 
And  the  devil's  in  that  wine. 


THE  WASHINGTON  WIDOW. 
A  True  Story. 

BY     HOSE     T  ERRT. 

WE  had  been  driving  all  day  through  the  heart  of  Massachusetts ;  an 
autumn  day,  with  a  sullen  leaden  sky  behind  the  gorgeous  hills,  and  a 
keen  east  wind,  with  foreboding  on  its  breath,  and  unutterable  chill  in  its 
contact,  blowing  into  our  faces.  We  were  on  our  way  to  Perry's  Furnace, 
where  Mr.  Smith  had  business  to  transact,  and  hoped  to  reach  there  by 
nightfall,  having  left  L.  early  in  the  morning,  and  our  home  in  Connecticut 
the  day  before.  But  these  mountain  roads  were  steep  and  winding ;  hill 
after  hill,  with  its  garniture  of  gold  and  scarlet,  and  deep  evergreen  woods 
was  overcome,  and  no  sooner  had  we  passed  the  brawling  stream,  or  narrow 
strip  of  swamp  at  its  foot,  than  another  hill  rose  before ;  and  as  we  went  on 
the  hills  became  higher,  more  rocky,  less  wooded,  till  the  middle  of  the 
afternoon  brought  us  into  a  barren  region  of  rocks  and  yellow  pines  and 
sand,  that  daunted  the  courage  of  our  good  gray  horse,  and  no  less  wearied 
the  patience  of  his  master. 

"  We  never  shall  get  to  the  furnace  to-night,"  said  my  husband,  draw 
ing  a  long  breath.  "  Hallo  here,  boy  !  "  The  boy  who  suddenly  appeared 
on  this  lonely  road,  driving  a  one-horned  red  and  white  cow,  stopped  and 
stared  at  this  sudden  call,  while  Mr.  Smith  drew  up  Peter,  and  proceeded 
to  question  the  native.  "  How  fur  is  it  from  here  to  Perry's  Furnace  ?" 

"  How  far  is't  to  the  furnace  ?  " 

"Yes!" 

"  Well,  I  dono' ;  guess  'ta'n't  fur  from  fifteen  mile.  Shouldn't  wonder 
ef  'twas  eighteen  by  the  turnpike." 

"  What's  the  name  of  the  next  town." 

"  Well,  they  call  this  here  place  Washin'ton ;  you  a'n't  right  to  the 
centre  yet,  but  I  guess  you're  into  the  township." 

"  Is  there  any  tavern  in  Washington  ?  " 

"  No  there  a'n't ;  there's  a  school'us." 

Mr.  Smith  ejaculated : 

"  Well,  is  there  any  place  where  they  take  in  folks  to  pass  a  night." 

"  I  dono's  there  is,  and  I  dono'  as  there  is.  Mebbe  you  might  get  into 
Squire  Tucker's ;  but  there's  a  boy  o'  hisn  down  with  smallpox,  and  his 
wife's  took  sick  with  suthin  on  the  chest." 

Mr.  Smith  groaned. 

"There  has  been  folks  took  in  over  night  up  toWidder  Phclps',  'tother 
side  o'  Cranberry  Bridge,  long  up  the  hill  quite  a  spell.  Guess  likely  they 
might  'commodate  ye  there  ;  'tis  a  red  house  'an  two  popple'r  trees  to  the 
front  on't,  an  two  front  doors,  only  one  on  'em's  to  the  side." 

"Thank  you!"  said  Mr.  Smith,  somewhat  appeased;  "but  where  is 
Cranberry  Bridge." 

"  Well,  you  go  'long  this  road  you  be  a  goin',  and  keep  haw  for  a  spell, 
and  then  gee,  and  it's  the  first  brook  ye  come  to :  quite  a  brook  'tis ; 
dreadful  swift  and  black-lookin,  an  a  red-covered  bridge  acrost,  with  a 
sharp  turn  to  the  road  at  the  end  on't." 

Mr.  Smith  and  the  boy  exchanged  nods,  and  Peter,  somewhat  breathed 
by  this  rest,  resumed  his  steady  trot.  We  kept  to  the  road  for  some  time, 
as  it  bore  away  to  the  left,  or  "  haw,"  and  then  turned  a  rather  sudden 
corner  the  other  way  through  a  gorge  in  the  hills  down  toward  the  brook 
described  by  our  informant.  A  strange  wild  scene  it  was,  as  we  paused  at 
the  entrance  of  the  bridge  to  look  up  and  down  the  stream.  It  was  a 
large  brook,  almost  deserving  the  name  of  a  river,  and  its  deep  bed  was 


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bordered  with  great  atones  thrown  together  in  wild  confusion,  telling  stories 
of  past  freshets  and  ice-floods  that  must  have  swept  down  through  the 
ravine  in  terrible  power  and  speed  :  the  water  was  rapid  and  broken,  but 
made  hollow  murmurs  and  imprisoned  sounds,  not  the  gay  leap  and  laugh 
of  shallow  and  sunlit  rivuleta,  but  a  tortured  and  eager  noise,  as  if  even  its 
channel  was  rough  with  broken  rocks,  and  full  of  black  pools  whirling  and 
raging  far  below  the  light.  On  either  side  of  this  gorge  rose  abrupt  hills 
like  small  mountains  in  their  aspect;  some  with  precipitous  fronts  of 
granite  bare  and  gray  against  the  gray  sky ;  some  with  fantastic  outlines 
covered  with  a  stunted  growth  of  hemlock  and  low  clinging  juniper- 
buahes ;  and  others  of  more  attainable  summit  stripped  of  their  wooded 
growth  by  relentless  axes,  now  bristling  with  the  new  growth,  scrub-oaks, 
young  maples  adding  a  dash  of  color  to  the  sombre  scene,  and  thick  bushes 
already  leafless  and  brown.  Not  a  vestige  of  human  life  stirred  the  silence, 
a  hoarse  crow  flapped  his  black  wings  heavily  past  us,  and  screamed 
harshly  as  he  flew,  but  no  mate  answered  ;  and  as  we  entered  the  old  bridge, 
a  certain  indescribable  gloom  seemed  to  settle  upon  me,  and  I  turned  cold. 
I  was  glad  enough  to  get  safely  across  the  clattering  broken  boards,  and  on 
to  the  narrow  road  that  now  turned  abruptly  up  the  brook  and  round  the 
corner  of  a  steep  hill,  leaving  the  dilapidated  red  bridge  and  the  gloomy 
water  course  behind  us.  Now  the  road  ascended  a  hill-side,  barren  and 
cheerless  enough,  but  having  signs  of  life  in  its  progress.  We  passed,  after 
about  two  miles  of  a  slow  walk  on  Peter's  part,  a  new  house  with  a  paper 
on  the  gatepost  to  warn  travellers  of  the  pest  within. 

"  Squire  Tucker's,  I  suppose,"  said  Mr.  Smith,  drawing  a  long  breath ; 
he  had  not  spoken  since  we  turned  down  to  the  brook,  nor  had  I.  Nor  did 
I  speak  now  ;  whatever  spell  lay  on  me  in  the  Cranberry  Bridge  had  not  all 
gone.  I  could  not  yet  breathe  freely.  A  mile  more,  and  we  came  to 
Widow  Phelps's.  There  could  be  no  mistake  here  ;  a  gaunt  old  red  farm 
house,  with  a  well-sweep  by  the  woodshed,  and  a  strip  of  garden  with 
bean-poles,  wilted  fennel-plants,  huge  seeded  sunflowers,  and  rank  prince's- 
feather  for  all  its  ornament,  and  a  thin  thread  of  smoke  from  the  kitchen 
chimney  the  only  sign  of  life.  Two  Lombardy  poplars,  their  ancient 
upright  limbs  partially  clothed  with  little  yellow  shining  leaves,  stood  sen. 
tinel,  before  the  door ;  and  a  barn,  gray  with  moss  and  aslant  from  age, 
looked  from  just  behind  the  woodshed.  Mr.  Smith  left  me  to  hold  Peter 
and  knocked  at  the  back  door  with  his  whip-handle.  Mrs.  Phelps  opened 
to  him,  a  woman  of  forty  perhaps,  with  a  grave,  reticent  face,  long  and 
sallow,  and  sad,  dark  eyes.  She  did  not  receive  his  request  very  cordially, 
but  at  length  consented  to  give  us  a  night's  lodging  in  consideration  of  the 
storm  that  seemed  coming  on.  I  was  released  from  the  carry-all  and  taken 
in  doors ;  while  Mr.  Smith  took  Peter  to  the  barn  to  make  him  as  com 
fortable  as  he  could,  and  fortunately  for  Peter,  a  bag  of  oats  had  been  my 
footstool  all  the  way  from  L. ;  the  old  barn  offered  him  nothing  but  scant 
and  time-dried  hay.  As  I  entered  the  long  low  kitchen  that  occupied  all 
the  west  side  of  the  house,  Mrs.  Phelps  introduced  me  in  her  curt  Yankee 
fashion  to  her  mother  and  her  two  daughters. 

"  Your  name's  Smith,  I  believe.  Mother,  this  is  Miss  Smith,  that's  my 
mother,  Miss  Case,  and  these  is  my  daughters,  Marthy  and  Mary  Ann." 

The  two  girls  were  rare  specimens  of  New  England  girls ;  our  barren 
hill-sides  and  stony  valleys  may  raise  abundant  corn  and  waving  grass,  but 
scarce  ever  blossom  in  human  beauty,  yet  both  these  children  were  beauti 
ful,  one  with  rich  ripe  color  and  outline ;  blooming  and  blushing  like  a  red 
June  rose ;  the  other  delicate  and  dark,  with  shy  soft  eyes  of  deep  hazel, 
and  scarlet  lips ;  while  iu  startling  contrast  beside  them  sat  an  old  and 
wrinkled  woman,  with  a  face  of  clay,  moveless  and  pallid,  and  helpless 
feet  that  dangled  from  her  high  chair.  Yet  when  the  storm  burst  in  its 
fury,  as  it  did  that  night,  and  raged  all  the  next  day,  keeping  us  housed,  it 
was  not  the  youth  and  beauty  of  Martha  and  Mary  Ann  that  kept  me  in 
absorbed  interest  all  day,  but  the  story  of  her  life  that  old  Grandmother 
Case  recounted  to  me,  with  the  strange  composure  and  pleasure  in  narra 
tion,  that  old  age  often  finds  in  relating  its  bitterest  grief,  its  most  sharp 
agony,  to  a  sympathetic  listener. 

I  woke  in  the  night  to  hear  a  storm  of  furious  sleet  beating  on  the  roof, 
and  when  I  rose  to  breakfast,  still  the  same  icy  tempest  hurtled  without ; 
and  after  Mrs.  Phelps  had  removed  the  thick  coffee,  fried  pork,  hot  rye 


bread  and  dried  apple  pie,  that  made  her  breakfast,  and  repaired  to  the 
outer  shed  to  do  up  her  chores,  while  Mr.  Smith  groomed  Peter,  and 
smoked  his  cigar  in  the  barn,  I  sat  down  by  the  old  woman,  and  tried  to 
draw  her  into  conversation,  which  she  was  no  way  unwilling  to  begin. 

(To  be  continued.) 


MUM  BET. 

THERE  is  a  stone  erected  in  the  cemetery  at  Stockbridge, — a  lovely  vil 
lage  of  Western  Massachusetts,  where  the  hills  have  withdrawn  themselves 
a  little  to  let  the  sun  down  more  warmly  upon  so  sweet  a  spot — upon 
which  is  cut  the  following  striking  epitaph  : 

ELIZABETH   FREEMAN  ; 
Known  by  the  name  of 

MCM  BET  : 

Died  Dec.  28,  1829. 

Her  supposed  age 

was  85  years. 

She  was  born  a  slave,  and  remained  a  slave  for  nearly  thirty  years. 
She  could  neither  read  nor  write,  yet  in  her  own  sphere  she  had  no 
superior  nor  equal.  She  neither  wasted  time  nor  property.  She  never 
violated  a  trust  nor  failed  to  perform  a  duty.  In  every  situation  of 
domestic  trial,  she  was  the  most  efficient  helper  and  the  tenderest 
friend.  Good  mother,  farewell ! 

This  epitaph  was  written  by  one  whose  delicate  young  life,  sustained, 
under  Providence,  by  the  "  good  mother's"  judicious  and  tender  care,  was 
long  spared  gratefully  to  remember  her  virtues,  and  to  be  a  pattern  and 
daily  blessing  to  how  many  others !  Now,  they  lie  very  close  together,  in 
the  same  "  lap  of  earth." 

Mum  Bet  was  born  in  slavery  in  Massachusetts,  and  there  became  the 
first  freedwoman  of  her  own  right.  Waiting  at  the  table  of  a  master  to 
whose  service  she  had  been  bound  for  many  years,  she  heard  some  discus 
sion  of  the  "  Bill  of  Rights."  She  at  once  asked  herself  why  she  was  not 
entitled  to  her  liberty,  and  referred  her  case  to  Mr.,  afterward  Judge, 
Sedgwick,  who  was  then  a  rising  young  lawyer  of  Stockbridge.  Her  mis 
tress  interposed  the  objection  that  Mum  Bet  had  been  too  long  dependent 
to  be  able  to  take  care  of  herself  and  her  only  child  ;  but  she  retorted  that 
"  it  was  a  poor  hen  that  couldn't  scratch  for  one  chicken. 

Mr.  Sedgwick  prosecuted  her  case  to  the  obtaining  of  her  freedom,  and 
wages  for  her  services  from  twenty-one  years  of  age.  This  case  was  the 
wedge  that  split  the  rock  of  slavery  in  Massachusetts,  and  finalJy  in  the 
entire  North.  Mum  Bet  at  once  felt  herself  bound  by  her  allegiance  to 
her  protector,  and  lived  ever  after  in  his  family.  The  above  epitaph  epito 
mizes  her  faithful  life.  There  is  one  short  scene  in  it,  however,  which 
fairly  belongs  to  the  historical  drama  of  her  native  State.  At  the  time  of 
the  famous  "Shay's  Rebellion,"  in  1786,  Judge  Sedgwick's  house,  in  his 
absence,  was  visited  by  some  of  the  roving  bands  of  insurgents  who  made 
Justice  the  watchword  by  which  they  violated  her  sacred  name.  The  villa 
gers,  in  expectation  of  a  foray,  had  committed  all  their  valuables  to  Mum 
Bet's  care.  She  prepared  a  large  cauldron  of  boiling  pumpkins  for  the 
rascals,  and  awaited  their  coming.  They  finally  appeared,  and  upon  her 
asking  what  they  wanted,  answered  "  Prisoners  and  ammunition ! "  Once 
in,  however, — for  she  gave  them  ready  admission — they  commuted  their 
demand  to  one  for  drink.  Quietly  arming  herself  with  a  dipper  full  of  the 
rather  hot  shot  from  the  cauldron,  she  led  them  into  the  wine  cellar,  where, 
amid  stores  more  worthy  of  song,  there  was  a  lot  of  sour  porter.  "  There's 
the  best  we've  got  for  the  like  of  ye  !  "  They  rejected  the  "  dam  stuff,"  as 
they  called  it,  so  soon  as  tasted,  and  were  glad  to  come  away.  One  of  the 
party,  as  Mum  Bet  was  leading  them  out  again,  lingered  lovingly  over  it 
pork  barrel  at  the  foot  of  the  stairs.  "  Ha !  ha  !  "  said  she  ;  "  prisoners 
and  ammunition  in  a  pork  barrel ! "  They  next  demanded  to  be  shown  her 
valuables.  Armed  as  before,  she  led  them  to  her  own  room,  where,  in  a 
chest,  was  stored  a  mass  of  material  easily  convertible  to  the  "  sinews  "  of 
their  new  calling.  "  Now,"  says  she,  "  let  me  see  the  man  that  dares  to 
touch  it — there  isn't  one  of  you  that  dares  ;"  and  with  the  determined 
spirit  that  fired  her  eye  and  nerved  her  arm,  they  felt  their  little  band  out 
numbered,  if  not  surrounded.  They  quailed  before  her,  and  were  glad  to 
slink  from  the  house,  followed  by  her  triumphant  jeers.  ELLSLAND. 


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LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

( To  be  continued  daily.) 


ARTICLES  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


Cherries,  Miss  G.  Field. 

Landscape,  J.  Geisler. 

Apples,  8.  Voight. 

Falstaff,  J.  II.  Lazarus. 

October  Evening,  A.  Fredericks. 

On  tho  Saeo,  Herman  Fuchsel. 

Spouting  Rock  Beach,  Newport,  James  A.  Suydam. 

Taking  Breath,  S.  J.  Guy. 

Coast  Scene,  M.  F.  H.  Do  Haas. 

Fruit,  D.  Voigt. 

Landscape,  A.  Fredericks. 

Sunrite,  8.  A.  Mount. 

Landscape,  Mrd.  Baugard. 

Drummer  Boy  Writing  Home,  Thos.  Nash. 

Landscape,  T.  II.  Whitly. 

Ofl'Baracoa,  Island  of  Cuba,  G.  Perkins. 

The  Potomac,  W.  L.  Sontag. 

Pass  of  the  Gonda,  S.  R.  Gifford. 

The  Soldier's  Widow,  Louis  Lang. 

Coast  of  Spain,  S.  Colermm. 

View  near  Hyde  Park,  Dutcbess  Co.,  Clinton  Ogilvie. 

Sunset  with  Deer,  W.  A.  Webb. 

Meal  Time. 

A  Woman  of  Souino,  Thos.  Hicks. 

Moonlight,  A.  D.  Shattuck. 

Knitting,  J.  F.  Weir. 

The  Berry  Field,  A.  F.  Bellows. 

A  Summer  Afternoon,  R.  M.  O. 

Landscape  with  Deer,  Otto  Sommer. 

After  Reynolds,  A.  M.  A. 

While  Mountain  Scene,  B.  Champney. 

French  Peasant  Girl,  W.  P.  W.  Dana. 

Sunrise,  from  Indian  Rock,  W.  8.  Haeeltine. 

Landscape,  E.  Vedder. 

Winter,  P.  6.  Staigg. 

PensivenesB,  H.  A.  Loop. 

Tho  Country  Home,  N.  Moore. 

Under  the  Maples,  S.  W.  Griggs. 

On  the  Plains,  T.  Brewerton. 

Madeline,  from  the  Eve  of  St.  Agnes,  J.  O.  Eaton. 

Sunrise,  K.  L.  Pyno. 

Village  Church,  A.  C.  Mycr. 

Peaches,  Chas.  W.  Jenkins. 

Twilight  on  Bergen  Lake,  F.  G.  Mel  by. 

Ruins  of  Messone,  Greece,  Bayard  Taylor. 

Arctic  Midnight,  coast  of  Norway,  Bayard  Taylor. 

Grapes,  S.  M.  B:irstow. 

Gen.  Fremont,  Miller. 

Grapes  (copy),  Mrs.  C.  K.  Tnckerman. 

Vase  of  Flowers,  Miss  C.  Deming. 

Moonlight,  Von  Starkenborg. 

Apples,  McKaye. 

Old  Man  Reading,  Lephut. 

Moonlight,  T. 

Sea  Piece,  G.  Perkins. 

Study  from  Nature,  II.  R.  Newman. 

Landscape. 

Flowers,  W.  Matthews. 

Evening,  F.  E.  Church. 

The  Brook,  H.  L.  Hillyer. 

Autumn  Leaves,  Nora  Moore. 

Moonlight,  C.  M. 

At  Home  on  Furlough,  H.  G.  Wilde. 

Waiting  for  Pot  to  Boil,  C.  Coleman. 

Landscape. 

On  the  Road,  W.  R.  Miller. 

Winter  Scene,  F.  Cinisenmare. 

Portrait  of  Washington,  Mme.  Bassio. 

Grieffey  Pond,  II.  B.  Martin. 

Evening,  Bristol. 

Mountain  Scenery,  T.  A.  Richards. 

Haying,  Griswold. 

Applcn  and  Tin  Cups,  W.  S.  Mount. 

Sunrise  in  Mountains,  K.  W.  Nichols. 

Twilight,  T.  C.  Farrar. 

Sparking,  J.  Carlin. 

Landscape  and  Sheep,  Mrs.  John  Whitlock. 

Interior. 

Apollo  Belvedere,  Bien  Aimer. 

Union,  L.  Verliagen. 

Bust. 


Bust. 

Little  Nell,  R.  H.  Park. 
Bust  of  Washington. 
Unknown,  Ogden  Haggerty. 
Composition  in  clay,  Kuntze. 
Fancy  goods,  N.  Y.  Turnverein  Society,  $1,157.35. 
Cassimercs,  Babcock  &  Moss,  Westerly,  R.  I. 
Pictures  and  fancy  goods,  Mrs.  Warren  Brady,  Harlem, 
N.  Y.,  $2,754. 

2  pkgs.  hooks,  Mrs.  A.  T.  Clayton. 
Ornamental  stand,  S.  V.  S.  Mandeville. 
Stelnfeld  bitters,  S.  Steinfeld. 

Afghan,  Ladies'  Frothingham  Association,  $120. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Robbe,  $130. 

Oil  painting,  Mr.  Lewin. 

Table,  Rahway,  N.  J. 

50  doz.  tape,  Geo.  Woodman. 

Milk  cans,  A.  L.  Hatch  &  Co. 

Quilt,  Mrs.  Donaldson. 

10  hams,  E.  &  A.  Wayte. 

Model  of  ship,  Geo.  W.  Tremper. 

Stationery,  Willard  Felt  &  Co. 

660  pamphlets,  J.  F.  Mas,  $140. 

14  boxes  soap,  Colgate  &  Co.,  $293.25. 

3  druggets,  Cambrian  Carpet  Mills,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
Photograph  albums,  Werner  &  Huber. 
Photographs,  J.  Taylor. 

Fancy  articles,  Miss  Sherman. 

Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Seymour. 

Propeller  and  perambulator,  Jacob  A.  Conover. 

2  pkgs.  cosmetics,  J.  T.  States. 

Wine  (champagne),  Chazourner  &  Son. 

Case,  A.  M. 

Books,  E.  Palmer,  Kingston,  X.  Y. 

Wagon,  E.  Van  Horn,  $300. 

Fancy  cake,  W.  H.  McCormack. 

Kerosene  stove,  W.  T.  Eddy. 

4  pkgs.  clothing  and  stands,  P.  C.  Barnum  &  Co.,  $257. 
Electro-magnetic  machine,  Jerome  Kidder. 

9  pkgs.  soap,  J.  C.  Hull's  Son,  $153. 

2  bbls.  family  beef,  Pray  &.  Squire. 

Toys,  Chas.  Cook. 

Toys,  Russcl  Cobb. 

Furnishing  goods,  Herman  &  Lautenbach,  $156.40. 

Convent  bell,  Henry  T.  Capen,  $200. 

500  pamphlets,  Daniel  Peters,  Trenton,  N.  J.  $125. 

Stationery,  Willard  Felt. 

Boots  and  shoes,  Lenain. 

Boots  and  shoes,  Edwin  A.  Brooks,  $114. 

Silk  cradle  quilt,  Mrs.  W.  Chilton. 

Fancy  ink  stand,  P.  Glor. 

Boots  and  shoes,  A.  Clercx. 

2  pkgs.  boots  and  shoes,  Edwin  C.  Burt,  $100. 

Pair  boots,  E.  Kalbileisch. 

Silk,  U.  S.  Consulate  at  Zurich. 

Pair  child's  stockings,  Miss  Harriet  P.  Ripley,  Mass. 

Chinese  trunk,  Mrs.  Hurry. 

Photographs,  G.  G.  Rockwood. 

Clothes  horse,  W.  M.  Doty. 

Cash  Contributions. 

Edward  D.  Dibble $50  00 

Master  John  R.  Strong 27  50 

Master  Geo.  T.  Strong,  Jr 28  00 

United  States  Sanitary  Commission 1,000  00 

Sullivan,  Randolph  &  Budd 60  00 

Mrs.  8.  E.  Firth,  per  Mrs.  John  Sherwood 2  00 

Walter  L.  Cutting 50  00 

John  Smith 1  00 

A  friend 1  00 

Edgar  Ketcham 100  00 

Adrian  Iselin 500  00 

New  York  Stock  Ex-change 1,000  00 

A  friend  from  Philadelphia,  Pa 20  00 

Rev.  Mr.  Schroeber  from  Marlinsville 2  00 

Acker,  Men-all  &  Co 100  00 

Henry  K.  Bogert 50  00 

Presbyterian  and  Methodist  Churches,  Chitte- 

nango,  per  Rev.  Mr.  Tooke 11  10 

J.  L.  Sackett,  Grand  street 10  00 


Thomas  Moore,  per  Mrs.  Van  Yechten 5  00 

An  unknown  friend.... 1  00 

Geo.  C.  Ward,  per  J.  H.  Gonrlie 100  00 

Thomas  Barren 1.000  00 

A  friend 10  00 

A  friend,  for  the  Dramatic  Committee 50  00 

Mrs.  Edward  Clark 100  00 

James  Coats,  Jr 100  00 

Morris  Ketcham 5,000  00 

A  poor  woman 25 

Sale  of  Fans  made  by  Rebel  Prisoners 5  00 

Tracy  R.  Edson 100  00 

Rev.  Geo.  A.  Weeks,  Hoosick  Falls,  N.  Y 8  60 

AmosR.  Eno 500  00 

James  W.  W  attack,  proceeds  of  benefit 904  25 

Howe's  Circus 22  80 

H.  Mayer,  confectioner 1  00 

Finance  Committee,  N.  Y.  Stock  Exchange,  per 

J.  II.  Gourlie,  Esq COO  00 

Mrs.  Mary  Bell 500  00 

William  C.  Barrett 50  00 

Reformed  Dutch  Church,  Saugerties,  N.  Y 16  20 

Mrs.  Helen  Sharpe,  Kingston,  N.  Y 50  00 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Grosvenor 1,000  00 

J.  E.  Williams 25  00 

Hamilton  C.  Armstrong 20  00 

Chas.  B.Collins 100  00 

Employes  Dry  Dock  Iron  Works 89  25 

Ladies  of  Clintonville,  N.  J 2  85 

Alexander  Hamilton,  Jr 250  00 

J.  F.  Mitchell 25  00 

A  lady 25  00 

KufusL.  Lord 1,000  00 

Brinck  &  Kussell,  drygoods 40  25 

John  Mullins 15  00 

Methodist    Episcopal   Church,    Newburgh,    by 

Rev.  E.  E.  Pinney IT  60 

Henry  Nash 50  00 

George  A.  Hearn,  drygoods,  Broadway 6  00 

Mrs.  Riderhack 5  00 

Mrs.  Bogardus 2  00 

J.  R.  Holdcrman 100  00- 

Alban  R.  Man 25  00 

P.  Aymar 25  00 

Mrs.  Hamilton  White,  Syracuse,  N.  Y 100  00 

Foster  &  Thompson 25000 

A.  W.  Jackson,  benefit  at  Winter  Garden COG  50 

George  E.  Hyatt 100  00 

Youngs,  Smith  &  Co 100  00 

Finance  Committee,  per  Jojin  II.  Gourlie 4,975  00 

Dubois,  Vandervoort  &  Co 250  00 

Win.  Mitchell 25  00 

James  Weller 60  00 

B.  L.  D.  Cozzcns 50  00 

Howcs&Macy 200  00 

Mr.  Chamberlain 100  00 

E.  H.  Stoughton 50  00 

John  Hooper  &.  Co 25  00 

Finance  Committee,  N.  Y.  Stock  Exchange,  per 

John  H.  Gourlie 6,350  00 

Finance  Committee,  N.  Y.  Stock  Exchange,  per 

John  H.  Gourlio 1,750  00 

John  P.  Crosby 2500 

August  Belmont 600  00 

Boonen  Graves  &  Co 250  00 

Newell  &  Whiteford 10  00 

Wm.  B.  Astor 2,000  00 

J.  Covert 10  00 

Mrs.  John  Wood,  per  John  A.  Duff,  proceeds  of 

performance  at  Olympic  Theatre 627  50 

DniL'L'ist  and  Apothecary  Committee,  through 

Messrs.  Schleffelin  &  Kennedy 1,250  00 

Danvers  Doubleday 10  00 

Mdle  Vacher,  seamstress 4  00 

Elijah  II.  Riker 100  00 

Druggist  and  Apothecary  Committee,  through 

Messrs.  SchieflVlin  <fc  Kennedy 1,450  00 

Hudson  R.  K.  Co.,  through  Mr.  Geo.  T.  Strong.  5,000  00 

House  Furnishing,  Ac.  Committee 250  00 

Druggist  and  Apothecary  Committee,  per  Lan- 

mant  &  Kemp 250  00 


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THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

NEITHER  those  who  read  113  now,  nor  those  who  mav  glance  at  us  as  a 
relic  in  the  next  generation,  need  to  be  told  that  the  New  York  Fire  De 
partment  is  a  power  in  this  metropolis.  And  that,  moreover,  it  has  an 
advantage  over  other  corporations  of  possessing  a  soul  as  well  as  a  well- 
organized  and  vigorous  body.  In  time  of  peace  there  is  no  class  of  citi 
zens  who  have  more  of  the  virtues  of  the  soldier — his  valor,  his  readiness 
to  risk  life  for  duty,  his  hardihood  and  endurance — than  the  firemen.  We 
all  remember  with  pride  what  they  gave  and  suffered  when  the  war  broke 
out ;  and  we  have  now  to  thank  them,  in  the  name  of  the  community,  for 
the  spirit  and  generosity  with  which  they  have  taken  up  their  part  of  the 
burden  its  continuance  lays  upon  us. 

The  Fire  Department  occupies  at  the  FAIR  the  most  brilliant  and  con 
spicuous  stands,  and  is  itself  an  epitome  of  the  whole  enterprise.  A  capital 
photograph  gives  its  appearance,  splendidly  decorated  outside  with  jets  of 
gas,  costly  colored  lamps  in  cut  glass  from  the  steam  fire  machines,  and 
patriotic  devices  of  all  kinds.  Within,  their  wares  are  abundant,  various, 
and  beautiful,  many  of  them  produced  by  the  labor  and  offered  by  the 
liberality  of  ladies  belonging  to  their  families,  and  many  others  rare  and 
curious.  The  wonder  is  that  extinguishers  can  produce  so  much  brightness. 
They  will  perhaps  pardon  the  admiration  we  offer,  in  common  with  all 
visitors,  to  the  attractions  of  the  fair  donors,  who  toil  as  industriously  to 
get  rid  of  their  stock  as  they  did  to  bring  it  together.  Already  they  have 
sold  more  than  any  other  department,  except  New  Jersey,  and  they  maintain 
a  close  rivalry  with  that  whole  State.  Two  stands  in  their  neighborhood, 
those  of  Buffalo  and  Hastings,  have  been  absorbed  within  their  range,  and 
filled  anew  with  their  offerings.  The  Treasurer's  return  of  Saturday  shows 
a  contribution  from  them,  in  gifts  and  proceeds  of  sales,  of  $21,000.  They 
have  nobly  done  their  part  in  this  grand  charity,  and  added  another  page 
to  their  honorable  record.  The  future  New  York  will  be  as  proud  of  them 
as  the  present  one  is. 

M. 

HUMORS  OF  THE  FAIR. 

CHARMING  young  lady — one  of  the  assistants— walking  with  enraptured 
young  gentleman,  late  in  the  evening.  Bell  sounds.  "Fire!"  exclaims 
the  young  gentleman. 

At  the  same  instant,  policeman  exclaims,  "  You  can't  go  through  here  !" 

Young  lady,  with  prodigious  energy,  "  Don't  speak  of  such  a  thing  !" 
meaning  "  fire."  Policeman,  supposing  she  is  blowing  him  up,  meekly  re 
joins,  "  well,  marm,  if  you  will  go  in,  you  will."  (Sotto  vocc)  "  Jerusalem  ! 
what  a  scratch-cat  of  a  temper  that  gal  has  got !" 

Another  lovely  young  lady  walking  about,  her  dress  fastened  up  in  fes 
toons.  Mysterious  machinery  gives  way,  and  she  trails  a  yard  or  so  of 
cords  behind  her.  Sudden  pull !  Bashful  young  gentleman  has  got  his 
foot  entangled  in  the  cords,  and  is  holding  it  high  in  the  air,  dancing  fran 
tically  on  the  other. 

"  Get  out !  do !"  screams  the  young  lady.  "  01),  good  gracious !  wont 
somebody  cut  it  ?"  implores  the  bashful  youth. 

"  You  dare  !"  exclaims  the  lady,  her  eyes  flashing  fire  and  fury. 

Four  young  knights  spring  to  the  rescue  of  the  maiden,  and  extricate 
the  mysterious  machinery,  and  bashful  youth  darts  away,  sobbing  with  mor 
tification. 


FOR  THE  "SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR." 
Messieurs  et  Mesdames  the  Committee  : 

PERMIT  me,  as  one  deeply  interested  in  the  success  of  the  FAIR,  and  in 
that  of  the  Sanitary  Commission,  which  God  speed  in  its  good  work,  to  call 
your  attention  to  a  matter  of  some  importance. 

Before  the  resolutions  against  raffling  were  announced,  many  ladies  had 
made,  as  their  donation  to  the  FAIR,  rare  and  beautiful  fancy  articles;  as 
delicate  as  they  were  valuable.  These,  they  wished  to  dispose  of  at  their 
real  value,  often  amounting  to  a  large  sum.  Now,  let  me  ask,  how  can  we 
do  this,  while  raffling  is  rigorously  and  entirely  excluded  ?  With  the  ex 
ception  of  the  more  wealthy  part  of  the  community,  people  cannot  afford  to 
spend  fifty  or  sixty  dollars  on  a  single  fancy  article,  although  perfectly 
willing  to  acknowledge  that  it  is  worth  the  money ;  and  where  they  would 
gladly  take  a  dollar  share,  go  away  without  contributing  their  mite  to  the 
treasury. 

Now,  surely,  if  a  man  wins  an  afghan,  or  a  bouquet  of  wax  flowers  at  a 
fair  stall,  he  need  not  go  and  ruin  his  family  at  a  faro  table.  Assisting  the 
soldier  to  fight  our  common  enemy,  is  not  an  act  likely  to  be  associated 
with  "  fighting  the  tiger."  There  need  be  no  raffles  at  the  Children's  De 
partment,  if  they  are  thought  likely  to  lead  the  youthful  mind  out  of  the 
way  it  should  go;  and  surely,  allowing  beautiful  articles  to  go  to  ruin  in 
the  dust,  as  they  are  now  doing,  to  be  finally  disposed  of  at  auction  for  a 
mere  song,  is  not  the  best  way  to  roll  up  a  pile  of  substantial  and  much- 
needed  "  greenbacks." 

Now  do,  most  courteous,  brave  and  liberal  signers  and  signoras,  who 
have  so  well  sustained  your  part  in  this,  our  effort  to  aid  our  Sanitary 


brethren,  yield  a  little  in  this  respect.  Don't  strain  at  such  a  gnat  as  a 
dollar  share  in  a  wax  doll,  while  the  tremendous  camel  of  an  army  of  sick 
and  wounded  men  remains  to  be  disposed  of.  We  are  doing  our  best,  but 
human  strength,  womanly  strength  especially,  has  its  limits  ;  and  we,  who 
are  working  at  our  stalls,  feel  that  onr  labor  will  be  indeed  in  vain  as  re 
gards  the  more  expensive  goods,  unless  either  an  army  of  rich  old  codgers, 
with  purses  as  long  as  their  rent-rolls,  and  hearts  as  large  as  their  incomes, 
march  to  our  relief,  or  we  are  allowed  to  dispose  in  a  fair  and  honorable 
way  of  those  articles  which  otherwise  will  remain  a  dead  loss  on  our  hands. 
Our  soldiers  have  been  not  unready  at  that  great  lottery,  the  draft. 
Those  on  whom  the  lot  fell,  went  gladly  and  willingly  to  yield  up  their 
lives  and  their  all  in  the  service  of  our  country.  Let  us,  bearing  this  in 
mind,  avail  ourselves  of  the  readiest  means  in  our  power  to  serve  those 
"  who  suffer  that  we  may  enjoy  ;  "  taking  good  heed  meanwhile  to  enforce 
the  weightier  matters  of  the  law,  and  be  assured  we  shall  be  held  blame 
less  in  this  matter  also. 

AN  ASSISTANT  AT  THE  FAIR. 
NEW  TOKK,  April  IS,  ISM. 


THE  ladies  of  the  New  Bedford  Marine  Table  request  that  the  name  of 
Mrs.  Jones,  which  appeared  among  the  list  of  managers  in  the  number  of 
April  13th,  should  be  corrected  by  substituting  that  of  Mrs.  Ivcrs. 

AMONG  the  many  valuable  autographs  which  have  been  contributed 
from  Europe  for  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR,  were  those  of  King  Christian  IX. 
and  of  Queen  Louisa,  of  Denmark,  which,  were  sent  by  the  Hon.  B.  R. 
Wood,  our  minister  to  Denmark,  to  whom  they  were  presented  by  Gen. 
Oxholm,  Marshal  of  the  Court ;  who  says  in  the  letter  enclosing  them  to 
Mr.  Wood,  "That  the  queen  most  kindly  gave  hers  unasked." 

The  Grand  Marshal  Lovcus  Riold  also  presented  to  Mr.  Wood  an  auto 
graph  letter  of  the  late  King  Frederick  VII.,  together  wiih  a  translation. 

The  kindness  with  which  these  autographs  were  given,  for  the  cause  of 
our  sick  and  wounded  soldiers,  will  be  fully  appreciated  by  the  American 
people  who  warmly  sympathize  with  the  Danes  in  the  unhappy  war  in 
which  they  are  now  engaged. 

There  has  also  been  received  from  the  Hon.  C.  M.  Clay,  the  autograph 
of  Prince  Gortschakoff,  and  from  the  Hon.  Mr.  Judd,  that  of  the  crown 
Princess  of  Prussia  and  the  Princess  Royal  of  England,  written  expressly 
for  the  FAIR.  These  and  many  other  autographs  of  great  value  from  many 
distinguished  persons  in  Europe,  have  been  most  gratefully  received,  and 
merit  the  warmest  acknowledgments  of  the  American  nation. 

They  are  to  be  seen  at  the  Autograph  Table,  in  the  Art  Gallery. 

A  GENTLEMAN  of  this  city,  said  to  be  Mr.  Ketchum,  has  purchased  the 
fine  portrait  of  Cobdcn,  painted  and  presented  to  the  SANITARY  FAIR  by 
Fagnani,  for  §1,000.  It  is  Mr.  Ketchum's  intention  to  present  the  picture 
to  the  New  York  Chamber  of  Commerce — a  most  appropriate  gift. 

WE  are  happy  to  learn  that  the  Committees  of  our  FAIR  are  concerting 
measures  to  bestow  a  portion  at  least  of  the  surplus  of  our  materiel,  at  the 
close  of  the  FAIR,  upon  the  three  similar  enterprises  going  on  in  Baltimore, 
Philadelphia  and  St.  Louis. 


METROPOLITAN  FAIR  FOR   THE  U.  S.   SANITARY  COMMISSION. 

AUCTION   NOTICE. 

HEADS  of  departments  wishing  to  make  sales  by  auction,  will  please 
hand  in  their  invoices  two  days  before  sale,  to  either  of  the  following  auc 
tioneers,  or  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Committee.  Each  department  will 
arrange  with  the  gentlemen  whom  they  may  elect  to  make  their  sales,  in  re 
gard  to  the  reception  and  delivery  of  their  goods. 

All  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  will  be  received  and  accounted  for 
by  those  employed,  who  will  furnish  their  own  clerks  and  attend  to  their 
own  advertising. 

The  following  are  the  names  and  places  of  business  of  the  gentlemen 
tendering  their  services,  in  the  order  they  were  received : 

DANIEL  A.  MATHEWS,  66  Nassau  street. 

EDWARD  SCHENCK,  60  Liberty  street. 

GEORGE  WELLES  NICHOLS,  lis  Pearl  street. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  37  Nassau  street. 

DANIEL  H.  BCRDETT,  109  Wall  street. 

HENRY  MOLTON,  235  Broadway.  • 

J.  II.  DRAPER,  36  Pine  street. 

EDWARD  SINTZKNICH,  155  Broadway. 

J.  E.  HAI.SEY,  10  Barclay  street. 

WALTER  M.  LLOYD,  15  Nassau  street. 

E.  T.  WILLS,  47  Murray  street. 

JOHN  II.  AUSTEN,  340  Broadway. 

THOMAS  J.  MII.LKR,  74  Broadway. 

ALFRED  L.  CURTIS,  23  Murray  street. 

AH  goods  sold  by  this  Commission  are  free  from  United  States  duties, 
as  well  as  the  District  License. 

E.  H.  LUDLOW,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Auctioneers. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  Secretary. 


Enured,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1804,  by  AUGUSTUS  E.  MACDOMOUGD,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  U.  S.,  for  the  Southern  Dist.  of  N.  T. 


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SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


LETTER  FROM  SALLY  POPCORN   TO  HER  SISTER  BETSEY,  IN 
PUMPKIXSVILLE. 

WELL  now,  wait  a  minit,  till  I  get  my  breath,  and  bend  my  bonnet 
straight,  and  I'll  tell  you  all  about  it. 

I've  been  to  donations,  and  county  shows,  and  quiltin'  frolics,  but  I 
never  was  so  squeezed  and  twisted  about  in  my  life.  I've  chopped  sassages 
and  made  currant  wine ;  I've  cleaned  house  and  follered  a  green  girl  about 
her  work,  but  I  never  was  so  beat.  I've  worn  the  ends  of  my  gloves  out 
holding  up  tickets,  and  broken  the  end  of  my  parasol  poking  folks  in  the 
back,  and  broke  my  hoops  trying  to  get  through  the  little  entry  to  the 
place  where  the  Ingins  do  their  yellin'.  I  kind  o'  shet  my  eyes  at  furst,  it 
was  so  kinfusin.  Everybody  was  goiu'  the  contrary  way  to  everybody  else, 
and  losing  all  their  relations.  I  was  glad  I  hadn't  any.  In  the  middle  of 
the  place  was  a  kind  of  a  big  temple,  all  evergreens  and  laurel,  and  inside 
of  that  were  girls  sellin'  flowers,  and  if  a  chap  walked  up  to  buy  a  rose  for 
his  button-hole,  some  woman  with  a  ribbon  over  her  shoulder  would  charge 
him  a  dollar  for  it  so  sweetly  he  was  pleased  enuff  with  his  bargain.  I 
'spose  I  might  have  given  him  a  great  bunch  of  Johnny-jump-ups  and  he 
wouldn't  have  thought  half  so  much  of 'em.  Queer — ain't  it  ? 

Folks  wont  let  you  stand  still  if  you  want  to.  One  old  feller  as  big  as 
Deacon  Roundtop  was  bound  to  go  to  the  little  summer  house  in  the  corner, 
so  everybody  in  front  of  him  was  pushed  right  straight  in,  up  steps  and  all, 
and  a  young  lady  kept  tellin'  us  "  ten  cents."  I  thought  Fatty  ought  to 
have  paid,  for  he  pushed  us  in  there.  I  looked  at  the  pictur  of  Mr.  Irvin, 
who  used  to  live  there,  and  I  think  he  looks  like  a  contented  kind  of  a 
man,  who  wouldn't  mind  puttin'  up  with  small  quarters,  but  I  don't  see 
what  he  had  one  door  to  go  into  and  another  right  by  it  to  walk  out  of, 
but  I  'spose  he  did.  1  hadn't  got  through  lookin'  at  Mr.  Irvin's  things 
when  Fatty  turned  round  and  pushed  me  out  at  the  other  door.  I  didn't 
have  to  pay  ten  cents  for  that,  which  quite  astonished  me. 

The  next  thing  I  spied  was  a  great  worked  shawl.  I  wasn't  certain 
about  its  bein'  a  shawl,  so  I  asked  a  girl  with  a  sash  and  she  said  it  was 
"  An  African ;"  queer,  wasn't  it  ?  I  thought  I'd  heard  enuff  about  Afri 
cans  lately,  so  I  walked  away,  but  I  can't  see  now  what  sense  there  was  in 
the  name. 

I  notice  a  great  many  pin  cushions  at  the  tables,  some  dreadful  queer 
ones,  I  can  tell  you ;  some  fat  enough  to  burst,  and  some  that  have  to  be 
punched  every  time  you  look  at  'em.  That  was  an  awful  stuck-up  girl 
that  sold  mine  to  me.  She  had  given  her  whole  mind  to  her  hair,  and  I 
thought  to  myself  she  had  more  outside  her  head  than  in  it.  I  jest  let  her 
see  that  I  had  a  purse  full  of  good  yellow  Pumpkinsville  bank  bills,  and  she 
was  mighty  civil.  I  don't  want  the  cushion,  tho'.  It's  got  a  meetin' 
house  on  in  yaller,  and  a  poplar  tree  in  blue.  It's  a  real  humbly  cushion. 

Who  should  I  see  just  then  but  Milly  Brcese.  She  said :  "  Oh,  aunt 
Patty,  I  am  so  glad  to  see  you.  I'm  lost.  I  don't  know  where  mother  is, 
and  I'm  fraid  I  never  can  find  her.  It's  worse  than  the  Cedar  Swamp,  isn't 
it,  aunt  Patty  ?  "  Milly's  a  dreadful  pretty  girl  any  time,  but  she  looked  like 
a  rose  to-day.  She  don't  have  her  hair  all  mussed  and  tonsled  up,  but  it 
jest  waves  smooth  and  easy.  Well,  there  we  stood,  she  holdin'  onto  my 
shawl  like  a  little  bit  of  a  child,  when  a  splendid  looking  chap  came  by  in 
a  great  hurry,  and  the  button  of  his  coat  and  the  tossel  on  Milly's  parasol 
got  in  a  tangle.  He  laughed  a  little  bit  and  she  blushed  to  her  hair,  and 
couldn't  help  laughing  too.  I  do  really  think  the  fellow  might  have  got 
loose  before  if  he  wanted  to,  but  by  and  by  he  took  out  his  knife  and  cut 
the  button  off  his  coat,  and  it  rolled  on  the  floor.  After  he  was  gone 
Milly  picked  it  up — that  was  queer,  too,  wasn't  it  ? 

By  and  by  1  spied  Miss  Breese  with  a  great  big  doll  in  one  hand  and  a 
toy  cart  in  the  other.  The  doll's  hands  went  in  one  man's  eye  and  the 
tongue  of  the  cart  took  the  flower  right  off  an  old  maid's  bonnet,  but  Miss 
Breese  didn't  mind,  she  was  so  scart  about  Milly,  and  so  glad  to  see  her 
again.  We  concluded  we  would  go  in  and  get  something  to  eat.  There 
was  a  great  crowd  ahead  of  us,  and  I  noticed  after  people  came  to  a  certain 
spot  they  fell  down  in  the  room  full  of  tables.  "  Is  there  any  steps  ?  " 
says  I,  'fore  I  got  there,  and  the  officer  said  there  was,  so  I  shuffled  along 
and  didn't  fall.  We  got  a  table  over  by  the  winder,  and  told  a  man  who 
'peared  to  want  to  know  what  we  wanted,  to  bring  us  some  oysters.  Milly 
didn't  want  anything  but  ice  cream,  and  I  saw  her  once  lookin'  at  the 


button  in  her  hand  and  smiling  to  herself.  While  we  were  waitin'  for  the 
oysters  I  looked  round  and  there  was  brother  John's  son  Samuel,  who  is  in 
the  college  here,  and  he  came  up  and  spoke  real  cordial-like,  and  then  I 
introduced  him  to  Milly,  and  they  had  quite  a  chat.  Pretty  soon  he  nodded 
to  somebody,  and,  lo  !  and  behold  !  there  was  the  very  fellow  who  cut  the 
button  off  his  coat ;  he  had  a  bunch  of  flowers  pinned  on  the  spot  where 
he  took  it  off.  Sam  motioned  to  him  and  introduced  him  to  us,  and  then  to 
Milly,  and  then  it  came  out  about  the  tangle.  Milly's  dimples  did  look 
sweet  enough  as  she  laughed  and  showed  her  little  white  teeth,  and  then 
she  handed  him  the  button.  He  thanked  her,  and  took  off  the  bunch  of 
flowers  and  looked  at  Milly's  mother  and  said :  "  With  your  permission, 
ma'am,"  and  she  said  :  "  Certainly  ;"  and  he  handed  the  bunch  of  posies  to 
Milly.  But  I  hav'n't  a  minit  longer  to  write  to-day.  SALLY  POPCORN. 


ANSWERS    TO    CORRESPONDENTS. 
(After  the  manner  of  the  Sunday  papers.) 

NAT,  His  STORY. — I.  Does  seals  come  originally  from  Ceylon?  II. 
How  many  legs  has  the  Great  Seal  of  England?  I.  No,  but  they  otter. 
II.  No  legs  at  all,  but  very  large  arms. 

STUDENT. — What  is  the  meaning  of  Si  Jeunesse  savait?  It  means 
"Go  it  while  your'e  young!"  The  expression  was  first  used  by  Oliver 
Cromwell  to  Charles  V.  after  the  battle  of  Blenheim. 

TAVERN  KEEPER. — I.  What  kind  of  pillars  are  the  best  to  put  in  a  pub 
lic  dining  room  ?  II.  Do  you  think  I  should  be  likely  to  succeed  on  the 
stage,  if  I  gave  all  my  mind  to  it  ?  I.  We  should  say  eater-pillars.  II. 
No,  a  dram-seller  is  not  likely  to  become  a  dram-atic  artist. 

JEMIMA. — I.  If  I  find  my  beau  walking  with  another  young  lady,  can 
I  knock  her  over  the  head  with  my  parasol  ?  II.  If  a  young  man  whom  I 
have  only  seen  once,  sends  me  his  photograph,  what  does  it  mean  ?  I.  It 
is  sometimes  done,  but  we  do  not  approve  of  it.  II.  Probably  that  he  has 
more  of  them  than  he  knows  what  to  do  with. 


THE  resemblance  between  ancient  and  modem  minor  civilization,  noticed 
in  General  Dix's  article,  is  strikingly  illustrated  by  a  passage  in  Athenaeas 
(Book  II.  Section  33).  He  says,  "  It  was  the  custom  at  suppers,  as  soon  as 
the  host  had  taken  his  place,  to  give  him  a  little  writing  (grammatidion) 
which  contained  a  catalogue  of  the  dishes  prepared,  looking  at  which  he 
might  tell  what  viand  the  cook  was  going  to  serve."  In  brief,  a  bill  of 
fare. 

"  AND  he  lied  like  a  true  British  Sala."  The  last  London  reporter 
bears  a  peculiarly  appropriate  name,  first,  because  he  is  more  than  usually 
at  sea  in  reference  to  our  affairs,  secondly,  because  he  was  sent  to  our 
country  on  purpose  to  assail  her. 

SYNOPSIS   OF   CLARISSA   HARLOWE. 

By  a  reader  who  got  tired  in  the  middle  and  never  finished  it. 
THERE  was  a  young  lady,  Clarissa, 
There  was  a  man  wanted  to  kias  her ; 

But  she  wouldn't  let  him 

Which  greatly  did  fret  him, 
And  that's  all  I  know  of  Clarissa. 

AMONG  our  donations  we  have  received  a  box  from  the  young  ladies  of 
Mme.  Chegary's  school.  There  is  so  much  taste  displayed  in  the  different 
articles  that  it  is  difficult  to  make  a  selection  in  mentioning  them.  There 
are,  however,  one  or  two  things  that  deserve  particular  notice :  ore,  a  fine 
album  of  photographic  views  of  Central  Park  ;  another,  a  work  basket  so 
beautiful  that  it  would  tempt  one  the  most  disinclined  for  work  to  purchase. 
A  beautiful  bench  and  a  sofa  cushion  are  the  only  other  things  that  we 
have  space  to  mention. 

AMONG  the  objects  of  interest  in  the  Machinery  Department  is  a  set  of 
weigher's  scales,  of  exquisite  finish,  contributed  by  Mr.  C.  D.  Mott,  of  130 
Pearl  street,  an  old-established  weigher,  who  proposes  to  give  a  large  per 
centage  of  his  earnings  from  any  orders  in  his  line  for  the  benefit  of  the 
soldiers,  through  the  Sanitary  Commission,  during  the  war.  Visitors  will 
find  Mr.  M.,  or  one  of  his  assistants,  constantly  in  attendance  in  the  Ma 
chinery  Department,  ready  to  try  their  weight  upon  a  superior  platform 
scale,  made  and  presented  by  Mr.  R.  Brown,  of  3  Barclay  St.,  New  York. 


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FORTY    YEARS. 

BY    T.   TV.   PARSONS. 

STRUGGLE  no  more,  fond,  idle  heart ! 

To  settle  on  the  shows  of  things  ; 
Nor  with  such  self-deceiving  art, 

Persuade  thyself  that  thou  hast  wings, 
And,  like  a  bee,  from  field  to  field 

Canst  rove  at  will  to  gather  sweets  ; 
To  thee  no  flowers  much  honey  yield 

Whose  forty  years  this  day  completes. 

Be  conscious,  rather,  of  the  sharp, 

Envenomed  sting  thou  bear'st  within  1 
Thy  time  is  come  to  chafe  and  carp, 

And  pierce  the  gilded  world  of  sin  : 
Yet  courage,  heart !  beyond  these  skies, 

That  cheat  us  with  their  fleeting  hue, 
Thou  hast  a  home  where  all  these  lies, 

Will  vanish  and  reveal  the  True. 
BOSTON,  February  17. 


THE  GONDOLA  IX  THE  PARK. 
IT  was  in  weather  like  this  that  Horace  sang, 

"  Keen  winter  now  the  spring's  soft  zephyrs  feels. 
And  from  the  dry-docks  glide  the  unused  keels." 

The  Central  Park  confesses  the  spring  influence,  and  its  lakelets  wel. 
come  again  the  graceful  forms  and  gay  colors  of  those  tiny  prows  that 
give  them  an  unreal  air  of  depth  and  space.  But  among  these  fairy  craft, 
and  through  the  fleets  of  swans  floating  like  living  lilies,  what  uncouth  bulk 
is  this,  bearing  solemnly  down  with  its  dismal  hull  ?  Is  it  a  convict-galley, 
a  water  prison  where  guilt  is  expiated  in  gloom  ?  Is  it  the  bier  of  some 
defunct  crocodile,  borne  in  funeral  procession  by  Egyptian  priests  to  the 
tomb  of  their  gods  ?  or  a  modern  model  of  Charon's  ferry  boat  ? 

Let  the  aesthetic  stranger  repress  his  alarm.  That  is  a  Venetian 
Gondola.  It  is  a  shrine  of  sentiment,  and  a  tribute  to  romance.  It  has 
been  duly  paid  for,  imported,  pawed  over  by  customhouse  officials,  and 
launched  among  its  strange  surroundings  by  the  managers  of  our  public 
amusements  and  decorations.  Beautiful  fitness,  isn't  it  ?  Venice  was  a 
republic,  and  so  are  we.  Venice  had  plenty  of  water  for  her  pleasure 
grounds,  and  we  have  some.  So  let  us  deck  our  fresh  American  scenery 
with  this  tawdry  tug  of  cast-off  foreign  fashion,  and  in  return,  ship  a  corpo 
ration  muck-barge  to  their  grand  canal  from  our  grande  canaille. 

That  gloomy  hulk  with  its  hauntings  of  mystery,  its  hints  of  crime,  is 
as  incongruous  as  a  Doge  would  seem  in  the  mayor's  chair,  or  a  Bridge  of 
Sighs  across  Harlem  river.  It  frowns  among  the  innocent  shrubs  and  ducks 
like  a  ghastly  nightmare — a  spectre  in  crape.  Its  prototype  looms 
shadowy  in  the  weird  distance  of  Leutze's  picture,  you  remember  it,  under 
the  arches,  sweeping  darkly  with  its  freight  of  corpses  toward  the  wild 
revellers  upon  the  flower-bestrewn  green  flood. 

Surely  "  some  demon  whispered,  Visto,  have  a  taste,"  when  this  sepul. 
chral  thing  was  cast  upon  our  waters.  Was  there  no  tiny  keel,  apt  and 
native  to  our  land,  for  fitting  ornament  and  true  romance?  No  Mexican 
ca'ique,  nor  Peruvian  pirogue,  no  Chippewa  birch-bark,  nor  trapper's  dug 
out,  nor  Sandwich  island  surf-plank  even,  but  we  must  borrow  this  broken- 
down  water-hack  to  rot  its  melancholy  timbers  away  upon  our  pretty 
pond  ?  Pray,  messieurs  commissioners,  commit  this  sombre  blot  to  the 
flames,  or  strand  it  in  some  vacant  lot,  or  sink  it  in  some  waters  deep 
enough  to  hide  it  forever  out  of  sight.  So  shall  the  people  sing  to  you 
rejoicing, — "  Our  Gondola's  waiting  below,  love  ! "  and  pardon  you  for  the 
gone  dollars  the  unsightly  coffin  has  cost. 


I  SENT  my  memory  out 

To  choose  a  thought : 
It  brought  back  doubt  on  doubt, 

But  never  caught 

The  fugitive,  who  will  return  some  day 
When  I've  no  use  for  him  in  work  or  play. 

HouonTON. 


AMERICAN  WOMEX. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR  : 

SIR  :— A  few  years  ago,  thoughtful  women  in  our  land  often  asked 
themselves,  "  Have  the  women  of  our  day  any  of  that  brave  patriotic  spir 
it  which  glowed  in  the  bosoms  of  our  grandmothers  ?  Could  we  make 
such  sacrifices  for  our  country  as  they  did  ?"  And  when  they  met  and 
spoke  to  one  another  of  the  old  Revolutionary  times,  they  shook  their 
heads,  and  talked  very  despairingly  of  our  degeneracy,  and  of  how  far  in 
ferior  we  were  in  all  that  constitutes  heroic  womanhood  to  those  who  went 
before  us. 

But  the  test  has  been  applied.  Our  hearts  have  been  called  to  drink  of 
all  the  agony  of  fear,  suspense,  and  desolation  ;  and  to  give  our  husbands, 
sons,  and  brothers,  to  die  for  our  country.  No  one  needs  to  be  told  how 
we  have  met  this  test,  or  what  a  record  the  women  of  the  North  have 
made  for  themselves  on  the  page  of  history.  Still  it  is  pleasant  to  dwell 
on  individual  instances  of  heroism,  and  I  will  therefore  give  you  one  which 
touched  my  own  heart  greatly. 

One  day  in  the  spring  of  1863,  I  went  to  call  on  Mrs. ,  who  was 

making  a  visit  to  her  aged  mother.     As  I  rang  the  bell,  I  thought,  "  This 

will  be  a  painful  meeting ;  I  almost  dread  seeing  Mrs. ,  she  will  be  so 

sad  ;  for  since  we  had  met,  her  dear,  her  only  son,  and  she  a  widow,  had 
fallen  on  the  battle-field.  I  knew  how  proud  she  had  been  of  this  son 
and  with  what  reason.  Highly  educated,  improved  by  foreign  travel  and 
a  residence  at  a  German  university,  he  was  indeed  a  son  to  rejoice  in ;  and 
perhaps  more  than  ever  had  his  mother's  heart  glowed  with  delight  in  him, 
when  he  gave  himself  to  the  service  of  his  country  in  the  ardor  of  his 
early  manhood,  entering  the  army  as  an  officer,  and  rapidly  winning  pro 
motion  by  his  bravery.  How  the  loss  of  such  a  son  must  wring  his  moth 
er's  heart ! 

I  found  her  very  calm  and  cheerful.  I  had  not  courage  to  touch  the 
tender  spot ;  but  in  those  days  everybody  talked  about  the  war,  and  we  of 
course  discussed  the  recent  movements  of  our  army.  The  grandmother, 
herself  a  noble  relic  of  the  last  generation,  said  with  a  sigh, 

"  Sometimes  when  I  think  of  all  the  bloodshed  and  suffering  this  war 
is  costing,  I  fear  there  will  be  no  gain  sufficient  to  compensate  for  all  this 
terrible  loss  of  life  and  treasure." 

"  No  gain  that  will  compensate  !"  exclaimed  the  bereaved  mother,  her 
face  kindling  with  animation,  "  why,  mother,  when  I  see  the  change  which 
has  been  produced  in  Northern  feeling  in  regard  to  slavery  since  this  war 
began,  and  how  the  whole  nation  has  waked  up  to  a  sense  of  what  a  bit 
ter  evil  and  curse  it  is,  I  feel  that  this  alone  is  a  rich  compensation  for  all 
we  have  given  up  !  And  "  she  added,  her  eyes  filling  with  tears,  "  they 
were  very  precious  lives  that  have  been  given — very  precious  !" 

"  Here,"  thought  I,  "  is  living  the  spirit  of  the  Revolutionary  mothers,  the 
heroism  which  can  rejoice  to  lose  all  that  is  dearest  and  best  for  one's 
country  ;"  but  my  heart  was  too  full  for  words ;  and  we  passed  on  to  other 
topics,  with  no  further  allusion  to  her  personal  bereavement. 

A  short  time  after  this,  I  related  the  conversation  to  a  friend  of  mine, 
then  just  leaving  for  Europe.  After  a  stay  of  some  weeks  in  England 

this  friend  wrote  me,  "I  have  repeated  that  remark  of  Mrs. twenty 

times,  I  believe,  since  I  have  been  here  to  as  many  different  circles  of 
English  women,  and  it  never  fails  to  fill  all  eyes  with  tears.  '  If  that  is  the 
spirit  of  the  women  of  the  North,'  they  say,  '  you  will  succeed.  If  you 
feel  like  that,  we  have  a  hearty  sympathy  with  you.' " 

No  ;  American  women  have  not  degenerated :  let  us  rejoice  in  the  past ; 
and  also  in  another,  that  the  hearts  of  every  truly  noble  English  woman 
beats  in  sympathy  with  ours,  when  we  show  ourselves  true  to  our  country 
and  to  the  cause  of  freedom.  F. 


A  SPRING  SOXG. 

A  BiRn  sings  sweet  and  strong, 

In  the  top  of  the  highest  tree ; 
He  sings  :   "  I  pour  out  my  heart  in  song, 

For  the  summer  that  soon  shall  be." 

But  deep  in  the  shady  wood, 

Another  bird  sings :  "I  pour, 
My  voice  over  meadow  and  hill  and  flood, 

For  the  summers  that  come  no  more." 

GEORGE  WILLIAM  CURTIS. 


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NEW     YORK,    THURSDAY,    APRIL    21,    1864. 


AUTOGRAPHS  AND  AUTOGRAPH  COLLECTIONS. 

BY   DB.  J.  O.  COGSWELL. 

(Concluded.) 

IN  this  country,  also,  many  collections  have  been  formed,  and 
although,  as  yet,  they  may  not  be  so  large  as  those  above  named 
in  Europe,  some  of  them  are  of  great  value  in  relation  to  our  own 
history.  First  on  the  list  is  that  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Sprague,  of  Al 
bany,  which  contains  autograph  letters  of  all  the  signers  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence,  of  all  the  generals  of  the  War  of  In 
dependence,  members  of  the  Congress  of  1765,  and  of  the  conven 
tion  which  framed  the  Constitution,  also  all  of  the  Bishops  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  and  of  the  Moderators  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  nearly  all  of  the  members  of  the 
old  Congress.  Next  in  importance  are  those  of  the  late  Mr.  Tetft, 
of  Savannah ;  of  Mr.  Dreer,  of  Philadelphia,  who  purcha-ed  the 
collection  of  Mr.  Robert  Gilmor,  late  of  Baltimore  ;  of  Mr.  Zecha- 
riah  Allen,  of  Providence  ;  and  of  Miss  Arnold,  of  Providence. 
In  these  collections  there  are  doubtless  many  letters,  and  other 
papers  of  great  interest,  which,  but  for  them,  would  not  now  bo  in 
existence.  Had  it  been  a  custom  of  antiquity  to  preserve  such 
memorials  as  carefully  as  they  arc  preserved  in  modern  times,  in 
spite  of  "  The  Goth,  the  Christian,  Time,  War,  Flood,  and  Fire," 
specimens  of  the  primitive  written  language,  and  of  the  original 
manuscript  of  the  Iliad  and  Odyssey,  might  now  be  found  in  the 
cabinets  of  the  curious.  Even  as  it  is,  we  have  great  reason  to  re 
gret  that  the  practice  of  forming  such  collections  was  not  begun 
earlier ;  had  they  existed  in  Shakspeare's  time,  would  it  have  been 
possible  for  every  scrap  of  his  handwriting  to  have  disappeared, 
except  some  three  or  four  signatures  to  legal  instruments.  The 
same  question  may  be  asked  as  to  Moliere,  who  lived  at  a  much 
later  period,  of  whose  writing  nothing  is  to  be  found  except  a  few 
receipts  and  orders.  Accident  has  occasionally  brought  to  light 
some  valuable  hidden  manuscript,  which  had  lain  long  buried,  as 
in  the  case  of  Evelyn's  Diary  before  mentioned ;  but  it  would  be 
difficult  to  say  where  are  the  originals  of  a  great  majority  of  the 
most  valuable  books  written  since  the  invention  of  printing.  As 
a  consequence  of  collecting  and  preserving  autographs,  they  have 
now  acquired  a  pecuniary  value  that  will  be  sure  to  save  them 
from  destruction.  Pounds  sterling  are  now  paid  for  a  few  lines 
written  by  a  man  of  eminence,  which  not  long  since  might  have 
been  procured  for  a  few  pence.  In  London,  an  autograph  signa 
ture  of  Shakspeare  fetched  five  hundred  guineas.  In  Paris,  at  the 
auction  sales,  rare  ones  fetch  from  a  hundred  to  a  thousand  francs. 
In  this  country,  foreign  autographs  of  value  have  rarely  been 
offered  for  sale ;  but  those  of  our  own  great  men  always  command 
high  prices  at  public  sales,  particularly  the  autographs  of  Wash 
ington  and  the  other  revolutionary  heroes,  and  of  Washington 
Irving  and  other  eminent  writers. 

The  space  assigned  to  this  article  has  obliged  the  writer  of  it 
to  confine  it  to  a  meagre  detail  of  facts,  and  bring  it  to  a  close  here 
with  the  copy  of  one  or  two  curious  letters,  extracted  from  the 
"  Iiographie  dcs  Jlommes  cilebres." 

A  fragment,  extracted  from  the  souvenirs  of  General  Kleber, 
the  bravest  and  noblest  of  Napoleon's  generals,  expressing  his  high 
admiration  of  Washington,  in  the  form  of  a  dialogue,  with  an  in 
terlocutor  distinguished  by  the  initials  D.  C. : — 


D.  C. — Quellc  serait,  General,  la  reputation  modorne  <que  vous  ambi- 
tionnerrez,  si  en  fait  de  reputation  il  vous  restoit  quelque  chose  a  desirer  ? 

KLEBER. — Je  passe  sur  le  compliment  et  je  repond  a  la  question ; 
c'est  eelle  de  Washington. 

I).  C. — Ah  !  ha  !  je  ne  m'y  attendais  pas. 

KLEBER. — Cela  se  peut. 

D.  C. — Et  vous  ne  nous  direz  rien  de  plus  ? 

KLEBER. — Si ;  c'est  que  Washington  a  commence  et  fini  sa  glorieuse 
entreprise,  qu'il  en  avail  calculc  le  succes  sur  dcs  moyens  qui  y  etaienl  pro- 
portkmnes,  et  que  lorsqu'il  1'eut  obtenu,  il  n'en  fut  point  enivrc  ;  cnfin  que 
cette  entreprise  ctait  louable  tant  sous  les  rapports  politiqucs,  que  sous 
ceux  de  la  philosophic,  puisqu'ellc  avail  pour  objet,  non  des  conqueles, 
des  pillages  et  des  devastations,  mais  1'indcpendance  el  le  bonheur  de  sa 
nalion." 

The  purport  of  which  in  English  would  be  as  follows  : 

D.  C. — General,  what  reputation  of  modern  times  would  best  satisfy 
your  ambition,  if  anything  in  the  way  of  glory  remained  to  you  to  wish 
for? 

KLEBKR. — I  pass  over  the  compliment  and  reply  to  the  question ;  I 
answer  Washington's. 

D.  C. — Ah  !  ha !  that  I  did  not  expect. 

KLEBER. — That  may  be. 

D.  C. — And  you  have  nolhing  to  add  1 

KLEKER. — Yes  ;  it  is  that  Washington  began  and  finished  his  glorious 
undertaking,  that  he  had  calculated  for  success  upon  means  adequate  to 
effect  it,  and  thai,  when  oblained,  il  did  not  intoxicate  him  ;  in  a  word, 
that  it  was  an  undertaking  in  itself  laudable,  both  politically  and  philo 
sophically,  as  il  had  for  its  object  nol  conquest,  pillage  and  devastation, 
but  the  independence  and  the  happiness  of  his  country. 

Letter  in  English  from  Napoleon,  written  during  his  imprison 
ment  in  St.  Helena  to  Count  Las  Cases,  who  was  assisting  him  to 
beguile  the  tedium  of  his  situation  by  giving  him  lessons  in  that 
language : 

Count  las  cases — since  sixt  w-eek  I  learn  the  anglish  and  I  do  not  any 
progress  six  week  do  fourty  and  two  day  if  might  have  learn  fivity  word 
for  day  I  would  know  it  two  thousand  and  two  hundred  it  is  in  the  dic 
tionary  more  of  fourty  Ihousand  even  he  could  must  twenty  bout  much  of 
terns  for  know  it  or  a  hundred  and  twenty  week  which  do  more  two  years 
after  this  you  shall  agree  thai  to  study  one  tongue  is  a  great  labour  who  it 
must  do  with  the  young  aged 

longwood  this  morning  the  seven  march  thursday  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  sixteen  after  the  lirty  three  years  jcsus  christ. 

In  plain  English  this  letter  would  read  : 

Count  Las  CUSPS,  I  have  been  learning  English  six  weeks,  and  make  no 
progress.  Six  weeks  arc  forly-lwo  days ;  if  I  had  learnt  fifty  words  a  day, 
I  should  know  two  thousand  and  two  hundred.  There  are  in  the  diction 
ary  more  lhan  forty  Ihousand.  If  one  musl  know  ahoul  twenty  thousand, 
it  would  require  a  long  time  to  acquire  them,  or  a  hundred  and  twenty 
weeks,  which  are  more  than  two  years.  Hence  you  will  acknowledge  that 
the  study  of  one  language  is  a  great  labor;  how  must  it  be  with  the 
young  ? 

Longwood,  Thursday  morning,  March  seventh,  A.  n.  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  sixteen. 

The  genuineness  of  the  above  letter  is  probable  from  the  fol 
lowing  account  of  Napoleon's  attempt  to  learn  English  in  the 
twentieth  volume  of  Thiers's  HMoire  du  Consulat  et  de  V Empire  : 

Napoleon  experiencing  Ihc  inconvenience  of  nol  knowing  the  language, 
resolved  to  learn  it,  and  took  Las  Cases  for  his  teacher.  But  this  mighty 
genius,  who  had  so  remarkable  a  memory  for  facts,  had  none  for  words, 
and  acquired  languages  with  great  difficulty.  Still  he  made  the  attempt, 
and  succeeded  in  learning  to  read,  but  never  to  speak  Ihe  language. 


BECAUSE  your  nalure  can  extend 
Its  vision  to  a  needle's  end, 
And  you  with  self-sufficient  air 
Announce  the  wonders  you  see  there, 
You  must  nol  murmur  thai  some  eye, 
Moulded  and  trained  to  range  the  sky, 
Can  read  in  yon  far  star  as  clear 
As  you  can  spy  and  potter  here. 


HOCGIITOX. 


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THE  WASHINGTON  WIDOW. 
A  True  Story. 

BY     ROSE     TERRY. 

Concluded. 

"Cons  acrost  Cranberry  Bridge,  didn't  ye?"  said  she,  after  various 
other  interrogations.  "  Yes,  we  did,"  I  answered  ;  "  and  what  a  dreary 
place  it  is.  I  was  glad  to  get  away  from  it." 

"  Well,  I  guess  you  wasn't  nigh  so  overcome  as  I  was  one  time,  down 
to  that  bridge.      I  shan't  never  get  over  it.     I  han't  been  acroat  it  sence, 
and  I  don't  know  as  I  could  ef  I  wanted  to." 
"  Why  ?  were  you  frightened  down  there  ?  " 

The  old  woman  settled  herself  better  in  her  armchair,  and  looked  out 
of  the  window  askance. 

"  I  guess  I  was  !     You  see  about  seventeen  years  ago,  when  Marthy  was 
a  baby,  Miss  Phclps's  husband  was  alive,  an'  they  lived  up  above  here  about 
a  mile,  to  Washin'ton  Corners  ;  I  wan't  no  better  then  to  get  around  than  I 
be  now.     I'd  had  a  kind  of  a  palsy  in  my  legs,  and  I'd  lost  the  use  of 
'em,  BO  I  had  to  keep  a  girl  to  do  chores,  and  Huldah  Parker  lived  with  us. 
Well,  it  came  round  October  and  there  was  goin'  to  be  a  cattle  show  and 
fair  down  to  Taconic,  the  county  town,  and  husband  he  had  a  pair  o'  steers 
jest  broke  to  the  yoke,  that  was  as  han'some  creturs  as  ever  you  see. 
They  was  part  Devons,  with  real  red  shiny  hides  and  wide  horns,  jest  as 
gentle  as  kittens,  and  every  inch  on  'em  filled  out  and  slick.     So  husband 
he  said  he  guessed  he'd  drive  them  steers  down  to  cattle-show,  and  see  what 
folk?  would  say  to  mullein-stalk  fodder ;  for  down  to  Taconic  they  used  to 
say  Washin'ton  folks  lived  on  huckleberries,  and  raised  their  creturs  on 
mulleins.     Well,  I  kinder  egged  him  on  to  go.     I  thought  'twould  do  him 
good  to  see  a  few  things  he  didn't  see  every  day,  and  get  a  look  at  some 
body  besides  me  and  Huldah,  and  the  two  geese  ;  for  men-folks  will  be  men- 
folks,  an'  the  best  of  'em  likes  variety,  and  he'd  been  closeted  up  three 
year  with  a  helpless  wife,  and  never  made  no  to-do  about  it ;  so  finally  he 
said  he'd  go ;  and  when  it  come  round  to  the  week  before,  why  Huldah, 
knowin'  nothin'  on't,  come  to  me  one  day  and  asked  if  she  couldn't  have  a 
play-spell  next  week  to  go  down  to  Taconic  to  the  fair.     I  was  kinder  beat 
when  she  asked  me,  for  't  seemed  as  ef  I  couldn't  be  left  alone  ;  so  I  said 
I'd  see  and  let  her  know  next  day.     So  when  he  come  home  from  work  at 
night  I  told  him,  and  he  thought  'twas  best  to  let  Huldah  go,  because  we 
ought  to  favor  her,  bein',   as  't  were,  kind  of  dependent  on  her ;  for  she 
was  an  ambitious  piece,  though  real  handy  to  work,  and  if  things  didn't  go 


just  her  way  why  they  didn't  go  mine,  I  tell  you !  So  he  said  I  could  go 
up  to  Sally,  (that's  Miss  Phelps  there,)  and  stay  all  day  ;  but  I  knew  Sally 
was  goin'  to  Taconic  with  her  husband,  and  Joel,  the  hired  man,  was  goin' 
to  be  left  with  the  house  and  little  Sam.  jest  three  year  old, — he  that  died 
next  year  of  scarlet  fever,— so  I  couldn't  go  then.  Well,  husband  he  set  a 
thinkin'  sometime  by  the  fire,  and  finally  he  spoke  up,  an'  said  he  really 
b'lieved  it  would  do  me  good  to  go  to  Taconic  too  ;  he  could  fix  me  up  real 
comfortable  in  the  covered  wagon,  and  I'd  always  been  used  to  drive  old 
Black,  and  he'd  got  to  walk  to  drive  them  steers,  so  he'd  go  ahead,  an'  be 
near  enough  for  me  to  call,  and  I  could  jog  along  slow,  and  go  to  my  cous 
in's,  down  in  Taconic,  and  set  a  spell  while  he  went  to  the  fair ;  and  he'd 
take  along  a  lot  of  apples  so't  they  needn't  be  at  any  charges  for  our  din 
ner.  I  rather  hung  back  at  the  idee ;  somehow  or  other  I  didn't  feel  right 
to  do  it ;  though  I  can't  say  but  what  I  had  a  hankerin'  to  see  somethin' 
once  more  outside  of  my  old  kitchen  and  woodshed,  but  yet  I  didn't  feel 
quite  hearty  about  it. 

"  However,  he'd  sot  his  mind  on  it,  I  see,  and  I  told  Huldy  next  day  she 
could  go ;  but  when  the  days  come  one  after  another,  seems  as  if  every 
day  my  courage  got  lower  an'  lower.  I  fixed  up  my  bonnet  a  little,  and 
took  in  my  black  silk  gown  that  I  hadn't  had  on  for  three  years,  and  Huldah 
she  washed  up  my  best  collar, — but  I  felt  more  and  more  like  hangin'  back. 
"  I  didn't  want  to  spile  husband's  comfort  a  frettin',  though ;  and  I  knew 
Huldah  was  bound  to  go ;  but  I  've  wished  hundreds  of  times  since  that 
I'd  ha'  spoke  out,  and  fretted,  and  everything  else— but 't  was  to  be.  So 
it  come  round  Tuesday  morning,  and  Huldah  got  up  by  light  and  dressed 
me,  and  sot  me  in  the  chair,  and  got  breakfast,  and  set  off  afoot  for  Squire 
Tucker's ;  he  lived  then  over  the  hill  two  mile  from  here, — he's  moved  since  ; 


and  his  folks  was  goin'  to  give  Huldah  a  ride  to  Taconic.  We  eat  break 
fast,  and  husband  he  got  the  wagon  out  and  harnessed  up  old  Black,  and 
cleaned  himself  up,  and  then  he  took  and  lifted  me  up  into  the  hind  seat 
and  kinder  wedged  me  in  with  the  old  buffalo  and  my  cloak,  and  then  he 
turned  the  steers  out,  and  put  the  yoke  onto  'em,  'cause  he  thought  it  was 
handier  to  drive  'em  so,  and  he  locked  up  the  door  and  started  off. 

"  'T  was  a  real  fine  day  ;  the  woods  on  Punkin  Hill  hadn't  been  cut  then, 
and  they  was  jest  as  bright  as  a  posy-bed,  and  there  wasn't  a  cloud  to  be 
seen,  all  the  air  looked  as  tho"  it  was  full  of  sunshine,  and  the  pine  trees 
and  the  life-everlastin'  in  the  lots  smelt  as  good  as  roses,  and  there  was 
lots  of  crickets  singin'  all  round.     I  rec'lect  it  was  a  master  hot  day  too. 
So  I  drove  old  Black  along  down  that  road  you  come  to-day,  towards 
Cranberry  Bridge,  and  husband  he  went  ahead  with  them  steers,  lookin' 
back  every  minnit  to  see  how  I  come  on ;  for  I  went  real  slow  and  steady 
lest  the  horse  might  step  on  a  rollin'  stone.     I  got  along  considerable  well, 
though  I  felt  uneasy,  and  I  didn't  know  why.     After  a  while  we  turned 
that  corner  where  the  road  comes"  down  by  the  brook,  and  he  waited  to 
see  me  turn  it  and  give  me  a  kind  of  a  nod  and  laugh  when  I  come  hi  sight, 
but  the  steers  had  got  ahead  of  him  and  he  had  to  step  out  real  smart  to 
catch  up  with  'em,  and  I  was  quite  a  piece  behind — when  I  see  'em  go  into 
the  bridge  with  husband  along  side, — then  I  heard  a  kind  of  a  great  crack, 
and  I  see  something  come  through  the  bridge  floor  and  drop ;  and  then  one 
loud  kind  of  a  roar,  and  then  it  was  all  still.     Old  Black  stopped,  and  my 
heart  stopped  too.     I  didn't  know  what  had  come.     I  sot  there  all  of  a 
sweat,  lookin'  at  the  bridge,  and  the  black  water  and  the  rocks  :  there  wan't  a 
sound,  it  was  dead  still,  only  that  brook  a-cryin'  and  a-dashin'  upon  the  stones 
as  though  it  wanted  to  say  somethin',  and  was  dumb  as  a  dog.     I  thought 
I  was  in  a  bad  dream  and  tried  hard  to  wake  up,  but  I  couldn't,  and  then 
I  tried  to  think  what  to  do.     I  couldn't  set  foot  to  the  ground,  but  I  could 
holler,  so  I  drove  old  Black  as  close  to  the  bridge  as  I  darst,  and  there  I 
see  the  horns  o'  one  steer  a  stickin'  through  the  bridge  floor,  and  I  called 
Ebcn  jest  as  loud  as  I  could,  but  he  didn't  say  anything,  and  the  rocks 
to'ther  side  they  answered  it  back  again ;  and  they  called  Eben,  and  then  it 
was  awful  still  again  ;  all  but  that  kind  of  a  mourniu'  the  water  kep'  up ; 
and  then  I  called  again,  and  it  done  just  so  again. 

"  Oh  dear  !  seems  as  though  my  old  head  gets  all  afire  jest  thinkin'  on't ! 
"  I  finally  thought  I'd  better  jest  turn  round  and  drive  home  and  see  if  I 
couldn't  get  anybody  to  find  Eben  ;  I  didn't  think  about  helpin'  on  him  ;  I 
knew  better  'n  that.  So  I  turned  old  Black  round  the  best  way  I  could 
in  that  dreadful  narrer  space,  and  I  whipped  him  up ;  but  'twas  all  the  way 
up  hill,  an'  he  was  old,  and  I  wan't  real  smart  to  whip,  and  there  warn't 
nobody  nearer  than  Joel,  to  Miss  Phelps's,  a  mile  further  'n  our  house, — good 
four  miles  from  the  bridge.  Seemed  as  though  I  was  a  whole  year  gettin' 
there ;  I  never  met  so  much  as  a  hen  all  the  way,  and  the  air  was  so  still 
and  bright  it  burnt  my  eyes,  and  the  horse  was  so  slow  !  I  guess  I  was 
nigh  on  to  crazy  when  I  got  to  Sary's.  Joel  he  took  me  out  and  sot  me 
down  in  a  chair  and  give  me  little  Sam  to  hold,  for  he  was  asleep ;  and  he 
shut  all  the  doors  and  took  the  harness  off  old  Black  and  rode  off  bare 
back  down  to  the  bridge.  I  thought  he'd  never  come  back.  But  he  did 
after  a  spell.  He'd  raised  one  or  two  menfolks  up  to  the  Centre,  and  they 
found'the  bridge  floor  had  gi'n  way  in  four  planks,  and  the  nigh  steer  had 
gone  clean  through  into  the  brook  and  Eben  along  with  him ;  but  the  off 
cretur,  when  the  yoke  broke,  caught  on  a  sleeper  and  hung  by  the  yoke, 
his  head  jest  abo've  the  floor  ;  but  his  neck  was  broke.  They  didn't  find 
my  husband  for  quite  a  spell,  and  he  was  considerable  jammed  up,— so't 
I  never  see  him  again  after  I  see  him  walk  into  that  bridge  alongside  of 
them  steers. 

"  I  b'lieve  they  slaughtered  that  steer  that  was  a-hangin  . 

The  old  woman  sunk  back  in  her  chair  and  looked  again  out  of  the 


window. 

"  I  han't  never  been  acrost  that  bridge  since,"  said  she,  meditatively. 


WHEN  some  brave  lad  comes  riddled  through — 
Fighting,  oh  friend,  for  me  and  you, 
And,  better,  for  our  country  too — 
To  quarters  that  he  thinks  will  do, 

And  comforts  that  are  canny  very ; 
Let's  know,  that  tho'  we  did'nt  fight 
To  guard  the  law  and  save  the  right, 
We  did  throw  in  our  biggest  mite 
To  stay  his  wounds  and  make  him  bright — 

Who's  cared  for  by  the  SANITARY. 


ELLSLAND. 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


WET  DAY   AT  AN   IRISH   INN.* 

BY    DONALD    Q.   MITCHELL. 

ON  the  24th  of  December,  18—,  I  woke  up  at  half  past  five  in  the  old 
town  of  Armagh,  near  the  north-east  coast  of  Ireland.  The  day  was  low- 
ery,  the  inn  at  which  I  was  quartered,  dirty  and  unattractive  ;  my  lonely 
breakfast  in  the  coffee-room  upon  half-cooked  chops  and  cold  muffins — 
dismal  in  the  extreme ;  so  that  I  determined  to  brave  all  chances  of  the 
weather,  and  book  myself  for  an  outside  place  (all  the  insides  being  taken 
from  Dungannon)  on  the  coach  for  Drogheda.  This  left  me,  however,  a 
spare  half  hour  in  which  to  ramble  over  the  dreary  old  cathedral  of 
Armagh,  which  my  usher  assured  me  "  all  the  gintlemen  allowed  to  be  the 
oldest  in  the  kingdom  ; "  and  another  half  hour,  for  an  examination  of  the 
unfinished  arches  of  the  new  cathedral,  which  the  same  veracious  usher 
affirmed,  would  be  "  the  foinest  building  in  all  Europe." 

I  hope  it  is  finished  before  this,  and  that  under  its  roof,  my  Irish  cice 
rone  may  have  repented  of  his  sins  of  exaggeration. 

The  Drogheda  mail-coach  in  those  days  passed  through  the  towns  of 
Newry  and  Dundalk ;  and  long  before  we  had  reached  the  first  of  these, 
which  we  did  at  about  eleven  of  the  forenoon,  the  cold  mists  had  given 
way  to  a  pelting  rain,  and  I  had  determined  to  give  up  my  fare,  and  risk 
such  hospitality  as  an  Irish  inn  would  afford.  Black's  coach  tavern  in 
Newry  did  not  promise  large  cheer ;  the  front  was  dingy ;  the  street 
narrow;  the  entrance  hall  low  and  begrimed  with  dirt  and  smoke. 
Patrick  took  my  portmanteau  to  number  six,  and  I  begged  for  a  private 
parlor  with  fire,  where  I  might  dry  my  wet  clothes  at  my  leisure.  A  gaunt 
woman  in  black,  not  uncommunicative,  and  who  appeared  to  unite  in  her 
self  the  three-fold  offices  of  landlady,  maid,  and  waiter,  showed  me  pres 
ently  to  the  "  Wellington  "  on  the  second  floor;  and  Patrick  was  directed 
to  kindle  a  fire  in  the  rusty  grate. 

The  apartment  was  not  such  an  one  as  I  would  have  chosen  for  a  merry 
Christmas  eve.  For  furniture,  there  was  a  faded  and  draggled  carpet,  a 
few  cumbrous  old  chairs  set  off  with  tattered  brocade,  an  ancient  piano  in 
the  corner,  a  round  dining  table  whose  damask  cover  showed  a  multitude 
of  ink-stains,  as  well  as  a  "  Dublin  Mail "  of  the  last  week,  and  a  County 
Gazetteer.  The  solitary  window  was  hung  with  sombre  curtains  of  woollen 
stuff,  and  by  great  good  fortune  looked  directly  upon  the  main  street  of 
Newry.  At  least  then,  I  might  count  upon  the  solace  of  studying  the 
passers  by,  and  possibly  my  opposite  neighbors. 

The  first  object,  however,  was  to  dry  my  wet  clothes ;  nor  was  this 
easy ;  the  coals  were  damp  and  did  not  burn  freely  ;  the  chimney  was 
foul,  and  there  was  a  strong  bituminous  aroma  presently  floating  through 
the  room.  But  I  met  the  situation  courageously,  thrust  an  old  chair 
fairly  between  the  jams,  sat  myself  bestride  it,  unfolded  the  yellow  "  Dub 
lin  Mail "  over  the  back,  and  entered  valorously  upon  a  conquest  of  the 
twenty-four  hours,  which  lay  between  me  and  the  next  up-coach  for 
Drogheda.  The  "  Dublin  Mail "  was  dull ;  there  was  a  long  discussion  of 
the  Maynooth  College  and  its  regimen ;  but  who  cared  for  Maynooth  ? 
There  was  "  important  news  from  Calcutta,"  but  I  had  read  it  in  Liver 
pool  a  week  before :  there  was  a  column  upon  American  affairs,  in  the 
course  of  which  a  careful  consideration  of  the  military  career  of  General 
Fillmore — this  was  interesting,  but  short.  There  was  a  murder  or  two 
mentioned  in  retired  country  districts,  of  landlords,  or  bailiffs,  neither  of 
which  possessed  much  novelty  ;  there  was  a  warm  editorial,  ending  with  a 
resonant  period  about  "  College  Green,"  and  a  little  poem  in  a  corner, 
written  to  the  air  of  "  Eirie  go  bragh."  I  lay  down  the  "  Mail "  and  took 
up  the  Gazetteer.  I  read,  and  felt  my  coat ;  and  read  again — sometime." 
thumbing  the  sweaty  leaves  backward,  sometimes  forward — in  such  unceas 
ing  way,  however,  that  before  my  clothes  were  fairly  dry,  I  could  have 
passed  an  examination  upon  the  condition  and  prospects  of  Newry,  am 
Armagh,  and  Portadown. 

After  this  recreation  by  the  grate,  I  betook  myself  to  the  window.  The 
rain  was  still  falling  in  torrents.  Over  opposite  was  a  watch-maker's  shop 
with  a  curiously  faced  clock  over  the  door-way,  which  I  am  sure  mus 
have  hung  there  a  score  of  years,  and  I  venture  to  say,  it  is  hanging  the« 


*  Eitract  from  a  work  entitled  "  Seven  Stories,  with  Basement  and  Attic,"  bj 
D.  G.  Mitchell,  ihortly  to  be  published  by  Charles  Scribner,  New  York. 


.•et.  Within  the  window  of  this  shop,  which  was  full  of  gewgaws,  I  caught 
;limpses  of  an  old  "  Heriot,"  with  a  magnifier  thrust  into  the  socket  of  his 
ye,  and  squinting  curiously  over  a  medley  of  brazen  eog-wheels;  he 
ooked,  for  all  the  world,  as  a  watch-maker  might  do,  in  a  country-town 
jf  New  England ;  and  I  dare  say,  if  I  had  stepped  over  to  him  with  my 
watch  to  mend,  he  would  have  popped  it  open  in  the  same  unvarying  way 
—glanced  at  the  trade-mark—squinted  at  the  cogs,  and  thrust  in  some 
ong  steel  feeler,  and  closed  it  with  a  pop,  and  removed  his  one-horned 
;ye,  and  hung  the  watch  at  the  end  of  a  row  of  invalid  watches,  and  prom- 
sed  it  on  Saturday,  and  had  it  ready  on  the  Thursday  following. 

A  little  further  down  the  street,  was  the  establishment  of  an  Irish 
milliner ;  its  lower  windows  so  bedizened  with  bonnets  and  haberdashery, 
hat  I  could  see  nothing  beside — except  once  a  pair  of  black  eyes  peeping 
out  after  a  carriage  that  whirled  by  in  the  rain.  On  the  other  side  of  the 
goldsmith's,  was  the  shop  of  a  baker  and  pastry  cook,  which  was  decked 
>rettily  with  evergreens,  and  within  which  I  saw  a  stout  woman  with  arms 
akimbo,  staring  out  as  gloomily  as  myself  at  the  rain. 

Over  the  goldsmith's  shop  was  a  window,  at  which  I  saw  from  time  to 
time  a  pair  of  little  rosy-faced  girls,  who  may  have  been  seven  or  eight ; 
and  between  them,  and  seemingly  on  most  familiar  terms,  a  tall  Newfound 
land  dog,  who  appeared  as  much  interested  as  themselves,  in  occasional, 
furtive  glances  upon  the  reeking  street.  Once  or  twice  too,  a  simply 
dressed  young  woman  of  uncertain  age,  who  may  have  been  the  mother 
of  the  children,  showed  herself  at  the  same  window. 

After  making  these  observations,  and  pacing  up  the  parlor  once  or 
twice,  I  betook  myself  again  to  the  Gazetteer.  Twelve,  one,  two, — 
sounded  from  the  clock  over  the  mantel :  two  hours  yet  to  my  dinner. 

Again  I  turned  to  the  street  for  relief:  a  little  girl,  in  close  hood,  was 
stepping  out  of  the  door-way  beside  the  jeweller's  shop,  and,  with  her,  the 
dog  I  had  seen  above  stairs,  with  a  basket  in  his  mouth  ;  away  they  went, 
trotting  familiarly  out  of  sight  down  the  street ;  this  at  least  was  an  inci 
dent  for  me ;  and  I  sat  myself  composedly  down  to  watch  for  their  return. 
The  little  girl's  mate  in  the  window  opposite,  seemed  bent  upon  the  same 
object.  After  twenty  minutes,  perhaps,  dog  and  child  came  trotting  back, 
thoroughly  drenched  ;— the  dog  still  carrying  the  basket,  now  apparently 
weighty  with  some  burthen.  And  the  servant  happening  in  at  the  moment 
to  look  after  my  fire,  I  called  her  attention  to  the  drenched  couple,  as  they 
entered  the  door-way  opposite. 

"  Oh,  aye,  surr,  it's  a  good  baste,  is  that ;  he  keeps  by  the  poor  little 
craythurs  night  and  day ;  it's  very  poor  they  must  be,  and  their  mithcr's  a 
lone  woman  ;  she's  been  opposite  a  matter  of  three  months  now  in  a  little 
room  she's  rinted  o'  the  gold-bater ;  it's  not  much  in  the  way  of  niddle- 
work  she'll  be  foinding ;  the  Lord  knows  how  the  poor  craythur  lives." 

By  this  time  the  pair  had  returned  to  their  chamber,  as  I  judged  by 
the  movements  of  the  little  girl  who  had  been  stationed  at  the  window. 
Very  likely  she  was  dancing  over  the  contents  of  the  basket. 

"  Perhaps  the  dog  has  brought  them  their  Christmas  dinner,"  said  I. 
"  And  shure,  surr,  I  hope  he  may :  but  it's  a  sorry  dinner  they  have 
most  days." 

A  sudden  thought  struck  me.  I  was  out  of  all  reach  of  the  little  Christ 
mas  charities  of  home ;  what  if  I  were  to  turn  a  few  pennies  to  the  cheer 
of  my  little  neighbors  over  the  way  ?  A  charitable  thought  is  best  closed 
with  at  once :  it  is  too  apt  to  balk  us,  if  we  wait :  so  I  pulled  out  a  five 
shilling  piece,  and  said,  "  My  good  woman,  you  see  the  cake-shop  yonder." 
"  And  shurc  I  do,  surr." 

"  Would  you  be  good  enough  to  step  over  and  buy  a  couple  of  little 
Christmas  cakes,  with  a  sprig  of  holly  in  each  of  them,  and  take  them  over 
to  the  two  poor  girls  opposite,  and  tell  them  that  a  stranger  who  is  rain- 
bound  in  the  opposite  inn,  wishes  them  a  merry  Christmas  for  to 
morrow  ?  " 

"  Shure  I  will,  surr ;  and  the  Lord  bless  you  for't." 
There  was  something  in  the  manner  of  the  gaunt  waiting  woman,  that 
forbade  my  doubting  her ;  still  I  watched — saw  her  brave  the  rain — saw 
her  appear  with  the  package,  saw  her  enter  the  low  passage  opposite,  and 
presently  the  two  little  girls  came  romping  to  the  window,  and  kissed  their 
hands  to  me  ;  while  the  mother  appears  for  a  moment  with  a  modest  bow 

of  acknowledgment. 

( Tb  te  continued.) 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


177 


THE  KING  OF  THULE. 

TRANSLATED  FROM  FACST. — BY  C.  B.  CONANT. 

THE  Italian  version  of  the  ballad  of  Thule,  which  Miss  Kellogg  sings 
so  charmingly,  is  very  inadequate.  Here  is  an  English  rendering,  as  faithful 
as  the  translator  could  make  it,  without  too  much  rhythmical  sacrifice. 
The  ballad,  itself,  is  one  of  the  most  peculiar  productions  of  its  author — 
concealing  much  art  under  a  seemingly  reckless  rusticity  of  expression. 
Such  words  as  Buhle,  translated  sweetheart ;  Schmaus,  translated  banquet ; 
and  Zec/ier,  translated  caromer,  hardly  have  correspondents  in  our  tongue 
that  are  admissible  in  pathetic  verse.  And  then  the  rude  old  toper  of  a 
king  is  not  such  a  subject  as  a  less  genius  than  Goethe  would  make  the 
hero  of  a  romance  like  this. 

There  lived  a  king  in  Thule — 

A  lover  true  and  tried ; 
He  had  a  cup  his  sweetheart 

Gave  him  the  day  she  died. 

Nothing  he  set  such  store  by — 
And  through  the  creeping  years, 

At  every  banquet  drained  it, 
And  never  but  with  tears. 

And  when  he  came  to  dying, 

Divided,  one  by  one, 
His  cities  to  his  followers — 

The  cup  he  gave  to  none. 

Then  to  a  kingly  banquet, 

His  barons  gathered  he, 
In  the  castle  of  his  sires, 

That  stood  beside  the  sea. 

There  sat  the  old  carouser, 

And  bravely  quaffed  his  last ; 
Then  out  into  the  ocean 

The  sacred  goblet  cast. 

He  saw  it  fill — flow  over, 

And  sink  beneath  the  main  ; 
Then  sank  his  glazing  eye,  withal — 

He  never  drank  again. 


SAINT  VALENTINE. 

BISHOP  VALENTINE  sat  in  an  oaken  chair, 

Conning  an  ancient  book  ; 
His  features  they  wore  a  thoughtful  air, 
His  feet  they  wore  slippers,  a  velvet  pair, 
And  a  velvet  nightcap  adorned  his  hair, 

And  his  cell  was  a  snug  little  nook. 

The  moon  through  the  painted  casement  shone, 

And  checkered  the  paven  floor. 
Bishop  Valentine  sat  by  his  lamp  alone, 
As  the  length'ning  shadows  stole  slowly  on, 
Till  at  last  the  Abbey  bell  tolled — one  ! 

When  the  Bishop  was  heard  to  snore. 

Now  Satan,  who  hated  the  Bishop  right  well, 
And  had  done  him  ill  turns  without  number, 

At  this  instant  exactly,  as  it  befel, 

In  taking  an  airing,  flew  over  his  cell ; 

So  he  carefully  muffled  his  tail  round  the  bell, 
Lest  its  echoes  should  wake  him  from  slumber. 


Then  down,  with  a  grace  altogether  his  own, 

To  the  cell  of  the  Bishop  he  slips, 
Upsets  a  large  bottle  of  eau  de  cologne, 
Lest  the  scent  of  the  brimstone  should  make  him  known, 
And  for  fear  of  the  light  from  his  horns,  draws  on 

An  extinguisher  over  the  tips. 

He  takes  up  the  book  that  the  monk  had  let  fall, 

And  smiles  as  he  reads  the  name, 
As  if  he  had  dined  upon  wormwood  and  gall ; 
Then,  flinging  the  volume  against  the  wall, 
He  stamps  on  the  floor,  and  forth  at  his  call 

An  enormous  black  cat  there  came. 

By  the  side  of  the  Bishop  he  quietly  sits, 

And  places  the  cat  in  his  arms. 
At  once  through  the  soul  of  the  Bishop  there  flits 
A  vision  of  beauty  that  crazes  his  wits, 
And  far  beyond  all  that  the  church  permits, 

His  episcopal  spirit  charms. 

Lucifer  sits  with  a  sly  grimace, 

Watching  the  Bishop  dream. 
He  clasps  his  arms  in  a  close  embrace, — 
When  the  cat  starts  suddenly  from  her  place, 
And  fixes  her  talons  in  his  face, 

And  the  Bishop  awakes  with  a  scream. 

Away  through  the  roof  flew  the  Evil  One, 
And  away  flew  the  cat  through  the  floor. 
"  Now  still  on  this  day,"  quoth  the  monk  with  a  moan, 
"  Shall  men  for  my  trials  and  sorrows  atone, 
And  be  fooled  by  false  dreams  of  fair  maidens  alone  ; 
Be  it  Valentine's  day  evermore  !" 

M. 


CHARADE. 

"  AND  take,"  she  said,  "  the  blue  seas  o'er, 
This  chaplet  for  an  amulet ;" 

And  round  his  helm  my  whole  she  flings, 
Close  pressed  my  first  an  instant  met, 

Then  with  my  last  to  horse  he  springs ; 

But  till  his  hands  my  whole  restore, 

My  first  shall  know  my  last  no  more. 

A  red-cross  knight,  he  led  the  war, 
Scorning  my  last,  on  desert  coasts, 

And  still,  where'er  his  falchion  burned 
In  wrath  before  the  Paynim  hosts, 

My  first  forsook  them,  as  they  turned ; 

While  from  his  crest  my  whole,  afar, 

Inwrought  with  gems,  blazed  like  a  star. 

Long  days  she  counts  of  doubt  and  fear, 

Nor  heeds  my  first  before  her  cast 
In  mockery  by  the  silken  band 

That  feasts  and  revels  at  my  last, 
Till  pilgrims  come  from  Holy  Land, 
With  tidings  dark,  and  relics  dear — 
A  withered  wreath,  a  broken  spear, 

And  all  that  Art  from  death  withdrew, 

Embalmed  within  a  porphyry  urn. 
Ah  !  thus  again  my  first  must  meet, 

And  only  thus  my  last  return, 
And  with  its  calm  my  whole  complete, 
That  round  their  tomb  its  offering  threw 
Of  fragrant  sighs,  and  tears  of  dew. 


178 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

(To  be  continued  daily.) 


CASH  CONTRIBUTIONS  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


J.K.  Boss : $10000 

Finance  Committee,  per  Mr.  E.  B.  Roosevelt. ..  500  00 

Jarnes  Lenox,  per  Oeo.  T.  Strong 5,000  00 

Ferdinand  Hoffman,  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  per 

Mrs.  D.  D.  Field 80  00 

Congregational  Society  Lueklum.  N.  Y.,  per 

Rev.  E.  N.  Roddock 24  80 

Louis  F.  Eglinger,  21  Sixth  avenue 25  00 

Employes  of  6th  floor  Singer's  S.  M.  Co.,  per 

Mr.  Israel  Pierson 24  75 

Albert  Clarke 60  00 

Anna  Creighton,  Thread  and  Needle  Committee  5  00 
Delhi,  N.  Y.,  Sanitary  Association,  per  Harriot 

L.  Marvine,  Treasurer 200  00 

John  Montgomery,  plumber 10  00 

Trades  and  Asso.  Committee,  "  General  Society 

of  Mechanics  and  Tradesmen  of  the  City  of 

New  York,"  per  Mr.  Chas.  Tracy 250  00 

Committee  of  Arms  and  Trophies,  from  Mr. 

Augustus  Humbert 250  00 

Committee  of  Drugs  and  Perfumery,  from  Mr. 

A.  Heyl 10  00 

George  Peahody,  Esq.,  London,  per  Mrs.  M.  A. 

Humphreys 500  00 

Druggist  and  Apothecary  Committee,  Dutllh  & 

Co.,  per  J.  &K 100  00 

King  Solomon's  Lodge  279,  F.  A.  A.  M.,  per 

Messrs.  Glister,  Eisig  A  Solomon 25  00 

Greenpoint  Ferry  Co.,  Gideon  Lee  Knapp,  per 

Mr.  Geo.  G.  Gray,  1  day's  receipts 218  80 

First  Presbyterian  Church,  Hmnden,  N.  Y.,  per 

Rev.  George  Brown  and  Mrs.  John  llus -rll, 

Treasurer  Ladies'  Benevolent  Society 20  00 

Hon.  Robert  J.  Walker,  Washington 80  00 

Mrs.  Robert  J.  Walker,  Washington 1000 

Miss  Walker 5  00 

Druggists,  Ac.,  Committee,  Fischer  et  Keller. . .  25  00 

Arion  Society,  per  Mr.  Straubtnger 81  00 

George  C.  Perkins,  per  Miss  Cary 50  00 

Eev.  F.  Cary,  pastor  R.  C.  Church,  Coiil  Spring.  20  00 

Joseph  Lawrence 250  00 

W.Bradford 100  00 

Druggist  and  Apothecary  Committee,  cash 5000 

Charles  II.  Marshall,  Ship  Committee 1,000  00 

Henry  E.  Winthrop 50  00 

Wm.  8.  Opdyke,  per  H.  R.  Winthrop 25  00 

Finance  Committee,  per  Henry  A.  Oakley — 

Lorlllard  Fire  Insurance  Co 500  00 

Hope  Fire  Insurance  Co 200  00 

Manhattan  Fire  Insurance  Co 250  00 

Eliza  Hazelgrave,  per  Mrs.  Fisk 20  00 

Ascnath 100 

C.  F.  Trumpore,  per  Mrs.  Van  Vechten 8  00 

Finance  Committee,  New  York  Stock  Exchange, 

per  John  H.  Gourlio,  Esq 1,350  00 

Josiah  Lane,  per  Mr.  John  H.  Gourlie 10000 

Mrs.  J.  Butler  Wright 200  00 

Edward  Smith,  confectioner 50  00 

Lawrence  R.  Kerr 100  00 

Charles  A.  Cheever,  per  G.  G.  Gray 2600 

Mrs.  John  A.  King,  per  Mrs.  Fish 21  00 

John  Wolf,  per  Mr.  And.  Blnlnger 200  00 

Mrs.  C.  Wolf  and  daughter,  per  Mr.  Bininger...  200  00 

Cash,  V.  G.  H 450  00 

Adrian  H.  Muller 50  00 

Druggists,  &c.,  Committee,  M.  Marcus  &  Co 50  00 

Finance  Committee,  per  Mr.  Henry  A.  Oakley, 

Home  Insurance  Company 700  00 

Thomas  Bailey,  Druggists'  Committee 5  00 

Police  force  of  New  York  City,  per  Thomas  C. 

Acton,  President 4,000  00 

Soldiers'  Aid  Society,  Deposit,  N.  Y.,  per  Elsie 

Wheeler,  Secretary 70  00 

Finance  Committee,  Joseph  B.  Varnum,  Jr., 

per  C.  P.  Kirkland,  Esq 20  00 

Professor  Elie  Charlier,  per  Mrs.  Ncalie  Baird..  200  00 

George  Griswold  Gray 1,004  00 

Mark  L.  Potter,  per  G.  G.  Gray,  Esq 250  00 

Miss  C.  Callett 5  00 

Proceed*  of  sale  of  wringer 7  00 


George  T.  Worden 

Woodbridge  &  Morris,  per  John  II.  Gourlie 

W.  H.  Smith  &  Sons 

Druggists',  &c.,  Committee,  Hall  &  Blauvelt.... 
Furniture  Committee,  sundry  contributions,  per 

J.  A.  Eooscvelt 

F.  Newlands,  West  Point 

Mrs.  W.  II.  C.  Bartlett,  West  Point 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Church,  West  Point 

Mrs.  Mahan,  West  Point 

Samuel  Wetmore 

Eev.  J.  8.  Clarck,  Madalin,  N.  Y 

Unknown 

Finance  Committee,  II.  A.  Oakley 

Miss  Mary  Grummon 

Students  of  the  Collegiate  Institute,  926  Broad 
way,  per  D.  Wr.  Morrison 

Employes    of  Boat  Yard  at    Dry  Dock    Iron 

Works,  per  J.  8.  Underbill 

Hide  and  Leather  Committee,  per  Francis  A. 

Stout,  Chairman 

Mrs.  Samuel  C.  Wead,  Malone,  N.  Y 

Mrs.  W.  L.  Farnham,  Silver  Creek,  N.  Y 

Finance  Committee,  Banks,  per  Smith  Clift,  Esq 
Committee  Flags  and  Coal,  per  8.  B.  James, 

Delaware  &  Hudson  Canal  Co 

Mr.  G.  Wehle,  156  E.  23d  street,  proceeds  of 

private  concert  at  his  house 

Walter  Van  Loan,  bookseller,  Catskill,  N.  Y . . . . 
Committee  on  Window  glass,  J.  A.  Roosevelt 

and  E.  P.  Dickie  &.  Co 

Committee  on  Carriages.  Wilmcr  S.  Wood 

Finance  Committee,  N.  Y.  Stock  Exchange,  per 

John  H.  Gourlie 

Finance  Committee,  per  Charles  P.  Kirkland, 

Edgar  8.  Van  Winke 

Printing  and  Stationery  Committee,  per  James 

F.  Ruggles,  Chairman 

Druggists',  &c.,  Committee,  per  J.  L.  Kennedy, 

Chairman  • 

Committee  on  Contributions  from  without  tho 

city— 
Pres.   Church,  Marlboro',  N.  Y.,   E.    F. 

Shepard  

Pres.  Church,  Middle  Hope,  N.  Y 

John  W.  Gibbs,  Jefferson,  N.  Y 

Miss  F.-  M.  Green,  Providence,  E.  I 

Nellie  Clark,  12th  street  School  

John  Tweddle,  J.  &  C.,  per  Mrs.  Henry  K.  Bogert 
Proceeds  of  sale  of  Shawl  made  by  Mrs.  Chas. 

E.  Beebe 

Proceeds  of  Exhibition  of  Mrs.  Z.  R.  Plumb's 

Light  Gymnastes  at  Cooper  Institute 

Mrs.  Z.  R.  Plumb,  2  tickets  sold  at  Gt.  Jones  st. 

A  friend,  per  Miss  Nash 

Benjamin  N.  Huntington,  Rome,  N.  Y.,  Agricul 
tural  Committee 

Cash,  J.  C.  T 

Capt.  W.   R.   Bell,  steam  ehip  Evening  Star, 

amount  contributed  by  passengers  on  late 

trip  from  New  Orleans  to  New  York 

Cash,  F.  G.  D.  II 

Estate  of  Mr.  Jolin  Wurts,  per  Mr.  Seymour, 

executor,  through  L.  W.  Gibbs 

Hartford  Committee,  Colt  Fire  Arms  Co 

Misses  Gelston,  through  Miss  Webster 

William  H.  Russell,  per  Samuel  H.  Huntington. 

Mrs.  Ketchum,  for  manager's  ticket 

Hide  and   Leather  Committee,   A.   Reittinger 

<fc  Co 

Importers  of  Foreign  Fruit,  per  Wm.  L.  Cham 
berlain  

Druggists'  Committee,  per  James  L.  Kennedy.. 
Miss  Maurice,  proceeds  of  Rug  worked  by  her. . 
Mrs.  Do  Peyster  and  Miss  Ashton,  per  Mrs. 

Seymour  Lansing 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Marlboro',  N.  Y., 

per  Rev.  D.  Gibson 

Finance  Committee,  Insurance  Co.'s,  per  II .  A. 

O»kley 


$10  00 

100  00 

250  00 

25  00 

25  00 

5  00 
5  00 
5  00 

5  00 
500  00 

6  (HI 
1  00 

1,700  00 
1  00 

40  00 
82  00 

6,720  00 

4  20 

10  00 

::.: > 

2,500  00 

98  40 

5  00 

100  00 
1,000  00 

1,100  00 


55  00 


225  00 


25  00 

1  00 

25  00 


Collections  by  Mrs.  Benj.  Nathan — 

Phillips,  Speyer  &  Co $500  00 

Benj.  Nathan 500  00 

Morse&Co 10000 

A.  Belmont&  Co 100  00 

Lockwood  &  Co 50  00 

L.  Marx  &  Co 50  00 

M.  H.  Maas,  Marx  &  Co 25  00 

Polhemius  i  Jackson 50  00 

J.  I).  Maxwell 50  00 

Barrow  Benri  mo 50  00 

J.  Abccassis 60  00 

A.R.  B.  Moses 25  00 

S.  L.  M.  Barlow 25  00 

Seigman  Brothers 25  00 

Soleliac  Freres 10  00 

Wm.  D.  Crawford 100  00 

Sundry  contributors 470  00 


Cash,  manager's  ticket. 


5  00 

Wm.  D.  Thompson 250  00 

Moses  Schloss  and  Louis  May,  subscriptions  re 
ceived  by  them  as  members  of  a  general 
committee,  from  members  of  Temple  Iman- 
ucl,  in  addition  to  subscriptions  through 

their  trades 3,162  IS 

A  loyal  American  lady  In  England,  per  Wm. 

Barton 100  00 

Druggists'  Committee,  by  Mr.  Irving  Clark  &  Co.      100  00 

Mrs.  Geo.  A.  Jones,  per  Gco.  T.  Strong 25  00 

Love  and  Charity,  per  R.  B.  M.,  Jr 100  00 


John  H.  Taft. 
Theodore  Crane . 


7  50 
100  00 


A  gentleman  friend,  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  per  Mrs. 


George  M.  Wright  . 


10  00 

May  *  Sherer,  Fulton  Fish  Market 40  00 

Wm.  Eagle 100  00 

Students  of  Geo.  C.  Anthon's  Classical  School..       100  00 
Committee  of  Wholesale  Millinery,  per  Mr.  J. 

D.  Lawson,  Chairman 2,550  00 

Masons  at  the  Mechanics'  and  Tradesmen's  Ex 
change,  per  Mr.  Colt 4,000  00 

R.  P.  Parrel,  per  Mr.  Colt '. . 

S.  B.  Althause  &  Co 

John  Nichols.. 

Moses  &  Cummings 

Mr.  Dunn 


Carpenters,  per  Mr.  Van  Nostrand. 


100  00 
100  Ol) 

20  00 
100  00 
5  00 
145  00 

2S  00 


5  00 1  Mr.  John  Mullins 

600  00  Michael  Groz  &  Co 100  00 

Mrs.  W.  D.  Maxwell. 1  25 


10  00 


744  55 
1  00 
5  00 


100  00 
25  00 


167  70 
1,000  00 

800  00 

1,000  00 

50  00 

22  50 

5  00 

SO  00 

1.450  00 
900  00 
60  00 


20  00 


Raffle    of   picture,  painted  by  Mrs.   Chas.    K. 


Tuckennan. 


50  00 


Paper  and  Stationery    Committee,    per   John 

Priestley »00  00 

Hardware  Committee,  per  J.  D.  Russell 8,020  00 

Employes  of  Stratum  &  Foot,  105  E.  22<i  st . . . .      100  00 

Hardware  Committee,  per  Mr.  Wetmore 10,150  00 

Sale  of  Empty  Boxes,  per  Wm.  E.  Stewart 28  00 

Mrs.  J.  A.  May 60  00 

Armsand  Trophies  Committee,  A.  W.  Spies 100  00 

Mrs.  Dr.  Anthon,  from  students  of  Van  Norman 

Institute •. 2SO  00 

Committee  of  out  of  city,  per  H.  K.  Brown- 
Win.  Roc,  Newburgh,  N.  Y 100  00 

Geo.  A.  Elliot,  Nowburgh,  N.  Y 50  00 

J.  L.  Rogers,  Newburgh,  N.  Y 50  00 

Per  E.  F.  Shepard,  E.  St.  A.  Walton. .  25  00 — 225  00 

Sale  of  Empty  Boxes,  per  W.  R.  Stuart 20  00 

Printing  and  Stationery  Committee,  per  J.  F. 

Ruggles 145  00 

Kdward  Clark 1,000  00 

265 


Fanny  I'arkin 

Farmers  of  Cooperstown,  per  Dr.  F.  U.  John 
son  

Engineer  corps  and  architects  of  the  Central 

Park,  per  L.  W.  Sloat 

j  Capt.  Henry  Brown,  Sunderland,  Eng.,  per  Mr. 

14  00          E.  N.  Stevens 

Soldiers'  ItMit-f  Association.  New  Paltz  Landing, 
1,25000          per  Minerva  P.  Croft,  President 


10  50 


44  00 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


183 


BUBBLING  AROUND  THE  FAIR.— No.  3. 

IN  bubbling  around  the  FAIR  yesterday,  I  encountered  the  usually  placid 
G.  G.  G y,  Grand  high  functionary  of  the  Executive  Committee,  look 
ing  somewhat  "  in  the  downs."  On  interrogating  him  as  to  the  cause  of 
his  mental  depression,  he  informed  me  that  he  was  suffering  under  one  of 
the  usual  attacks  of  dilemma  to  which  every  man  is  subject  who  is  under 
stringent  bonds  to  "  please  everybody."  The  immediate  "  causa  causans  " 
of  his  despondency  in  the  present  instance  was  the  reproaches  that  had 
been  visited  upon  him  by  the  "  Soda  Water  "  man !  It  seems,  with  his 
usual  beneficent  intentions,  G.  had  ordered  the  water  that  was  supplied 
gratis  to  the  community  to  be  iced.  This  had  turned  the  tide  of  travel 
from  the  soda  water  man,  and  hinc  illse  lacrymae.  As  I  was  sympathizing 
with  G.  under  this  attack,  a  new  casus  belli  was  presented,  viz. :  a  female 

relative  of Jefferds,  Esq.,  came  up  to  remonstrate  because  the  pretty 

little  testimonial,  viz. :  a  revolver !  presented  by  that  philanthropic  indi 
vidual,  had  not  been  accepted  by  the  Executive  Committee !  This  was  too 

much  for  poor  G y.     When  I  left  him  he  was  wilting  rapidly,  but 

moving  spasmodically  towards  the  Floral  Temple  to  restore  himself  by 
composing  a  new  and  startling  bouquet,  under  an  inspiration  that  had 
seized  him,  and  which  he  (sub  rosa)  imparted  to  me.  It  was  to  consist  of 
a  soda  water  fountain  of  red  japonicas,  with  a  stream  of  white  rosebuds 
bubbling  out  of  it  and  pouring  into  a  tumbler  consisting  of  a  gigantic  water 
lily. 

Rambling  along,  I  encountered  my  rural  relative  Van  Dunderdunk 
(who  prides  himself  on  his  Latinity),  trying  to  turn  into  the  vernacular  the 
inscription  on  "  The  Irving  Cockloft  Summer  House,"  gracefully  presided 

over  by  Mrs.  Frelinghuysen,  Mrs.  Wilson,  the  charming  Mrs.  R y,  and 

a  half  dozen  other  very  attractive  and  active  partisans  of  "  la  charite." 
Young  man,  pause,  and  go  in,  and  buy  a  Cape  Jessamine  blossom  there, 
and  have  it  pinned  on  your  coat  by  Miss  Tilly.  It  is  delightful,  and  only 
25  cents.  The  motto  on  the  little  temple  is  : 

"  In  hoc  est  hoax,  cum  quis  et  jokeses, 

Et  smoakem,  toastem,  roastem  folkses,  &c." 

Van  D.  insisted  it  was  from  Plautus ;  I  maintained  it  was  from  Dr.  Faus- 
tus.  The  bet  ensuing  is  to  be  decided  by  Charley  Anthon,  if  we  can  find 
him. 

After  partaking  of  a  few  Normandy  flap-jacks,  and  purchasing  a  forty  cent 
oak  leaf  from  the  little  bijou  of  a  tabactarie,  presided  over  by  two  irresis- 
tibles,  we  took  a  slant  in  to  the  Crockery  and  Pottery  Department,  pre 
sided  over  by  Mrs.  C ,  Mrs.  R,  and  a  tall  Hebe,  with  black  eyes,  which 

I  would  have  bought  at  any  price.  There  Van  D — • — ,  was  induced  by  the 
liquid  tones  of  feminine  persuasion  to  invest  in  a  dozen  flower  pots,  and  a 
brown  stone  prediluvian  quadruped,  and  under  the  influence  of  the  afore 
said  eyes  was  about  contracting  for  a  magnificent  piece  of  Auti  Ghobelin 
Tapestry,  very  cheap,  at  one  hundred  dollars.  Serieusement — the  tapestry 
aforesaid  is  very  curious,  and  intrinsically  valuable  and  artistic.  We  were 
diverted  from  the  above  investment,  by  an  invitation  from  our  respected 

and  ever  charming  friend,  Mrs.  McE rs,  to  visit  the  "  Curiosity  shop." 

Here  are  nuts  indeed  !  for  the  Antiquarian  and  Pre  Hadamite  !  How  would 
the  votaries  of  "  ye  good  old  time  "  revel  over  the  Palissy  ware,  the  crystal 
crucifix  and  ball,  the  Italian  fan,  three  hundred  years  old,  the  fan  painted  by 
Guido,  the  old  black  Jack,  out  of  which  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  used  to  smile, 
the  old  Hebrew  bread  plates,  out  of  which  the  original  Jacobses  used  to 
get  their  daily  bread,  the  venerable  and  fantastic  court  suits,  the  veritable 
Egyptian  Scarabaei  bracelet,  worn  by  Mrs.  Potiphar,  and  above  all,  the  real 
Japanese  Mermaid,  looking  for  all  the  world,  like  a  Cherub  monkey !  Oh ! 
its  all  nice,  and — there  goes  that  drum  thunder  again.  G. 


AN  interesting  letter  has  been  added  to  the  collection  in  the  Curiosity 
Shop,  which  already  contains  recent  letters  from  Gasparin,  Laboulaye  and 
others,  valuable  for  the  sympathy  they  express  with  our  cause,  not  less 
than  as  mementos  of  their  eminent  authors.  The  letter  alluded  to  waa 
received  on  Tuesday  from  Victor  Hugo.  He  expresses  interest  in  the 
FAIR,  and  good  wishes  for  its  success,  and  as  an  earnest  of  his  sincerity 
sends  a  pen  and  ink  sketch,  made  by  himself,  of  the  house  formerly  occu 
pied  by  Dr.  Franklin  at  Passy,  now  destroyed,  with  a  little  account  of 


Victor  Hugo's  reasons  for  making  the  sketch.     It  will  be  framed  together 
with  the  letter,  and  exhibited  for  sale  at  the  Curiosity  Shop. 

AN  Autograph  letter  from  General  Washington   will  be  sold  at  Stand 
No.  36.     Offers  for  it  will  be  received  until  12  o'clock  Saturday,  the  23d. 


RAFFLING. 

To  the  Executive  Committee  : 

I  AM  one  of  those  patriotic  and  persecuted  young  women,  who  "  assist '' 
at  the  FAIR,  in  the  14th  street  department. 

I  have  talked  like  two  auctioneers  in  one,  smiled  like  patience  on  a 
monument,  and  dressed  like  a  French  costume  day  after  day,  in  the  despe 
rate  endeavor  to  induce  sewed  up  pockets  to  open,  and  acute  triangles  of 
hearts  to  expand,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Sanitary  Commission  and  the  sol 
diers.  I  am  sure  /  shall  need  an  Insanitary  Commission  to  look  after  me, 
if  I  have  to  do  this  much  longer  :  and  the  sole  cause,  and  "  first  principle  " 
of  the  whole  trouble  is — we  can't  have  raffles. 

Let  me  give  you  an  instance :  I  have  at  my  stall,  a  very  beautiful 
bouquet  of  phantom  flowers.  Everybody  who  comes  by  admires  it,  and 
would  be  happy  to  negotiate,  but  the  price  is,  of  course,  commensurate 
with  the  beauty  and  rarity  of  the  article ;  and  thus,  what  between  the 
hard-heartedness  of  some,  and  the  insufficient  greenbacks  of  others,  my 
poor  flowers  are  being  ruined  by  the  dust,  for  want  of  a  customer  or — a 
raffle. 

Your  committee  have  made  a  very  great  mistake.  Raffling  is  not 
gambling.  A  gambler  always  wants  to  make  money ;  while  not  one  in 
fifty  who  buy  chances,  wants  or  cares  for  the  article  in  question.  No, 
indeed !  they  come  to  give  their  mite,  and  they  cannot  afford  to  buy. 

In  and  on  many  of  the  stalls,  the  most  expensive  things  are  left,  not 
more  than  a  tenth  part  of  the  articles  have  been  sold.  Pray,  pray,  let  us 
have  raffles,  so  different  in  their  nature  from  gambling,  and  win  the  hearty 
thanks  of  many  and  many  a  poor,  tired 

ASSISTANT. 

April  WOi,  1864. 

WATER  FROM  2000  MILES  UP  THE  RIVER  AMAZON. — Two  hundred  vials 
of  water  from  the  greatest  river  of  our  globe  were  to-day  presented  by  Rev. 
J.,C.  Fletcher,  and  will  be  found  for  sale  in  the  Fifth  avenue  Presbyterian 
Church  Department,  and  in  the  Swiss  Department.  Chateaubriand  collect 
ed  the  waters  of  the  various  rivers  which  he  traversed,  and  how  many  cab 
inets  rejoice  in  a  small  vial  of  water  from  the  mill  on  the  Jordan,  but  the 
water  of  the  Amazon  is  at  present  rarer  than  that  of  those  famous  rivers. 
In  England  the  only  collection  of  Amazon  waters  is  that  sent  by  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Fletcher  to  Sir  Roderick  Murchison,  and  is  now  in  the  museum  of  the 
Royal  Geographical  Society.  Mr.  Fletcher  obtained  this  water  when  travel 
ling  on  the  Amazon  in  1862. 

No  Department  of  the  FAIR  has  excited  more  interest  than  that  devoted 
to  Machinery.  It  is  visited  every  day  by  crowds  of  people  who  inspect 
with  critical  or  wondering  eyes  the  creations  of  mechanical  ingenuity. 
The  display  of  agricultural  implements  is  very  fine ;  most  of  them  will  be 
sold  at  auction  for  the  benefit  of  the  SANITARY  COMMISSION.  Nothing  in 
the  Department  has  excited  more  interest  than  the  type-setting  machine 
from  the  establishment  of  Mr.  J.  F.  Trow.  This  ingenious  invention  has 
been  in  active  operation  every  day. 

A  COLLECTION  of  engravings  has  been  contributed  to  the  SANITARY 
FAIR  by  the  poor  children  of  the  Infant  Department  of  the  Five  Points 
House  of  Industry.  From  the  little  one  who  could  scarcely  lisp  the  words 
"  I  want  to  give  my  penny  for  the  poor  soldiers,"  to  the  oldest  scholar  of 
the  class,  these  children  of  want  have  denied  themselves  the  luxury  of 
spending  their  few  pennies,  and  with  real  enthusiasm  have  given  them  to 
the  cause.  Surely  He  who  regarded  the  widow's  mite  will  accept  and  bless 
this  humble  offering  of  these  worse  than  orphaned  little  ones.  The  engra 
vings  can  be  seen  at  Stand  No.  8,  under  charge  of  Mrs.  Dusenberry. 

A  GRAND  entertainment  will  be  given  by  the  pupils  of  20th  Ward  Pub 
lic  Schools  in  aid  of  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  on 
Tuesday  evening,  26th  inst.  The  exercises  will  consist  of  Choruses,  Reci 
tations,  Solos,  Duets,  Tableaux,  and  Military  Drills.  The  music  is  under 
the  superintendence  of  Professor  Colburn.  Dodivorth's  Band  has  been 
engaged  for  the  occasion.  Tickets  may  be  had  at  Appletons',  Broadway, 
and  J.  F.  Williams,  442  Eighth  avenue. 

FLORENCE  NIGHTINGALE,  from  her  own  sick  bed,  has  sent  to  our  FAIR, 
through  Mrs.  Bancroft  Davis,  three  copies  of  her  treatise  upon  nursing  the 
sick  and  wounded,  with  the  following  dedication  in  her  own  hand  writing, 
on  the  title  page  of  each  : 

Of  all  sick  and  suffering 

the  faithful  servant, 
FLORENCE  NIGHTINGALE  : 

From  her  sick  bed, 
London,  March,  1864. 

These  precious  contributions  of  a  charity  that  is  circumscribed  by  no 
national  limits  nor  prejudices,  and  that  has  especially  approved  itself  to 
sick  and  wounded  soldiers,  are  to  be  seen  at  the  table  of  Mrs.  Charles 
King,  in  the  Old  Curiosity  Shop. 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  In  the  year  1864,  by  AUGUSTUS  1!.  MACDONOVCH,  in  th«  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  tha  U.  a.,  for  tbo  Southern  plst.  of  N.  T. 


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SPIRIT    OF    TIIE    FAIR. 


LETTERS  FROM  SALLY  POPCORN  TO  HER  SISTER  BETSEY,  IN 
PUMPKINSVILLE.— No.  2. 

I  HAVEN'T  told  you  about  the  logins  yet,  nor  the  Trofee  room,  nor  the 
pictur  hall,  nor  the  shop  of  curosities.  Ingins  first: — I  worked  hard  to 
see  'em,  I  can  tell  you.  I  follered  a  solemn  old  feller  who  looked  in  at  a 
square  hole  about  as  big  a  winder  pane,  and  somebody  in  there  looked  at 
him,  and  then  he  said,  "  ticket,"  and  the  man  in  the  box  didn't  say  any 
thing,  but  handed  it  out,  and  I  done  just  so  too.  There  we  stood  fur  a 
half  an  hour  like  pigs  in  a  box.  If  one  turned  round  it  upset  ever  so 
many  others.  Oh,  don't  that  misrible  policeman  have  a  hard  life  of  it ! 
Fifty  women  talking  and  laughing  all  the  time,  and  askin'  questions,  and 
crowdin'  and  beggin'  to  get  in  before  the  time  !  One  woman  is  enuff  to 
worry  a  man  to  death  if  she's  a  mind  to.  I  heard  a  chap  'bout  six  years 
old  sayin'  "  Oh,  mother,  I've  got  my  hand  in  my  pocket  and  can't  get  it 
out ;"  and  I  guess  it  was  true,  for  I  hadn't  been  able  to  put  my  umbril 
down  at  all.  You  know  it's  rather  bulky.  I  had  some  trouble  with  that 
umbril  the  day  before  yesterday,  for  when  I  went  to  put  it  up  to  go  home, 
I  thought  the  handle  had  growed  out  like  a  sugar  cane.  I  held  on  to  the 
end  witli  one  hand  and  shoved  the  frame  with  the  other  till  the  stick  come 
out  entirely.  I  felt  awful  foolish.  I  stuck  it  fast  agin,  but  you  see  if  I'd 
ha'  let  it  down  in  that  crowd  I  wouldn't  have  ever  pulled  up  anything  but 
the  stick. 

Well,  we  got  into  the  place  at  last :  a  room  with  buffalo  robes  hangin' 
all  round,  and  a  curtain  hangin'  across  one  end.  Bym-bye  a  very  nice 
lookin'  gentleman  came  out  and  said  that  these  wild  Indians  were  Arg- 
Squaws,  and  very  friendly  to  us,  and  came  to  show  us  how  they  danced 
whenever  they  was  goin'  to  do  anything.  Sich  a  row  of  creetura  you  never 
see — with  paint  on  their  faces,  and  feathers  in  their  heads,  and  clothes 
with  stragglin',  stringy  trimmin'  to  'em,  and  two  of  'em  had  rings  in  their 
noses.  I  guess  they  hadn't  been  out  scalpin'  lately,  for  they  are  as  fat  as 
can  be,  and  don't  look  very  murderiu'.  They  danced  a  war  dance  that  w^s 
very  oncertain  in  its  figures,  and  I  don't  really  think  the  natyves  knew 
what  they  were  goin'  to  do  next,  but  they  yelled  like  loons  and  screech- 
owls,  and  shook  rattles,  and  howled  with  all  their  might.  Then  they  had 
a  woman  dance,  and  the  four  squaws  shuffled  and  pounded  around  a  bench 
where  three  of  the  men  sat.  It  wasn't  much  of  a  reel.  After  that  come 
a  feather  dance.  The  nice  looking  gentleman  said  that  was  a  religious 
dance,  but  I  didn't  see  much  religion  in  it.  I  wonder  what  Deacon  Bailey 
would  think  of  any  of  our  church  folks  cuttin'  up  so.  Then  there  was  a 
courtin'  scene.  The  big  Ingin  sot  in  his  tent  playin'  on  a  flute,  as  well  as 
he  knew  how,  and  a  squaw  come  walkiu'  about  and  tryin'  to  find  out  where 
the  music  was.  Then  she  made  bleeve  she  didn't  care,  and  went  home 
agin,  and  the  tall  feller  he  come  out  and  peeked  all  round  to  find  her,  but 
it  was  no  use,  so  he  jest  spoke  to  them  other  Ingins  setting  there  doin" 
nothing,  and  'peared  to  tell  'em  to  sing  and  play  a  bit.  They  laughed  a 
good  deal,  which  looked  very  mild  in  an  Ingin,  didn't  it  ? 

Big  Ingin  then  went  jumpin'  round,  comin'  down  solid,  I  can  tell  you, 
and  I  s'pose  the  Arg  Squaw  was  charmed,  for  she  came  out  and  walked 
along  as  if  she  didn't  know  he  was  there,  but  she  did  tho'.  It  ain't  only  Ingin 
girls  do  that,  is  it  ?  Then  he  talked  to  her,  and  tried  to  coax  her  to  give 
him  a  string  of  beads,  and  first  she  wouldn't,  and  then  she  did,  jest  as 
natural  as  tho'  she  was  white,  and  at  last  they  walked  off  to  her  house, 
and  the  curtain  was  jerked  to. 

I  went  out  of  the  Ingin  department  to  the  Trofee  room,  scramblin' 
to  get  another  ticket  (I  shall  dream  of  tickets  for  a  month  sure),  and 
looked  ahout  me  there.  There's  a  cannon  as  big  as  our  hay  wagon  in  the 
middle  of  the  room,  and  close  by  that,  an  awful  lot  of  people  all  huddled 
together,  lookin'  over  each  other's  shoulders.  I  didn't  find  out  what  that  was 
fur  at  first,  but  I  did  after  awhile.  Overhead  there  was  a  big  blue  flag  with 
"  Don't  give  up  the  ship,"  on  to  it  iu  big  letters,  and  another  awful  dirty 
one  with  a  ticket  saying  that  it  was  carried  by  Washington,  Evacuation 
day.  Ob,  Betsey,  didn't  I  long  to  have  some  of  those  old  flags  in  a  wash 
tub,  with  plenty  of  suds,  and  make  'em  look  decent?  Its  a  kind  of  a  solemn 
place  that  Trofee  room.  There's  the  flags  everywhere  you  turn,  some  with 
bullet  holes  and  broken  sticks,  and  some  all  torn  to  ribbons  from  fiyin'  iu 
the  wind,  and  some  most  black  with  the  smoke  of  the  cannons.  They 
drop  down  kind  of  mournful  as  tho'  th«y  wus  thinkin'  about  the  poor  fellers 


who  had  stuck  to  'em  as  long  as  they  could,  and  who  won't  fight  under  them, 
or  any  other  flags  any  more.  Then  there's  bullsts  that's  done  awful  work, 
and  canteens  and  haversacks  that  got  too  heavy  for  poor  wounded  men 
to  carry. 

There's  a  skull  hangin'  on  the  wall  that  is  made  into  a  cup,  and  marked 
and  written  on  outside.  Isn't  that  awful  to  think  of!  I  wus  afraid  of  it, 
and  moved  away.  Up  in  the  corner  is  a  lot  of  things  belonging  to  Ellsworth. 
There's  the  gray  coat  with  the  bullet  hole  in  the  breast,  all  scorched  and 
torn ;  the  knapsack  and  cap,  and  the  last  letter  he  wrote  to  his  parents. 
That  letter  was  too  much  for  me.  I  choked  down  as  I  looked  at  the  poor 
tired  flags,  I  winked  hard  over  the  old  caps  and  canteens,  but  I  jist  pulled 
out  my  handkercher,  and  had  a  good  cry  over  that  letter  I  tell  you.  The 
feller  that  killed  the  man  that  sent  that  bullet  through  that  gray  coat,  is 
sittin'  there  most  of  the  time,  and  I  jist  shook  hands  with  him  in  earnesti 
and  if  I  don't  knit  him  some  good  stockins  this  winter,  it'll  be  a  pity.  He 
looks  kind  o'  peaked  like,  and  the  finest  fleece  in  our  flock  is  goin'  on  his 
feet. 

There's  lots  of  old  swords,  for  all  the  world  like  those  that  stick  up  in 
the  beams  up  garret,  that  Brother  Jehial  carried  in  the  last  war,  and  there's 
a  figure  dressed  up  in  a  suit  of  Continentals,  such  as  father  wore.  The 
figure  has  such  a  smiling  face,  it  made  me  mad.  What  on  earth  an  old 
Continentaller  would  see  to  grin  at  nowadays,  I  don't  know  I'm  sure,  with 
the  country  in  such  an  awful  muss,  and  gold  and  butter  goin'  up  yet. 
I've  writ  out  for  to-day,  SALLY  POPCORN. 


On  raffling  the  parsons  grew  savage, 

So  they  brought  up  this  scriptural  adage  : 

"  As  you  value  your  life, 

Remember  Lot's  wife 
Drew  a  lot  in  the  raffle  of  marriage." 


Those  loyal  old  Dutchmen  of  Penn., 
Wrenched  money  from  poor  wounded  men, 

Charged  twenty  verts-dos 

For  a  single  verre  d'eau — 
Those  Samaritan  Dutchmen  of  Penn. 


METROPOLITAN  FAIR  FOR   THE  U.  S.   SANITARY  COMMISSION. 

AUCTION    NOTICE. 

HEADS  of  departments  wishing  to  make  sales  by  auction,  will  please 
hand  in  their  invoices  two  days  before  sale,  to  either  of  the  following  auc 
tioneers,  or  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Committee.  Each  department  will 
arrange  with  the  gentlemen  whom  they  may  elect  to  make  their  sales,  in  re 
gard  to  the  reception  and  delivery  of  their  goods. 

All  goods,  wares,  and  merchandise  will  be  received  and  accounted  for 
by  those  employed,  who  will  furnish  their  own  clerks  and  attend  to  their 
own  advertising. 

The  following  are  the  names  and  places  of  business  of  the  gentlemen 
tendering  their  services,  in  the  order  they  were  received  : 
DANIEL  A.  MATHEWS,  66  Nassau  street. 
EDWARD  SCHENCK,  CO  Liberty  street. 
GEOKOE  WELLES  NICHOLS,  113  Pearl  street. 
HENRY  D.  MINER,  37  Nassau  street. 
DANIEL  H.  BURDETT,  109  Wall  street. 
HENRY  MOLTON,  235  Broadway. 
J.  H.  DRAPER,  36  Pine  street. 
EDWARD  SINTZKMCII,  155  Broadway. 
J.  E.  HALSEY,  10  Barclay  street. 
WALTER  II.  LLOYD,  15  Nassau  street. 
E.  T.  WILLS,  47  Murray  street. 
JOHN  H.  AOSTEN,  340  Broadway. 
THOMAS  J.  MILLER,  74  Broadway. 
ALFRED  L.  CCKTIS,  23  Murray  street. 

All  goods  sold  by  this  Commission  are  free  from  United  States  duties, 
as  well  as  the  District  License. 

E.  H.  LUDLOW,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Auctioneers. 
HKNRY  D.  MINER,  Secretary. 

HEADS  of  departments  and  subordinate  departments,  requiring  the 
services  of  an  auctioneer,  will  please  send  notice  in  writing  to  the  Executive 
Committee  Room  two  days  before  sale. 

E.  II.  LUDLOW,  Chairman  Auction  Committee. 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


185 


THE  EXPERIENCE  OF  AN  HOUR. 

MY  hair,  as  you  see,  is  white.  It  is  not  a  dye.  Horror  and  pain  and 
woes  unutterable  have  taken  the  buckram  from  my  spirit,  and  the  starch 
from  my  linen,  and  the  color  from  my  hair.  The  Experience  of  an  Hour 
did  the  business  for  me. 

I  am  the  unfortunate  holder  of  a  season  ticket  to  the  great  FAIK.  I 
say  unfortunate,  because  the  fact  renders  me  a  target  for  abuse  and  ridi 
cule,  scorn  and  calumny.  The  thousands  that  daily  jam  themselves  at  the 
FAIR  into  what  a  Brooklyn  wit  calls  the  jammedest  sort  of  a  jam  are  com 
posed  partly  of  season  tieketers  and  partly  of  visitors  pro  tern.  The  pro 
terns  never  cease  to  cry  out,  "  It's  these  selfish  season  people  who  make  the 
crowd.  If  they  were  out  of  the  way,  one  could  breathe."  This  is  the 
tune,  in  the  omnibuses,  in  the  newspapers,  and  in  the  hotel  parlors.  Now 
I  am  sure  the  "  selfish  season  people  "  are  as  much  victims  as  tormentors. 
In  proof  of  which,  I  point  you  to  my  white  hair.  Yesterday  that  hair 
was  ambrosial,  hyacinthine,  abundant,  beautiful,  Jovine.  Now  it  is — what 
you  see  !  Ha  !  ha  !  I  am  not  mad,  oh  no !  but  I  was  very  mad  last  night, 
and  all  to  no  purpose. 

Let  me  see  !  where  was  it  ?  It  was  at  the  FAIK.  I  went  with  my  new 
season  ticket,  which  had  never  been  used.  Owing  to  the  admirable  ar 
rangements  at  the  door  I  was  slid  easily  in — alas,  how  easily  !  And  now 
begins  a  horrid  dream,  which  my  crazed  brain  can  scarcely  recal.  How 
long  it  was,  I  know  not,  ere  my  onward  flow  was  arrested,  and  I  was  press 
ed  back  into  the  mass  to  suffer  with  some  thousand  others  the  tortures  of 
the  dammed.  Outcry  was  vain,  imprecation  inadequate,  motion  impossi 
ble.  Tighter  and  tighter  closed  around  each  victim  the  horrible  prison- 
walls  of  flesh — like  the  walls  of  the  celebrated  cell,  built  by  somebody  for 
somebody  else.  At  my  right  a  sharp  elbow  was  pressed  into  my  side, 
which  would  have  palpitated,  but  had  no  room.  On  my  left,  the  giant  from 
Barnum's  looked  compassionately  down  upon  me  and  said  in  a  squeaking 
voice,  "  I  beg  your  pardon,  Sir,  I  know  I  am  standing  on  your  feet ;  and  I 
would  cheerfully  step  off,  if  I  could.  But  you  see  it  is  impossible."  An 
old  lady's  nose  was  pressed  against  the  back  of  my  neck  ;  and  in  attempt 
ing  to  turn  my  head  and  view  the  offending  member,  I  nearly  deprived  her 
of  it  forever.  Before  me  stood  a  soldier,  whose  cartridge-box  and  revolver 
have  made  indelible  impressions  on  my  diaphragmatic  system. 

A  motion  was  observed  at  a  little  distance,  and  hope  illuminated  at 
once  each  wretched  face.  Some  one  was  coming  toward  us  through  the 
crowd — the  messenger  of  deliverance.  As  he  approached,  we  saw  at  first 
a  gentlemanly  man  in  black  with  nothing  remarkable  about  him  except  the 
very  remarkable  ease  with  which  he  threaded  the  dense  throng.  I  (who 
have  been  a  Police  Justice  in  my  day)  felt  a  dire  apprehension.  This 
marvellous,  gliding  gentleman  was  Bill  Green,  the  pickpocket,  or  he  was 
the  devil — which  would  be  preferable.  In  a  moment  more,  I  recognized 
the  features  of  Bill  Green,  and  the  whole  assembly  groaned  with  impotent 
rage  when  they  saw  upon  his  breast  the  placard,  marked  "  PICKPOCKET," 
placed  there  by  the  Police.  Green  was  smiling,  self-complacent  and  calm. 
He  knew  the  helplessness  of  his  victims,  and  cruelly  he  toyed  with  them. 

"  Ladies  and  gentlemen,"  said  he,  "  my  name  is  William  Green.  I  am 
the  Pickpocket  of  the  nineteenth  century.  I  have  left,  a  few  rods  off,  two 
good  friends  of  mine,  policemen,  who  are  coming  after  me.  It  will  be 
fifteen  minutes  before  they  reach  this  spot,  and  I  shall  clean  you  all  out 
before  they  arrive.  You  will  be  more  comfortable  if  you  keep  quiet ;  but 
you  may  call  for  help  if  you  like.  Of  course  it  will  be  useless.  Ah  ! 
yonder  I  see  my  friends.  This  way,  gentlemen  !  here  I  am  !  Now  then, 
lively,  if  you  please ! " 

Beginning  with  the  giant,  he  ravaged  the  neighborhood  with  surprising 
dexterity  and  quickness.  I  was  reserved  to  the  last.  I  went  through  a 
long,  slow  agony  in  seeing  my  neighbors  plundered  one  by  one,  and  in 
wondering  what  would  be  my  fate.  For  I  had  my  money  sewed  up  under 
the  collar  of  my  coat,  just  in  the  centre,  behind.  Perhaps  I  might  escape, 
for  the  police  officers  could  already  be  seen  making  their  way  to  us. 

Mr.  Green  stepped  rapidly  to  my  side,  and  with  one  gesture,  as  it 
seemed  to  me,  examined  and  rifled  all  my  pockets.  A  look  of  perplexity 
crossed  his  face,  the  officers  were  not  three  feet  the  other  side  of  the  giant. 
Alas !  the  old  lady  in  my  rear  complained  that  I  had  a  lump  in  my  collar 
that  hurt  her  nose.  In  an  instant,  Green  had  cut  out  my  pocket-book  and 


a  locket  of  my  wife's  hair.  He  returned  me  politely  the  locket,  my  hand 
kerchief  (which  he  said  I  appeared  to  need),  and — my  season  ticket.  "  This, 
my  dear  sir,"  said  he,  "  is  not  transferable !  "  At  this  heartless  remark 
my  hair  turned  white  !  !  !  ! 

I  recovered  from  my  swoon,  to  find  that  the  villain  had  departed,  leav 
ing  the  horrible  placard  about  my  neck.  But  why  should  I  prolong  this 
harrowing  story.  I  spent  the  night  in  a  station-house.  I  suffered  untold 
mental  miseries  ;  but  of  all  the  thoughts  that  sting  me,  the  most  torturing 
and  humiliating  is  this,  that  even  a  pickpocket  has  too  much  sense  of  honor 
to  appropriate  a  season  ticket.  Must  I  confess  it  ?  I  had  borrowed  mine 
from  a  loyal  man  ;  and  now  I  am  bringing  my  white  hairs  to  the  grave 
with  shame  and  remorse. 

Do  you  know  of  a  good  hair-restorer?  ABSALOM  BRIGGS. 


THROUGH  LIFE 

WE  lie  in  sunlight  on  God's  earth ; 

However  dark  and  chill  the  way, 
Over  us  Love's  supernal  birth 

Flings  its  inevitable  day. 

Abroad  upon  these  gusty  plains, 

Wander  at  large  Death,  Change  and  Doubt ; 
Our  cheeks  are  washed  by  frequent  rains, 

Until  we  say  the  lamp  is  out. 

Then  we  go  on  in  weary  calm, 

Forgetting  if  in  dark  or  light, 
Until  the  penetrating  balm 

Of  heaven  makes  our  being  bright. 

Bright  with  the  world's  own  loveliness ; 

Bright  with  affection's  answering  gleam  ; 
And  bright  with  peace  no  words  express, 

Pouring  from  God's  unquenching  stream. 


March,  1864. 


A.  F. 


A  GALLAXT  officer  sends  us  the  following  amusing  instances  of  Jack's 
ingenuity  in  obtaining  grog : 

Under  the  stringent  restrictions  respecting  grog,  to  which  the  "  men- 
of-war's  men  "  are  now  subjected,  they  resort  to  many  curious  expedients, 
instigated  by  the  insatiable  cravings  of  poor  weak  human  nature  after 
"  forbidden  fruits."  By  the  last  supply  steamer,  one  of  the  bluejackets, 
on  a  gunboat  received  a  box  from  home ;  on  its  contents  being 
inspected  by  an  officer,  as  usual,  a  loaf  of  bread  was  found,  which  he 
suggested  should  be  cut  in  two — the  result  was  the  discovery  of  a  canteen, 
bearing  Uncle  Sam's  initials,  filled  with  whiskey.  On  a  previous  trip  of  the 
supply  steamer,  a  box  strongly  bound  with  iron  hoops  attracted  suspicion, 
was  opened,  and  found  to  contain  only  sugar  cured  hams,  nicely  done  up 
in  cloth,  and  whitewashed  in  the  usual  manner ;  nothing  being  suspected, 
it  was  being  nailed  up  again,  when  an  unfortunate  nail  penetrated  one  of 
the  innocent  hams,  and  the  result  was  an  immediate  flow  of  a  fragrant 
stream  of  corn  juice,  thus  adding  another  proof  to  the  assertion  that  "  the 
best  laid  plans  of  mice  and  men  gang  aft  aglee."  On  another  occasion  the 
sailors  on  the  New  Ironsides  purchased  from  a  schooner  what  "  passed 
muster  "  as  a  barrel  of  potatoes,  and  only  after  a  large  number  of  them  had 
become  unmistakeably  intoxicated,  was  it  discovered  that  the  barrel  con 
tained  a  keg  of  whiskey,  as  well  as  the  potatoes.  These  are  merely  specimens 
of  the  perverted  ingenuity  which  is  being  constantly  developed  by  the 
insane  craving  after  grog. 


'Tis  a  horrid  idea 
How  the  Chinaman  queer, 

With  delight  on  a  dish  of  rats  messes  ; 
But  is  it  more  strange, 
Than  for  Blanche  to  arrange 

On  a  boxful  of  "  rats  "  her  fair  tresses  ? 


NIAGARA,  no  doubt,  is  all 

They  sing,  who  rapturously  adore  it ; 
But  give  to  me  a  "  waterfall " 

With  Delia's  charming  face  before  it. . 


186 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIE. 


NEW     YORK,    FRIDAY,    APRIL    22,    1864. 


NATUBE    AND    LIFE. 

BY   HON.  GEOEGB  BAJTOBOFT. 

ART  has  taken  deep  root  among  us,  and  we  have  already  the 
first  fruits,  which  are  but  the  forerunners  of  the  abundant  harvest 
that  is  coming.  The  trials  through  which  we  are  passing  will  only 
quicken  its  progress :  the  mighty  passions  which  sweep  through 
the  public  mind  do  not  injure  its  productive  powers;  on  the  con 
trary,  they  are  but  as  the  winds  of  heaven  which  rush  in  from  all 
sides  to  nourisli  the  flame  of  invention. 

The  great  artist  looks  into  the  life  and  soul  of  his  subject ;  he 
has  an  inward  sympathy  with  it;  feels  with  it;  reasons  with  it; 
lives  its  life  ;  thinks  its  thought ;  disdains  to  be  content  with  imi 
tating  the  outside  with  exactness.  Take  for  instance  the  portrait 
of  Booth  as  lago,  one  of  the  few  in  the  Art  Exhibition  of  the 
Sanitary  Fair  ;  the  painter  was  not  content  with  a  precise  repre 
sentation  of  the  features  and  the  costume  of  the  actor ;  he  em 
bodies  the  very  passion  and  thought  of  the  ideal  villain  just  as  the 
death  of  Cassio  is  resolved  on.  The  portrait  of  one  of  the  United 
States  judges,  recently  finished  by  Carl  Brandt,  is  a  most  excellent 
likeness,  and  is  finished  with  wonderful  care;  but  what  gives  it 
peculiar  merit  is,  that  it  represents  the  judge  himself  in  his  voca 
tion,  so  that  a  biographer  could  deduce  from  it  the  cast  of  his 
mind  and  an  outline  of  his  character. 

Perhaps  the  idea  which  I  wish  to  convey  will  be  more  clear 
if  we  turn  to  Audubon's  Birds,  of  which  a  splendid  copy  lies  on 
the  tables  of  the  fair.  Audubon,  as  he  draws,  lives  the  life  of  the 
bird  which  ho  sketches,  thinks  its  thought,  impersonates  its  na 
ture.  How  wise  and  knowing  is  the  owl  under  his  hand.  Every 
bird  under  his  touch  shows  all  its  faculties  at  work  ;  gleams  of  in 
tellect  struggle  through  its  eyes,  and  pervade  its  attitudes  and  mo 
tions,  and  reveal  the  inmost  character.  The  merit  of  Audubon 
appears  the  greater,  if  contrasted  with  an  artist  of  a  different  man 
ner.  It  seems  impossible  to  exceed  the  splendor  of  coloring  and 
exactness  of  representation,  which  make  Gould's  volumes  of 
Humming  Birds  one  of  the  most  gorgeous  and  brilliant  of  all 
works  on  ornithology ;  hut  in  his  magnificent  pages  the  poor  hum 
ming-bird  is  dead,  lying  in  state  and  courting  admiration  on  his 
bier ;  but  he  neither  moves  nor  lives. 

Let  us  apply  this  principle  to  landscape  painting.  The  true 
landscape  painter  is  as  one  who  had  been  present  when  the  world 
was  called  into  being  by  the  Eternal  Word.  He  knows  that  a 
thought  lies  veiled  under  every  scene  in  nature.  He  has  so  much 
heart  that  he  can  call  upon  nature  to  reveal  to  him  her  secret ; 
and  she  willingly  comes  forward  to  meet  him  half-way.  From  the 
mountains  and  torrents,  the  lakes  and  forests  which  he  paints, 
mind  breathes  and  music  flows.  He  gives  not  a  mere  copy  of 
rocks  and  moss ;  or  a  fantastic  tree ;  or  a  close,  painfully  exact 
image  of  the  outside  of  this  dull  earth  on  which  we  dwell.  Under 
his  pencil  every  landscape  is  instinct  with  spirituality,  and  passes 
out  of  its  mere  material  form  into  a  kindred  with  the  world  of  in 
telligence.  On  his  canvas  the  inmost  nature  of  mind  and  matter 
are  as  one  and  identical.  But  we  say,  there  must  be  on  the  can 
vass  living  beings,  men  and  women,  beings  of  the  imagination ; 
these  shall  be  a  revelation  of  the  indwelling  idea,  an  exposition  of 
the  sentiment  shrouded  in  nature.  A  landscape  without  living  be 
ings  may  be  most  admirable  ;  but  it  is  as  yet  only  a  study,  not  a 
perfect  picture.  The  perfect  landscape  on  the  canvas  demands 


the  companionship  of  life ;  it  seeks  itself  under  another  expression, 
its  own  image  and  meaning,  its  interpretation,  in  living,  moving 
beings.  Is  the  sea  beautifully  tranquil,  as  if  heaven  and  earth  met 
in  its  serene  depth  ?  Let  Galatea  ride  forth  in  her  shell,  as  the 
complement  of  the  scene.  Have  you  the  ruins  of  Greece  ?  Let 
shepherds  in  their  simple  innocence  gather  round  a  broken  tomb, 
in  a  sorrowing  community  of  feeling  with  the  ages  that  have 
gone  by. 

"We  know  that  some  of  our  critics  find  fault  with  our  best 
artists  in  landscape  for  introducing  living  persons ;  as  if  the  pres 
ence  of  men  and  women  destroyed  the  unity  of  the  picture.  A 
question  may  arise,  whether  a  group  of  living  persons  is  wisely 
chosen,  or  made  too  prominent ;  but  as  to  unj,ty,  the  thought  and 
sentiment  of  nature  in  the  landscape  must  find  themselves  again 
in  the  form  of  animate  being ;  and  then  the  two  meeting  together 
in  perfect  harmony,  constitute  the  union  that  gives  to  the  picture 
the  artistic  perfection  of  perfect  unity.  Nature  and  life  join 
hands  ;  and  their  coming  together  makes  of  the  many  but  one. 

Any  one  who  stands  in  the  Art  Exhibition  can  test  this  for 
himself.  Who  would  spare  from  the  "  Heart  of  the  Andes  "  the 
peasant  at  the  foot  of  the  cross  ?  The  group  reveals  the  idea  of 
the  artist  who  represents  the  confused  masses  of  wood  and  water 
and  cloud  and  mountains  of  the  tropical  wilderness,  where  man 
has  not  yet  gained  the  mastery,  where  the  spiritual  religion  lias 
not  yet  been  apprehended  by  the  ignorant  race  that  have  pitched 
their  tents  in  the  sequestered  shades  ;  where  grandeur  and  obscu 
rity  are  combined,  and  the  untamed,  almost  unfashioned  sublimity 
of  the  scene  is  echoed  by  a  vague,  unreflecting,  incipient  civiliza 
tion.  Strike  out  the  group,  and  you  cannot  interpret  the  thought 
of  the  artist  or  the  thought  of  natnre  as  there  represented. 

Among  the  pictures  we  see  a  quiet,  rural  scene,  by  our  ever- 
honored  Durand  :  in  it  a  shepherd,  attended  by  his  flock,  is  saun 
tering  along  a  road  overhung  by  trees.  Let  any  one  stand  before 
it,  and  ask  himself  if  the  shepherd  and  his  sheep  could  be  spared? 
To  strike  them  out  would  be  to  make  the  picture  dumb. 

We  have  heard  it  said,  that  Bierstadt's  Rocky  Mountains 
would  have  been  more  admirable  if  he  had  reproduced  nothing 
but  the  stillness  and  majesty  of  nature.  We  differ  totally  from 
such  a  view.  In  this  noble  work,  the  artist  transports  us  to  the 
almost  eternal  solitudes  of  nature :  the  mountains  and  river  and 
lake  and  forest,  as  they  have  existed  for  untold  ages ;  glorying  in 
their  unblemished  grandeur,  rich  with  the  shining  of  the  sun, 
which  is  as  old  as  their  oldest  peak  ;  and  at  the  foot  of  the  moun 
tain,  near  the  transparent  water,  on  the  green  sward,  you  see  the 
village  of  the  wild  people,  who,  like  the  mountains,  are  of  un 
known  antiquity,  and  like  them  are  basking  in  the  light,  full  of 
life  and  mirth  and  action  of  their  own,  yet  all  of  it  life  and  mirth 
and  action  that  are  but  the  reflection  and  exponent  of  the  inani 
mate  scene.  Whether  the  details  of  the  village  are  too  elaborately 
wrought  out  is  a  question  that  may  bo  mooted ;  but  we  hold  that 
the  scene  would  have  been  comparatively  voiceless,  meaningless, 
and  dead,  but  for  the  addition  of  the  wild  men  of  the  mountains 
in  their  own  life  and  manners.  The  one  is  the  fulfilment  of  the 
other ;  the  mountains  find  themselves  reflected  and  revealed  in  a 
living  generation  of  men,  as  wild  and  as  joyous  as  themselves ;  the 
two  blend  together,  making  the  picture,  with  its  exquisite  after 
noon  light,  one  action,  one  landscape,  one  harmonious  whole ; 
bright,  cheerful,  sunny  nature  in  its  savage  mountains ;  bright, 
cheerful,  sunny  nature  in  its  savage  children,  and  the  two  com 
bining  to  form  one  harmonious  whole. 


CRITIC. — A  wicked  boy  who,  under  the  pretence  of  investigation,  cuts 
up  a  worm  to  see  it  squirm. 

CLCB. — A  stick :  or,  when  several  sticks  are  bound  together  with  by 
laws — a  society. 


SPIRITOFTHEFAIR.                                                                                     187 

THE  MODERN  POMPEII. 
CAREFUL  measurements  show  that  the   dust  has  accumulated  during 
the  past  three  months,  to  a  depth  of  three  inches,  about  the  base  of  Wash 
ington's  statue,  near  Union  Park.    At  this  rate,  allowing  for  an  occasional 
rain  storm,  a  period  of  between  thirty  and  forty  years  will  suffice  to  bury 
the  sacred  bronze  in  a  tomb  of  street  sweepings.     Municipal  reform  will 
hardly  be  fairly  at  work  before  that  time.     When  the  traditional  traveller, 
therefore,  from  the  top  of  Trinity,  then  a  little  point  lifting  its  head  in  vain 
above  the  waste,  surveys  what  was  once  New  York,  he  can  point,  with  a 
good  map  and  an  antiquary's  keen  scent,  to  the  very  spot  where  Boole's 
ashes  began  to  triumph  over  the  great  statue.     As  our  prevailing  winds 
come  from  the  opposite  quarter,  the  houses  on  the  west  side  of  the  town 
may  remain  habitable,  at  least  in  the  upper  stories,  for  a  few  years  longer. 
But  every  one  will  be"  too  busy  to  raise  a  breeze  about  the  matter,  and  men 
will  continue  to  find  it  easier  to  shovel  their  way  to  the  front  door,  than  to 
go  to  the  polls.      When  the  Manhattanese,  patient  as  camels  under  the 
sirocco's  sand-storm,  and  heedless  as  the  gay  Pompeians  before  their  doom, 
shall  have  been  entirely  suffocated  and  buried  away,  future  explorers  will 
find  few  things  so  inexplicable  as  the  tools  of  a  scavenger,  and  will  write 
learned  treatises  upon  the  relics  of  a  street-sweeping  machine. 

On  to  the  mighty  stream, 
The  river  of  the  West, 
Its  ripples  lit  by  the  camp-fire's  gleam, 
And  the  gunboats  on  its  breast. 

Where  the  old  flag  southward  flies, 
Their  stripes  beside  our  stars, 
Its  blue  field  for  the  Southern  skies, 
The  North-light  for  its  bars. 

Back  to  the  sacred  soil, 
By  many  a  fortressed  hill, 
Where  the  slave  hath  found  a  right  to  toil, 
And  the  bayonet  might  to  till  ! 

Oh,  sleep,  that  hast  fled  away 
From  my  fevered  eyes  and  brow, 
Though  never  thou  comest  to  me  again, 
Go  bless  the  soldiers  now  ! 

Light  on  the  weary  eyes, 
Like  a  mother's  nestling  kiss, 
Fill  every  heart  with  sweet  surprise, 
And  home-born  dreams  of  blis's. 

They  fight,  but  we  must  weep 
For  our  boys  that  are  gone  and  dead, 
God  send  the  sleep  we  cannot  sleep 
To  every  soldier's  bed  ! 

ADIEU,  LITTLE  DUCHESS  ! 

ADIEU,  little  Duchess  !  laugh  low  at  your  ease, 
And  cross  your  small  hands  on  your  delicate  knees 
With  the  air  of  a  child  —  and  the  heart,  —  must  I  say 
I'd  thank  God  for  my  own,  set  beside  it  to-day  ? 

You  will  never  repent  of  the  thing  you  have  done  ; 
You  will  dream  in  the  dusk  —  you  will  smile  in  the  sun  — 
You  will  blanch  in  the  spasm  of  music  —  grow  pale, 
As  you  pause  from  your  book,  at  the  roar  ot  the  gale. 

You  will  have  your  fine  shudders,  your  exquisite  thrills, 
Your  flushes  of  rapture  —  your  desolate  chills  — 
Your  tears  with  the  troubled  —  your  jest  with  the  gay, 
And,  no  doubt  —  now  and  then  —  a  vague  thought  of  this  day  ! 

Just  a  touch  of  remorse  —  a  shade  more  than  regret  ; 
Just  a  pansy,  you  know,  to  complete  your  toilette  ! 
And  some  idiot  will  sigh,  as  he  bends  o'er  your  palm, 
"  Ah  !  madam,  what  sorrow  sleeps  under  that  calm  !  " 
HAMILTON. 

WET  DAY  AT   AN   IRISH  INN.* 

BY   DONALD    G.   MITCHELL. 

(  Continued.) 

I  THINK  the  fire  burned  more  cheerfully  after  this  ;  the  room  seemed  to 
wear  a  new  aspect  ;    my  clothes  were  thoroughly  dry  ;   my  appetite  was 
ripening  for  dinner  ;    and  I  read  the  little  poem  in  the  corner  of  the 
"  Dublin  Mail"  to  the  air  of  "  Eirie  go  bragh"  with  a  good  deal  of  kindli 
ness. 
The  waiting  woman,  with  grateful  messages,  had  come  and  gone,  and  I 
was  deep  in  Maynooth  again,  when  my  attention  was  called  by  the  rattle 
of  a  carriage  in  the  street.     It  had  apparently  come  to  a  stop  near  by. 
I  strolled  to  the  window  to  see  how  it  might  be.     Sure  enough,  over 
opposite  was  an  Irish  jaunting  car  all  mud-bespattered,  two  portmanteaus 
upon  it,  and  a  stout,  ruddy-faced  man  in  mackintosh,  and  in  close-fitting 
skull  cap,  just  alighting.     He  stepped  into  the  goldsmith's  shop,  apparently 
to  make  some  inquiries  —  seemed  satisfied  on  the  instant  —  returned  to  the 
car,  ordered  off  the  portmanteaus,  and  pulled  out  his  purse  —  a  well-filled 
one  I  judged—  to  pay  the  driver.     The  little  girls  I  noticed  were  pressing 
their  faces  against  the  glass  and  gazing  down  —  once  or  twice  looking  back 
as  if  to  summon  their  mother  to  the  scene.     She  also  appeared  presently 
(it  was  just  as  the  drenched  traveller  had  paid  his  fare,  and  had  raised  his 
face),  and  looking  earnestly  for  a  moment  —  drooped  away,  and  fell,  beside 
the  window.     There  could  be  no  doubt  that  the  woman  had  fainted  ;  there 
was  terror  in  the  faces  of  the  children. 
I  rang  the  bell  hastily,  and  stepping  to  the  door  as  the  waitress  came, 
I  said,  "  My  good  woman,  there's  trouble  over  the  way  ;   the  mother  of 
those  children  has  just  swooned  by  the  window,  and  there's  no  one  to  care 
for  her." 
She  came  forward  to  look  out,  with  true  womanly  curiosity,  though 
there  was  no  hope  of  seeing  what  the  actual  trouble  might  be.     There  was 
a  vain  glance  at  the  opposite  chamber,  then  her  eye  fastened  on  the  newly- 
arrived  traveller,  who  was  busy  yet  with  his  portmanteaus. 
"  Good   God,"  said   she,  in   consternation,  "  it's  Moike   Carlingford  ! 

ARMY    VESPERS. 

BY    ROSE   TERRY. 

THE  night  is  dark  and  cold, 
The  lamp  has  lost  its  light  ; 
The  chime  of  midnight  its  tale  has  told, 
But  slumber  has  taken  flight. 

I  cannot,  cannot  sleep, 
My  sad  soul  flies  away, 
O'er  the  wide  and  restless  deep, 
O'er  mountain,  lake,  and  bay. 

Away  to  the  lonely  strand, 
By  the  lonely  glittering  sea, 
Where  stretches  a  waste  of  desert  sand  — 
The  island  of  Tybee. 

Silent  the  cannon's  roar, 
Silent  and  stern  the"  ranks, 
Save  sentry-steps  on  the  quiet  shore, 
And  the  sea  on  its  crumbling  banks. 

Away  where  wild  winds  rave 
Through  the  war-ships  as  they  go, 
And  sand  or  sea  is  the  freeman's  grave, 
By  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 

*  Extract  from  a  work  entitled  "  Seven  Stories,  with  Basement  and  Attic,"  by 
D.  G-.  Mitchell,  shortly  to  be  published  by  Charles  Scribner,  New  Tork. 

188 


SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


Yes,  by  the  powers,  it's  Moike,"  and  she  clasped  her  hands  together,  in  what 
I  thought  a  most  melodramatic  way  for  a  woman  of  her  age,  and  presence. 

"  It's  naught  but  Moike,"  said  she  again,  as  if  appealing  to  me.  "  lie 
was  niver  a  bit  lost  then,  and  it's  he,  as  shure  as  iver  I  live." 

"  And  pray  who  may  Mike  Carlingford  be  ?  "  said  I,  thinking  the  matter 
was  getting  a  touch  of  humor ;  but  her  answer  brought  me  to  a  dead  pause. 

"  Moike  ?  why  Moike  is  a  murderer  !  It's  not  for  me  to  say  it,  but  it's 
the  law  ;  and  I  knew  him  as  well  as  iver  I  knew  my  brither  before  he  wint 
away,  and  fell  to  bad  ways  ;  and  he  wint  down  by  Belfast,  and  there  was 
an  old  gintleman  that  lived  there — it's  near  eight  years  agone — and  Moike 
would  marry  his  daughter  or  his  niece,  and  the  gintleman  wouldn't  heark 
en,  and  Moike  bate  the  old  gintleman  a  bit  roughly,  and  Moike  dropped 
his  badge  in  the  bush,  where  they  found  the  old  gint's  body,  and  he  got 
away,  and  they  followed  him  to  Cork,  and  he  took  ship,  and  the  ship  was 
lost  and  all  aboard,  and  by  my  sow!  it's  Moike  again  yonder,  and  he'll  be 
caught,  and  be  hung  ;  and  I'm  sorry  for  Moike  ! " 

There  was  a  good  swift  Irish  current  in  her  story,  and  at  the  end  of  it, 
she  rushed  away  to  spread  the  news  below  stairs.  Meantime  the  newly 
arrived  personage  opposite  had  passed  in  with  his  luggage ;  there  was 
nothing  more  to  be  observed  at  the  window  over  the  goldsmith's  shop : 
children,  dog,  and  mother  had  alike  disappeared.  I  fancied  I  heard  from 
time  to  time,  an  exciting  discussion  going  on  below  stairs  in  the  inn ;  but 
who  were  the  parties  to  it,  or  what  was  the  burden,  I  could  not  determine. 

The  "  Dublin  Mail "  and  the  Gazetteer  had  now  lost  their  interest : 
Mike  the  murderer  had  even  driven  the  fainting  woman  opposite,  wholly 
out  of  my  mind.  I  could  not  for  a  moment  doubt  that  there  was  some 
connection  between  the  two  parties  of  which  the  talkative  landlady  was 
ignorant.  But  was  the  mother's  emotion  the  result  of  fear?  Had  this 
stout  Mike  reappeared  to  commit  new  crimes  ?  I  cannot  say  that  I  had 
the  least  apprehension :  the  jolly  face  of  the  newcomer,  with  the  iron-gray 
whiskers,  and  the  sun-burnt  cheeks,  could  no  more  be  associated  with  the 
idea  of  murder,  than  the  Christmas  season.  The  good  woman  of  the  inn 
must  be  laboring  under  some  strange  mistake.  Yet  what  right,  after  all, 
had  I — a  passing  traveller — to  doubt  her  earnest  assertion  ? 

My  wet  day  at  the  Irish  inn  was  gaining  an  interest  that  I  could  not 
have  believed  possible.  Time  and  again  I  looked  over  the  way,  but  no 
living  creature  appeared  at  the  window.  Presently  I  observed  the  stumpy 
figure  of  my  landlord  moving  across  the  street,  where  he  entered  the  shop 
of  the  watch-maker,  and  opened  an  earnest  conference  ;  at  least  I  judged 
as  much  by  his  extraordinary  gesticulations,  and  by  the  nervous  rapidity 
with  which  the  old  Heriot  pushed  aside  his  cog-wheels,  and  came  fairly 
around  his  little  counter  to  talk  more  freely  with  his  visitor.  I  inferred 
from  what  I  had  seen  thus  far,  that  Mike  Carlingford  was  a  character  at 
one  time  well  known  hereabout,  that  an  evident  mystery  of  some  kind  at 
tached  to  his  history,  and  that  the  host  had  taken  over  the  suspicions  of 
the  mistress  to  compare  with  the  observations  of  the  old  shop-keeper ;  I 
inferred  farther  from  the  resolute  shakings  of  the  head  of  this  latter  (which 
I  plainly  saw  through  his  glass  door)  that  the  watch-mender  had  either  not 
observed  closely  the  features  of  the  new-comer  (a  thing  scarcely  possible), 
or  that  he  doubted  wholly  the  suspicions  of  the  acting  landlady. 

My  host  came  back  in  an  apparently  disturbed  and  thoughtful  mood. 
It  still  lacked  an  hour  to  my  dinner,  and  the  rain  was  unabated ;  a  walk 
about  the  old  town,  which  I  should  have  been  charmed  to  take,  was  not  to 
be  thought  of.  What  if  I  were  to  make  some  excuse  to  step  below  to  the 
tap-room,  and  engage  the  host  himself  in  a  little  talk,  that  might  throw 
some  light  on  my  opposite  neighbors  ?  No  sooner  thought,  than  done. 
The  stumpy  little  man  was  abundantly  communicative.  He  had  been  en 
gaged  in  the  tap,  and  had  not  seen  the  "  car  "  drive  up.  "  Meesus  Flaherty, 
she  that  okerpies  persition  as  landleddy  since  that  Mistress  O'Donohue — 
that's  me  wife,  surr,  that  was — is  dade,  has  a  good  mimory,  and  thinks 
that  it's  Moike  that  has  come  back  to  life.  Loike  enuff;  if  it's  indade 
Moike,  he'll  be  hung.  Maybe  it's  Moike,  and  again  maybe  it's  not  Moike  ; 
it's  not  for  the  like  o'  me  to  jist  say.  Mister  Rafferty,  it's  he  that  minnds 
the  watches  in  a  very  pertikelcr  manner,  and  has  been  my  neighbor  for  a 
score  o'  years,  says,  by  all  the  powers,  that  it's  not  Moike  Carlingford  at 
all,  and  he's  not  for  disturbin  the  darlints  above  stairs,  if  so  be  they're  to 
have  a  merry  Christmas  among  "em." 


I  ventured  to  ask  after  the  murder,  with  which  Carlingford's  name  had 
been  associated. 

"  It's  seven  or  eight  years  gone  now,"  said  the  host — "  indade  it's  a 
good  bit  better  than  that,  it  must  be  ten  or  twelve  since  Moike  that  lived 
hereabouts  goes  down  nigh  to  Belfast,  and  they  say  fell  into  bad  company 
there  ;  and  he  was  one  of  the  younkers  that  took  to  wearin'  o'  badges,  and 
the  elictions  were  coming  off,  and  plenty  o'  shindies  they  had.  And  an  old 
gintleman — Dormont  was  his  name — who  lived  jist  out  o'  Belfast,  was  a 
terrible  politician,  and  was  a  magistrate,  too  ;  it's  he  was  murdered.  He 
had  clapped  some  of  the  badge-boys  fnto  prison,  and  they  threatened  him  ; 
and  sure  enough  by  and  by  they  found  the  poor  gintleman  with  his  skull 
cracked,  lying  in  a  bit  of  brush,  at.  his  gate.  They  found  him  in  the  morn 
ing,  with  a  young  pup,  that  he  had,  nosing  about  him,  and  playing  with  a 
bit  o'  ribbon,  which,  when  they  came  to  examine,  was  Moike  Carlingford's 
badge,  with  his  name  in  full  to't." 

"  And  was  this  all  the  evidence  ?  "  I  asked. 

"  This  started  the  scent,  as  it  were :  but  it  came  out  at  the  inquest  that 
Moike  had  been  seen  hanging  about  the  place  night  after  night,  and  what's 
more  he  was  in  love  with  the  gintleman's  daughter  or  niece,  and  Dormont 
had  forbid  him  the  house,  and  threatened  Moike ;  which  Moike  wasn't  the 
man  to  bear,  without  his  speech  back ;  and  there  were  them  that  heard  it. 
But  what  was  worst  of  all,  he  wasn't  to  be  found  for  the  trile  :  they  traced 
him  to  Cork,  where  he  went  aboard  the  Londonderry  that  sailed  for  a  place 
in  Rushy,  which  was  lost  at  sea  and  niver  a  man  found ;  which,  if  ye  plase, 
looks  a  good  deal  as  if  it's  niver  Moike ;  though  to  be  sure,  the  Flaherty 
has  an  iligant  mimory," 

"  And  what  became  of  the  poor  girl  ?  "  said  I. 

"  And  shure,  that's  the  worst  of  it :  she  wint  from  thereabouts,  and 
they  say  (dropping  his  voice)  there  was  a  little  baby  one  day,  which  she 
said  that  she  was  married,  but  would  niver  tell  who  was  her  husband, 
which  looked  uncommon  suspicious ;  and  her  father  wouldn't  take  her  in ; 
and  there  was  a  story  I  heard  from  a  North  of  England  man,  where  her 
father  lived,  that  she  went  to  the  workus  and  died  there." 

This  finished  the  report  of  the  landlord,  and  I  sauntered  up  again  to 
the  Wellingtonjiarlor,  where  the  Flaherty,  in  a  clean  cap  and  ribbons,  was 
just  then  laying  the  cloth. 

The  bustle  of  some  new  arrival  called  her  away  for  a  few  moments  ; 
she  reappeared,  however,  shortly  after — begging  my  "  pardin — but  there's 
an  Inglish  gintleman  just  come  in,  and  the  coffee-room  is  not  over  tidy  for 
visitors,  tho'  she  had  spoken  to  Mister  O'Donohue  times  enough — and  would 
I  be  so  good  as  to  allow  the  Inglish  gintleman  to  share  the  Wellington 
parlor  with  me  ?  " 

"  Of  course,"  I  said,  "  I  shall  be  delighted  ;  and  if  the  gentleman  don't 
think  the  hour  too  early,  perhaps  we  can  take  a  cut  off  the  same  joint." 

The  Flaherty  was  most  gracious  in  her  thanks.  Presently  the  new  visit 
or  came  up  the  stairs,  attended  by  the  landlord. 

"  It's  near  to  Armagh,  you  tell  me  ?  "  I  overheard  him  say. 

"  A  matter  of  three  miles  the  hither  side,"  returned  the  landlord. 

"  You're  sure  of  the  name, — Bonneford  ?  " 

"  As  shure  as  I  am  of  me  own." 

"Very  good,"  returned  the  Englishman,  "have  me  a  'fly"  at  the  door 
at  seven ;  we'll  put  two  horses  to  the  road  ;  two  hours  there  and  two  back  : 
will  you  have  a  bed  for  me  at  midnight  if  I  come  ?  " 

"  Wheniver  you  loike,"  said  the  host ;  and  the  Englishman  came  bust 
ling  in — a  tall  sandy-haired  man  of  sixty  perhaps,  full  of  restiveness,  and 
of  the  condition,  I  should  judge,  of  a  moderately  well-to-do  English  farmer. 
He  wore  a  snuff-colored  coat,  and  over  it  a  Mackintosh, — yellow  leathern 
gaiters,  splashed  with  mud,  and  a  broad-brimmed  drab  hat. 

He  thanked  me  for  my  civility  in  a  short,  sharp  way,  and  after  a  very 
brief  toilet,  disposed  himself  for  the  dinner,  which  was  now  smoking  on  the 
table. 

"  And  Mary,"  said  he,  turning  to  the  gaunt  landlady,  "  please  bring  me 
a  pint  o'  sherry,  and  let  Boots  clean  up  my  galoshes,  and  let  him  have  the 
'  fly '  at  the  door  at  seven  to  a  minute  ;  and  Mary — 

"  Mistress  Flaherty,  surr !  " — with  a  curtsy,  said  the  woman. 

"  Oh,  eh,  I  beg  pardon,  Mistress  Flaherty  ;  and  will  Mistress  Flaherty 
see  that  the  sheets  have  a  good  airing  for  me,  against  midnight  or  there 
about, — there's  a  good  woman  ?  " 

"  The  house  niver  gives  damp  sheets,  surr." 

"  It's  a  'igh  feather  these  Irish  maids  wear  in  their  caps,"  said  he,  as 
the  landlady  disappeared. 

(To  be  continutd.) 


'Tis  said  that  Poc  indulged  in  wine, 

And  critics  harsh  have  striven  to  show  it ; 

To  contradict  the  charge  be  mine — 
A  little  tea  made  Poe  a  Poet. 


A.  P. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


189 


MADELINE. 

I  WOULD  not,  for  I  could  not,  no,  I  could  not  pass  it  by, 
lie  spoke  with  such  a  taunting  tone,  with  such  defiant  eye  ; 
So  I  answered  as  a  woman,  as  a  woman  only  can, 
When  her  heart  is  stung  to  madness  by  the  selfishness  of  man. 

God  forgive  the  thoughts  that  swayed,  and  the  cruel  words  I  spoke, 
Those  words  that  in  an  instant  all  the  bonds  between  us  broke, 
Those  words  that  in  an  instant  drove  him  wildly  from  my  side, 
And  left  me  cold  and  trembling  in  the  triumph  of  my  pride. 

Ah,  God  He  may  forgive  me,  and  the  world  applauds  my  heart, 
For  ever  in  its  conflicts  will  it  take  the  woman's  part ; 
So  they  pet  me  and  caress  me,  and  call  it  "blest  release," 
That  I  discovered  ere  too  late,  what  would  have  cursed  my  peace. 

They  call  it  "  noble  conduct "  that  I  dared  to  answer  so, 
And  strike  at  man's  injustice  with  a  sure  and  fatal  blow. 
Alas,  alas,  good  people,  it  is  you  whom  I  disdain; 
Ye  little  know  what  I  would  do  to  win  him  back  again. 

I  sometimes  think  'tis  not  too  late ;  and  through  the  livelong  mgnt, 
I  frame  the  words  that  he  may  say  or  note  that  he  may  write. 
Though  all  the  live-long  night  I  lie  so  utterly  awake, 
And  pray  for  his  own  peace  he'll  come,  or  else  for  my  dear  sake. 

But  no,  he  will  not  come  to  me ;  I  know  his  sex's  pride  ; 
To  them  love  is  subservient,  and  can  be  laid  aside. 
And  oh  !  the  world's  conventional,  and  woman  comes  to  shame, 
If  she  dares  do  what  man  can  do  without  a  fear  of  blame. 

Yet,  I  know  he  is  not  worthy  of  her  whom  he  defies, 
Or  love  he  knows  so  well  the  way  to  win,  and  then  despise  ; 
And  who,  before  the  season's  o'er,  or  when  it  suits  his  while, 
Will  woo  another  in  my  place  with  self-same  words  and  smile. 

0  summer  time  of  ended  years,  when  with  a  steadfast  hand, 

1  held  my  brimming  cup  of  life  within  my  own  command, 

Nor  dreamed  that  one  would  come  at  last  to  shake  me  with  distrust, 
Until  I  spilled  my  life  and  love  forever  in  the  dust ! 

My  God  !  when  I  remember  how  near  I've  been  to  bliss — 
How  oft,  too  oft,  I've  let  his  lips  my  lips  in  rapture  kiss — 
How  in  the  perfect  faith  of  love  which  loveth  undefiled, 
I  have  abandoned  soul  and  sense — I  feel  myself  grow  wild. 

When  I  remember  that  he  holds  within  his  strong  control, 
Mine  inmost  secrets,  slowly  drained  from  my  inverted  soul, — 
Secrets  my  woman's  pride  withheld  from  friendship's  closest  ear, 
And  scarcely  to  myself  would  own  lest  mine  own  self  should  hear ; 

Wrhen  I  remember  that  he  walks  as  free  in  step  and  tone, 
As  if  he  never  felt  my  heart  beat  madly  'gainst  his  own — 
That  he  is  mingling  with  his  clique,  perchance  to  game  and  scoff, 
Or  smile  when  they  congratulate  that  his  "  affair  is  off; — 

I  grind  my  teeth,  as  if  the  thoughts  that  thicken  in  my  brain 
Could  be  crushed  out  in  one  long  groan  of  agonizing  pain, 
And  clench  my  hands  and  bate  my  breath  with  all  the  hate  that's  born 
Of  that  deep-burning  life  of  love  whose  ashes  are  its  scorn. 

Aye,  scorn ; — a  woman's  withering  scorn,  I  fling  to  thee,  false  man ; 
Go,  bear  it  with  thee  through  the  world — forget  it,  if  you  can  ; 
And  yet — confession  how  unwise  !  abasement  how  complete  ! 
I  would  I  might,  sweet  love,  to-night  lie  weeping  at  thy  feet. 

C.  K.  T. 

LOTTERY. — A  distribution  by  chance.  In  Charitable  Fairs  this  is  sup 
posed  to  give  a  seasoning  or  relish  to  the  entertainment.  Hence  its  deriva 
tion  from  Lot's  wife,  who  was  turned  into  salt. 


THOMAS    AND    EDWARD. 

• 

AN  ECLOGUE  OF  THE  FAIR. 

THOMAS. 
A  RAFFLE  is  naughty :  oh  my  ! 

We  never  would  do  so,  no,  never ! 
Yet,  Ned,  change  an  a  to  an  i, 
And  cut  off  an  /, — did  you  ever  ? 

Although  for  the  veriest  trifle, 

To  raffle,  these  dear  ones  refuse, 
Their  virtuous  fingers  may  rifle 

Our  pockets,  as  much  as  they  choose. 

EDWARD. 
How  unfair  at  a  FAIR  of  the  fair, 

And  so  fairly  fairy  as  this  is, 
To  make  an  affair  of  the  fare, 

That  you  pay  for  your  trip  through  these  blisses. 

THOMAS. 
Dearest  ladies  !  forgive  me,  I  pray ; 

To  my  promise  to  buy,  hold  me  tight ; 
For  I  swear  to  go  by  all  the  day, 
And  then  to  bye-bye  all  the  night. 

GEORGE  WILLIAM  CURTIS. 


TO  A  CLOCK. 
HAVE  mercy  on  old  Father  Time  ; 

You  cruelly  maltreat  him ; 
Forever  laying  hands  on  him, 

Your  practice  is  to  beat  him. 
I've  hunted  very  various  game, 

With  pointers  and  with  setters ; 
Yours  are  the  first  I've  ever  known 

To  point  at  Roman  letters. 
So  long  as  your  good  works  unseen 

Keep  up  their  steady  jog, 
Your  wheels,  in  spite  of  all  their  teeth 

Can  never  go  incog. 
Strange,  that  the  more  you  go  on  tick, 

T«ie  more  you're  in  demand, 
And  always  bring  a  better  price, 

When  you  are  second-hand. 
Strange,  that  the  more  you  carry  weight, 

The  less  your  speed  will  flag, 
And  when  your  ways  are  steadiest, 

Then  most  you  are  a-wag. 
You  strike,  but  never  raise  your  hand, 

Nor  stir,  yet  run  apace ; 
And  keep  without  a  cause  for  shame, 

Your  hands  before  your  face. 
Unlike  mankind,  by  wavering 

To  and  fro  you  get  along  ; 
And  singular,  the  more  you're  set, 

Least  likely  are  you  wrong. 
But  here  I  cease  to  run  you  down, 

For  fear  you'll  stop  at  last, 
And  so  make  good  your  own  escape, 

Although  I  hold  you  fast. 


M. 


NEWSPAPER. — A  theatrical  costume,  in  which  disguise  some  insignificant 
John  Smith  plays  the  part  of  a  dictator. 

RAFFLE. — An  illegitimate  word  derived  from  ruffle.  Ruffles  are  much 
worn  by  the  clergy — especially  the  straight-tacerf  portion,  whose  tempers 
are  easily  ruffled  by  a  misapplication  of  the  former  word. 


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SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


LIST    OF    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 

( To  be  continued  daily.) 


CASH  CONTRIBUTIONS  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


Mrs.  Geo.   Brown,  Toronto,  per  Mrs.  Oco.  M. 

Kenzie $20  00 

Insurance  Companies,  per  H.  A.  Oakley 1,55000 

Arms  and  Trophies,  per  B.  W.  Oriswold 850  00 

Hardware  Committee,  per  Mr.  John  Peck 100  (X 

Wholesale  Grocers'  Committee,  per  Lloyd  Aspin- 

wall,  Chairman 10,515  00 

Money  collected  by  Mrs.  Uriah  Hendricks 1,005  00 

Anna  A.  liallow 50  00 

A.  L.  Wolff,  IT.  S.  Consul,  Basle,  Switzerland, 

collections 830  00 

Finance  Committee,  Banks,  per  Shep.  Gandy. ..  28,750  00 
Ezra  K.  Goodrich  &  Co.,  through  Mr.  E.  W. 

Sherwood 500  00 

C.  II.  Marshall,  Jr 100  00 

A.  Hull,  eaptain  of  port 50  00 

1'roceeds  of  picture,  made  and  sold  by  Miss  M. 

1).  Van  Winkle,  62  W.  14th  st 10  00 

Employes  of  Architectural  Ironworks,  per  1). 

D.  Badger,  President 442  60 

Produce  and  Corn  Exchange,  per  P.  H.  Holt, 

Chairman 8,760  00 

Hardware  Committee,  per  Mr.  Wetmore 2,845  00 

Receipt*  April  Qth. 

Sales  this  day 26,844  88 

B.iles  Tickets,  additional 5,955  00 

Finance  Committee,  Ins.  Co.,  per  H.  A.  Oakley.  1,150  00 

Henry  A.  Yzquierdo 100  00 

Lodge  No.  250,  F.  A.  M.,  per  J.  K.  Smith 50  00 

People  of  Cardiff,  Wales,  through  Chas.  1).  Cleve 
land  and  Cyrus  W.  Field 443  09 

Bishop  Gutta  Percha  Co.,  per  Sam'l  C.  Bishop, 

agent 100  00 

Arms  anil  Trophies  Committee,  W.  TV.  Marston.  100  00 
TV.  II.  Vcsey,  Esq.,  U.  8.  Consul  at  Aix  la 

Chapelle — 

From  TV  in.  Mulligan,  of  N.  Y 100  00 

A.  G.  Startz  of  Aix  la  Chapelle 50  00 

Finance  Committee,  by  R.  B.  Roosevelt 50  00 

Committee  of  I'aterson  Manufacturers,  per  Robt, 

Hamlcl,  Chairman 1,589  80 

Young  ladies' Fair,  per  A.  M.  Fanning 112  20 

Young  ladies  of  Christ  Church,  per  Mrs.  G.  II. 

Tracy 202  00 

Alice  Van  Dine 1  00 

u  The  Workers,''  North   Granville,  N.  Y.,  per 

Amy  P.  Servall,  Treasurer 80  00 

Rev.  Urban  C.  Brewer,  Christian  Chapel,  W. 

17th  street,  proceeds  of  a  Lecture 140  00 

Adolph  TVetsman 2  00 

Ladirs'  Aid  Society,  Trumansburg,  N.  Y.,  per 

Mrs.  L.  II.  Owen 100  00 

Booksellers'  Committee,  per  Fletcher  Harper, 

Chairman 1,100  00 

Mrs.  Samuel  G.  Arnold,  Providence,  per  George 

Arnold 40  00 

A  little  boy 59 

Receipts  April  1th. 

Receipts  from  sales  to  3  P.  M.  this  day 17.890  00 

Receipts  from  Tickets  to  3  P.  M 82,493  00 

Finance  Committee,  Ins.  Co.,  by  H.  A.  Oakley.  600  00 

Del.,  Lackawanna  &  W.  R.  R 2,500  00 

Hardware  Committee,  per  Mr.  TVctmore 200  00 

Arion  Vocal  Society,  per  J.  O.  II  limit.  Pros 250  00 

Postmaster,  Heads  of  Departments  and  employes 

of  N.  Y.  Post  Office 700  00 

Committee  of  Public  Conveyances,  N.  Y.  <k  N. 

H.  R.  R.  Co 2,000  00 

Finance  Committee,  per  C.  P.  Kirkland 100  00 

Finance  Committee,  per  James  C.  Carter 70  00 

Architectural  Ornament  Committee,  from  Car 
penters,  per  Mrs.  H.  A.  Colt 1,619  00 

Pennsylvania  Coal  Company,  per 8.  B.  James..  2,500  00 


Keceipts  from  Admissions  per  Theo.  Moss  .......  $20,026  40 

Wholesale  Grocers'  Committee,  per  L.  Aspin- 

wall,  Chairman  ...........................  19,700  00 

Delhi  Sanitary  Association,  per  Harriet  L.  Mar 


Keceipts  April  8rt. 

Receipts  of  sales  to  8  P.  M.  this  day 17,095  20 

Collections  by  Julius  Bing,  A.   M.,  Consul  at 

Smyrna •. 75  00 


vine,  Treasurer 


6  00 
UriahJ.Smith  ...............................       25000 

II.  Aronson,  per  Mrs.  Benj.  Nathan  ............      10000 

Mrs.  H.  E.  P.  Gallaher,  net  receipts  of  Galla- 

her's    Evening    Stock    Exchange,  Monday 

evening,  April  4  ...........................      100  00 

Collections  at  Chaux  do  Fonds,    Switzerland, 

per  Mr.  Wolfe,  U.  8.  Consul  at  Basle  ......    1,228  09 

Scholars  of  Mr.  J.  McMullen's  School,  per  Aug. 

Durkee  ...................................       122  75 

Frederick  Vilmar,  Hair  Dressers'  Committee, 

per  Mrs.  Clymer  ..........................      100  00 

Insurance  Companies,  by  H.  A.  Oakley  ........      600  00 

Liverpool  and  London  Fire  and  Life  Insurance 

Co.,  perT.  B.  Coddington  .................      250  00 

Seventh   Regiment  N.  G.  8.  N.  Y.,  per  Capt. 

Emuions  Clark,  Treasurer  .................    8,538  50 

Receipts  April  9th. 
Receipt  of  Sales  to  3  P.  M  .....................  13,713  25 

Receipts  from  Admissions  14th  and  17th  sts  ____  15,037  88 

Professional  men,  by  C.  P.  K.   Churchill,   J. 

Cambreling  ...............................      100  00 

Express  Companies'  Committee,  leading  Express 

Companies  N.  Y.  City,  per  TVm.  K.  Dens- 

more,  Chairman  ...........................  20,000  00 


Proceeds  of  Concert  by  the  pupils  of  M'dllo  L. 

F.  Rostan's  School  for  young  ladiea  ........    $283  00 

Mrs.  Ann  E.  Gould,  Delhi,  Delaware  County, 


N.Y 


Operatives  of  Phenix  Iron  Works,  boiler  shop..        25  80 
"Ceres,"  per  8.  M.  Isaacs  <fc  Sons,  editors  of 

Jewish  Messenger 1000 

Anon,"  a  lady 50  00 

Thomas  N.  Lawrence 100  00 

D.  C.  Spencer 50  00 

Robert  E.  Kelly  &  Co.,  per  Henry  Chauncy, 

Chairman  of  Committee 100  00 

Ayres  &  Ames,  per  J.  F.  Ruggles,  Chairman  of 

Printing  Committee 100  00 

Mrs.  Sigourney  Fay,  per  Mrs.  Newton,  book  of 

painted  photographs 85  00 

Receipts  April  \\th. 

Receipts  from  Sales  to  3  P.  M.  this  day 12,463  18 

Receipts  from  Admissions 9,873  54 

Committee  on  Ships  and  Shipping,  per  Wm.  F. 

Cary 14,205  10 

John  F.  Baldwin,  printer 15  60 

"  Found,"  Harlem 1  00 

From  Josiah   Wilcox  and  workmen   of  Port- 
Chester,  N.  Y.,  per  Mr.  D.  S.  Egleston 60  75 

Proceeds  of  sale  of  Autographs  and  Photographs, 

per  Mrs.  E.  W.  Sherwood 10000 

Per    Messrs.    Read    &  Milbank,   from    several 

brewers 1,450  00 

Produce  Exchange  Committee,  per  P.  H.  Holt, 

Chairman 1,990  00 

Receipt*  April  \1th. 

Receipts  from  Bales  to  3  P.  M.  to-day 13,433  47 

Receipts  from  Admissions 7,424  25 

Insurance  Co.,  per  H.  A.  Oakley 1 ,500  00 

Coal  Committee,  per  F.  C.  Oakley 2,100  00 

20  00 


A  lady,  from  the  Roman  Stand 

Arms  and  Trophies,  Wm.  Kemble,  St.  Mary's 
Episcopal  Church.  Cold  Spring,  N.  Y 

Arms  and  Trophies'  Committee,  Capt.  J.  R. 

Goaldand  Capt.  Felt 

Receipts  April  13(A. 

Receipts  from  Sales  to  8  P.  M.  to-day 9,501  68 

Receipts  from  Admissions,  14th  street 10,843  25 

Receipts  from  Admissions,  Union  Square 2,177  25 

Employes  of  Gramercy  Park  Hotel,  by  Wrn. 

ervice 74  00 

Pupils  of  Dorr's  Female  Seminary,  Plainfleld, 

N.  J.,  per  Dr.  Stillman 70  00 

Trinity  Church,  Fishkill.per  Rev.  J.  R.  Living 
ston  8  27 

St.  John  Baptist  Church,  Glenham,  per  Rev. 

Mr.  Livingston 1  78 

Proceeds  of  raffle  for  a  Doll,  by  the  little  girls  of 
Mrs.  Macau  lay's  School 


26  00 

13  00 
7  00 


Proceeds  of  an  illumination,  per  Miss  Walton.. 
Mrs.  B.  W.,  sale  of  a  Tidy  ..................... 

Citizens  of  Ticonderoga,  per  Mrs.  B.  W.  Bur- 

leighand  E.  S.  Winter  .....................       150  00 

Proceeds  of  Billiard  Tournament,  per  Phelan  & 

Collender  .................................      211  00 

Receipts  April  14/A. 
Proceeds  of  Sales  to  8  P.  M.  to-day  ............  83,974  70 

Proceeds  for  Admission,  14th  st.  Department.  .  .  8,484  00 

Proceeds  for  Admission,  Union  Square  .........  992  00 

Coal  Committee,  per  F.  C.  Oakley  .............  TOO  00 

Second  Univcrsalist  Society,  N.  Y.,  per  TVm.  A. 

Miles  .....................................  818  50 

Miss  J.  Dewey,  Bridgeport,  Ct  ................  500 

Mra.  W.  B.  Nash,  Bridgeport,  Ct  ..............  5  00 

Cash,  Bridgeport,  Ct  ..........................  2  50 

R."  .........................................  100  00 

Francis  Moulton  ..............................  10000 

Wholesale  Grocers'  Committee,  per  Lloyd  Aspin- 

wall,  Chairman  ............................  6,750  00 


Articles  Received, 

2  pieces  Turkish  Government  paper,  Henry  Fisher. 
Zouave  Jacket  and  bonnet,  Miss  E.  Hoyt. 

Pair  Polish  boots,  1  scarf,  Mrs.  J.  C'ady. 
6  needle  books,  Miss  Sarah  Bowman,  Astoria. 
Point  lace  handkerchief,  Jules  Delcroix. 
8  pair  soldiers'  socks,  a  lady. 

3  boxes  and  1  bouquet  flowers,  Tilman. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Howard. 

Work  of  blind  girls,  Mrs.  Slote  and  Mrs.  Smyth. 

Autographs. 

Box,  M.  M.,  Trenton  Falls. 

Bible  stand,  J.  T.  Allen. 

Mat,  Mrs.  Tuttle,  Staten  Island. 

Mink  collar  and  muff,  A.  Glanz. 

Pair  boots,  Ch.  Mehltretter. 

3  infants'  knit  shirts,  Mrs.  Kirdsall. 
Infant's  cloak  and  sack,  Mrs.  Mooney. 

4  bandage  rollers,  G.  E.  White. 
Stand  of  pen  wipers,  Mrs.  G.  Blaque. 
Pair  boots,  P.  Roedel. 

Pair  emb'd  slippers,  Miss  Underbill. 

2  needle  books,  4  pocket  pincushions,  Mrs.  Douglass.  ', 

Pair  boots,  F.  V.  Cordier. 

2  needle  books,  Miss  J.  Cordier. 
Bonnet,  Miss  R.  Cordier. 

Mat. 

Sofa  cushion,  Mrs.  Finley  Smith. 

Child's  bonnet,  no  name. 

Indian  basket,  bag  and  watch  fob,  Mrs.  Honghton. 

3  boxes  French  flowers,  E.  C.  Cowdin  &  Co. 
Clippers,  work  bag.  &c.,  Mrs.  Rbines. 

6  knitted  baskets,  Mrs.  G.  T.  Mortimer. 
2  music  portfolios,  Miss  C.  Nuttman. 
Basket,  3  needle  books,  Mrs.  Sherwood. 


Work  box,  E.  W.  Scott,  East  New  York. 
5  Ibs.  mixed  candies,  Mrs.  Sherwood. 
43  °°, Silk  sash,  Miss  Salem. 

2  packages,  addressed  to  Mrs.  Hoffman. 

3  packages,  Mrs.  Mathews. 

1  doz.  hoop  skirts,  Mrs.  Haigb. 

Bug  of  fancy  articles,  Mrs.  Perkins. 

Pair  vases,  4  dolls,  pen  wiper,  mats,  &o.,  Mr§.  Eigen- 

brod. 

Perfumery,  E.  Vatet. 
3  vases  wax  flowers,  and  worsted  work,  Mrs.  Thomas 

Small. 

Worsted  work,  MI-H.  Samuel  Sloane. 
Album  and  lamp  shades,  Miss  Annie  Jurries. 
Fancy  articles,  Mrs.  A.  C.  Bush. 
Fancy  and  useful  articles,  Mrs.  Dr.  Hensche). 
19  children's  aprons  and  2  pairs  lace  cushions,  Mrs.  Dr. 


Henscbel. 
7  0012  emb'd  child's  petticoats,  Miss  Cameron. 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


195 


VALEDICTORY. 

THE  SPIKIT  OP  THE  FAIR  passes  away  to-day  by  the  dissolution  of  the  organization  out  of  which  it  arose,  leaving  a  record  of  work 
earnestly  done,  and,  let  us  hope,  crowned  with  approval.  Were  its  brief  life  to  be  repeated,  it  might  be  the  better,  like  that  of 
men,  for  some  lessons  of  its  late  experience,  although  the  tone  of  its  contents  and  the  purposes  of  its  conductors  would  remain  the 
same.  If  we  have  missed  our  three-fold  aim, — to  increase  the  receipts  of  the  METROPOLITAN  FAIR,  to  note  its  events  and  reflect  its  spirit, 
and  to  preserve  for  the  next  generation  some  examples  of  the  thoughts  which  pleased  the  taste  and  tho  themes  which  met  the  temper 
of  our  own  stormy  time, — we  trust  that  the  novelty  of  the  attempt  and  the  difficulty  of  the  task  may  plead  our  excuse. 

The  tribute  directly  paid  by  our  literary  undertaking  into  tho  treasury  of  the  Great  Charity,  after  discharging  its  expenses,  exceeds 
one  thousand  dollars  a  week ;  while  the  indirect  gain  accruing  to  the  FAIB  from  the  myriad  copies  of  its  photograph  thus  daily  thrown 
off,  can  hardly  be  expressed  in  figures.  And  the  inquirer  who  studies  hereafter  the  period  during  which  the  Angel  of  Mercy  folded 
her  wings  for  a  few  days  over  our  suffering  land,  to  gather  here  the  offerings  of  its  warm  heart,  will  nowhere  find  a  more  compact, 
minute,  and  authentic  detail  of  this  tender  passage  in  our  great  war  than  that  which  our  pages  present.  If  at  the  same  time  ho  shall 
glean  from  them  any  hints  of  the  active  intellect,  the  varied  cultivation,  and  the  eager  patriotism  which  civil  commotion  has  rather 
stimulated  than  chilled  among  us,  our  modest  labors  will  bo  richly  rewarded. 

For  this  part  of  our  plan,  at  least,  we  can  justly  claim  rare  success.  There  are  few  of  those  eminent  in  literature  in  America 
who  have  not  hastened  to  offer  through  us  the  fruit  of  their  culture  to  the  cause  of  charity  ;  there  are  many  who,  for  the  first  time, 
have  modestly  tendered  through  us  the  tribute  of  delicate  fancies  and  scholarly  research,  which,  but  for  intense  love  of  country,  would 
never  have  been  shaped  into  words  ;  and  there  are  some,  whose  genius  is  bounded  by  no  clime,  and  whose  sympathies  transcend  the 
limits  of  States  and  languages  to  meet  the  needs  of  humanity,  who  have  sent  us  across  the  sea  inspired  thoughts  and  words  of  cheer. 

If  there  be  any  merit  in  the  work  which  stands  here  accomplished,  it  is  theirs.  And  while  they  will  understand  the  regret  with 
which  we  resign  that  communion  with  them,  short  and  slight  as  it  was,  which  now  ceases,  they  will,  perhaps,  together  with  the  public 
whose  kindness  has  sustained  and  encouraged  us,  pardon  our  shortcomings  for  the  sake  of  that  love  of  country  and  faith  in  the  truth 
and  grandeur  of  her  cause  which  has  animated  us  all  alike  in  this  enterprise. 


TIIE  Editorial  Committee  of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR  have  been 
greatly  aided  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties  by  the  intelligence, 
good  taste  and  experience  of  their  Assistant  Editor,  Mr.  S.  S. 
Oonant,  of  the  Army  and  Navy  Journal,  who  has  given  faithful 
labor  during  nearly  three  weeks  to  the  revision  and  arrangement 
of  tho  articles  published. 

Our  advertising  agent,  Mr.  Henry  W.  Quin,  has  increased  our 
obligations  for  his  prompt  and  energetic  work  by  the  gift  to  the 
FAIR  of  a  large  proportion  of  his  commissions,  to  the  amount  of 
nearly  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

The  typographical  beauty  and  general  appearance  of  the 
journal  are  a  sufficient  proof  of  the  care,  skill,  and  fidelity  with 
which  our  publisher,  Mr.  John  F.  Trow,  and  his  capable  assistants 
and  workmen,  have  contributed  their  important  part  to  its  success. 


WE  have  given  a  part  of  our  space  each  day,  at  considerable  expense 
and  trouble,  to  the  publication  of  the  accurately  prepared  list  of  contribu 
tors,  for  which  we  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Freeman ;  a  complete  catalogue 
would  have  filled  all  the  pages  of  our  whole  issue,  and  reduced  our  work 
to  a  mere  mechanical  task.  This  was  scarcely  to  be  expected,  nor  was  it 
necessary,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Managers  of  the  FAIR  have  it  in 
contemplation  to  publish  such  a  catalogue  hereafter,  to  be  embodied  in  a 
complete  history  of  the  enterprise. 

As  to  our  numberless  kind  correspondents,  "their  works  do  praise 
them,"  even  those  that  have  not  seen  the  light.  More  than  a  hundred  ar 
ticles  remain  unpublished,  for  which  we  would  gladly  have  given  space  and 
time,  could  we  have  commanded  more  of  both.  Many  contributions  of 
great  excellence  have  been  laid  aside  on  account  of  their  undue  length. 
We  beg  all  who  have  favored  ua  with  communications  to  accept  this  expres 
sion  of  our  thanks,  and  of  our  regret  that  the  limits  of  our  columns  have 
forced  us  to  forego  the  pleasure  and  the  credit  of  adorning  them  with  so 
many  admirable  articles  that  remain  unpublished. 


LETTERS  FROM  SALLY  POPCORN  TO  HER  SISTER  BETSEY  IN 
PUMPKINSVILLE.  No.  3. 

DEAR  BETSEY  : — By  the  time  I  got  hi  to  see  the  pictures,  my  bunnit 
was  bent,  and  so  were  my  hoops.  The  Gall-cry  is  a  big  room,  big  as 
Squire  Turnip's  new  barn,  and  has  got  winders  in  the  roof  that  you  could'nt 
see  out  of  to  save  you,  even  if  you  was  a  giant.  All  round  the  room  was 
rows  upon  rows  of  paintins'.  I  don't  know  much  about  'em,  but  I  really 
thought  some  of  'em  whould  come  up  to  the  ones  Mary  Ann  done  at 
boardin'  school.  Way  up  to  the  other  end  was  a  pictur'  of  Washington 
and  a  lot  of  other  men  in  a  boat.  I  asked  a  chap  with  an  eyeglass,  who 
had  a  book  to  tell  about  it,  what  it  was,  and  he  said  it  was  Washington 
gittin'  in  his  winter  ice,  and  that  the  man  in  the  end  of  the  boat  had  just 
got  hold  of  the  end  of  the  north  pole.  Now,  I  know'd  better  than  that, 
and  was  going  to  tell  him  so,  when  a  purty  girl  that  was  with  him  leaned 
over  as  pleasant  as  could  be,  and  told  me  it  was  "  Crossin'  the  Deleware," 
and  then  I  remembered  hearin'  gran'ther  tell  about  it.  Mr.  Eye-glass 
looked  kind  o'  'shamed  of  hisself. 

The  other  side  of  the  Gineral  is  Niagry  in  two  styles.  One  of  'em  has 
got  the  wondcrfullest  rainbow  that  you  ever  did  see.  It  don't  seem  to  lay 
on  the  canvass,  but  hangs  on  nothin'  somewhere,  right  over  the  falls. 
Under  the  other  Niagry  is  a  doleful  lot  of  people  in  a  prison.  A  man  is 
readin'  off  a  list  of  names,  and  the  poor  creeturs  are  dreadfully  worried. 
Some  of  tife  men  are  trying  to  look  as  tho'  they  did'nt  mind  it,  but  the 
women  are  startin'  up,  and  prayin'  and  cryin'.  They  call  this  "  The  Rain 
of  Terror,"  because  it's  so  dark.  It  shows  it  must  be  stormy  weather  out 
side.  I  felt  awful  doleful  lookin'  at  'em,  especially  the  man  with  the  bright 
eyes  sittin'  in  the  front,  and  the  fair  haired  woman  who  has  just  got  up. 

There's  two  big  pictures,  one  on  each  side  of  the  room.  The  biggest 
one  they  call  the  "  Heart  of  the  Andes,"  and  it's  a  very  stony  heart  it 
seems.  I'll  tell  you  how  it  looks.  Jest  as  if  you  was  lookin'  at  the  Skun- 
nemunk  mountains,  with  Shonghum  looking  over  its  shoulder,  with  now 
and  then  a  charcoal  smoke  away  off,  where  it's  blue,  and  splashes  of  water 
shinin'  and  comin'  down  to  see  what's  goin'  on  in  the  village,  this  side 
of  the  mountain.  But  the  stream  don't  stop  there  long,  it  comes 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by  AUGUSTUS  K.  MACDONOUOH,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  U.  S.,  for  the  Southern  Diet,  of  N.  Y 


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wanderin'  along,  sometimes  tumblin'  down  and  bilin'  into  steam, 
till  it  gits  right  up  close  to  you,  and  if  Nephew  Jehial  could  see  what  a 
splendid  spot  there  is  fur  catfish  in  the  comer,  he  wouldn't  do  any  thing, 
but  dig  worms  for  a  week.  In  the  other  corner  there's  a  white  birch,  and 
there  must  be  a  hole  in  the  roof  that  lets  the  sun  shine  on  the  bark  all  day. 
Little  birds,  all  colors,  are  settin'  round  on  the  trees,  and  there's  marigolds 
and  china  asters,  for  all  the  world  like  our  garden  on  the  banks. 

After  I  look  at  this  awhile,  I  went  to  see  whose  heart  the  other  one 
was,  but  it  didn't  'pear  to  belong  to  anybody — like  an  old  maid's.  There 
was  a  big  mountain  in  the  back  part,  and  some  nice  pasture  lots  and  a 
tolerable  wood  lot,  but  the  wood's  been  cut  off,  I  guess  to  make  a  road  for 
the  Ingins  to  travel  on  to.  Ingins  and  horses  and  tents  and  dogs  and 
trappers  and  camp-fires  and  old  bones  bleached  white  in  the  grass,  arc 
scattered  all  around  the  medder  in  front,  but  they  must  be  shiftless  folks  to 
let  their  fences  git  down  altogether.  I  found  out  about  this  pictur,  fur 
there  was  a  spruce  old  fellow  cxplainin'  about  it  to  a  young  girl  that  was 
with  him.  She  didn't  'pear  to  pay  much  attention  to  it  tho',  but  kept 
lookin'  off  a  little  bit  of  a  paintin'  with  a  laborin'  man  comin'  home  from 
his  work,  and  his  wife  waitin'  to  meet  him  with  a  little  child  holdin'  on  to 
her  gownd.  She  was  a  beautiful  woman,  and  the  diamonds  shone  on  her 
hand  and  in  her  breast  and  every  where.  I  found  from  the  way  folks 
talked  to  'cm  that  she  was  the  old  man's  wife,  instead  of  his  daughter,  and 
I  do  s'pose  she  had  married  him  fur  his  money. 

There's  a  real  cunnin'  paintin'  there  of  a  young  girl  in  a  hospital,  sittm' 
by  a  soldier's  bed  countin'  his  pulse  by  the  watch.  The  candle  throws  her 
shadow  over  on  the  wall,  and  another  sick  soldier  has  raised  up  and  is 
drawin'  her  likeness  on  the  wall.  She  has  on  a  nice  clean  white  apron, 
with  a  bib  to  it,  and  her  golden  hair  tied  down  with  a  handkcrcher — a  real 
comfortable  looking  little  Miss,  and  if  I  was  a  feller  I  wouldn't  want  any 
other  one. 

Not  far  from  this  was  a  "  Church  painting,"  but  I  couldn't  see  any 
church  but  two  tall  rocks  with  sunshine  behind  'em,  and  yaller  clouds  up 
above  'em,  nor  any  congregation  but  three  or  four  deers  who  had  come  to 
the  pond  for  a  drink.  Queer,  wasn't  it  ? 

There  was  one  thing  I  did  understand  tho' :  a  spot  in  the  woods  where 
a  little  stream  lived  alone  by  itself,  and  only  the  sun  and  the  birch  trees 
found  it  out,  and  old  loga  fell  down  and  across,  and  nobody  picked  'em  up 
or  moved  'em  away.  I  actilly  expected  a  squirrel  would  jerk  himself  out, 
make  an  arm  chair  of  his  tail,  and  look  at  me,  as  they  do  down  by  Laurel 
Run. 

There's  one  more  pictur  of  the  jumpin'-off  place,  where  a  couple  of  very 
mild  lookin'  Ingins  are  standiu'  on  a  rock  and  wonderin'  if  it  would  hurt 
'em  if  they  jumped  down  into  the  valley.  It's  my  opinion  they  better  stay 
where  they  are  awhile  yet.  Well,  Betsey,  I'm  tired  with  seein'  and 
crowdin',  and  handiu'  up  tickets,  and  watchin'  my  pocket  book,  and  I  don't 
know  whether  I  shall  go  to  the  Curosity  Shop  or  not.  Mebbe  I  will  to 
morrow.  Your  aff.  sister,  SALLY  POPCORX. 


IT  may  be  a  fable  that  Dr.  Faustus  received  valuable  assistance  from 
below,  when  he  invented  the  art  of  printing;  but  it  is  certain  that  very 
often  since  that  time  the  "  devil  has  been  to  pay  "  with  the  types.  Amus 
ing  or  annoying  mistakes  will  sometimes  escape  the  eye  of  the  most  care 
ful  proofreader.  The  solemnity  of  one  of  the  finest  passages  of  Chap 
man's  translation  of  the  JEneid  was  ludicrously  marred  by  the  change  of  a 
single  word  :  Chapman  wrote  "  They  (t.  e.  the  Gods),  wliisted  all ;  "  The 
compositor  made  it  "  they  whistled  all ! "  Castalio,  in  his  Latin  translation 
of  the  Bible,  in  the  passage  "  I  saw  all  Israel  wandering  like  sheep  on  the 
mountains,"  translated  wandering  by  palanlca ;  it  was  set  up  balaiitis 
(bleating) ;  so  that  the  verse  read  "  I  saw  all  Israel  bleating  like  sheep, 
etc.  Mrs.  Akers's  beautiful  poem,  on  page  41  of  THE  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR, 
was  disfigured  by  the  substitution  of  F  for  Y  (line  third).  The  line  should 
read: 

Tour  loving  fingers  soot  for  mine. 

In  the  fine  translation  of  Heine's  Lori'lei,  the  compositor  by  the  change 
of  a  single  letter,  changed  the  entranced  boatman  into  a  veritable  flying 
Dutchman.     The  first  line  of  the  fifth  stanza,  should  read  : 
In  his  nklfftho  boatman  plying. 


"  UNFAIR." 

WE  have  been  requested  to  say  that  the  story  entitled  "  Unfair,"  pub 
lished  a  few  days  since  in  our  columns,  was  written  under  a  misapprehen 
sion  of  the  facts  in  the  case.  Without  vouching  for  the  accuracy  of  either 
statement,  we  willingly  publish  the  following  account,  sent  to  us  by  one 
who  claims  to  be  fully  acquainted  with  the  circumstances  of  the  occur 
rence  : 

A  lady  as  she  stepped  from  her  carriage  and  entered  a  store,  dropped 
her  purse  containing  fifteen  dollars  which  a  woman  passing  picked  up. 
The  servant,  who  from  the  carriage  had  seen  it  fall,  perceiving  this,  called 
to  her  and  she  gave  it  up.  The  lady  on  returning  from  the  store  was 
handed  her  purse  by  the  servant. 

No  reward  was  ever  asked  by  the  woman  who  picked  up  the  purse,  but 
a  sympathizing  friend  wrote  a  lecture  to  the  lady  upon  the  subject,  which, 
as  it  showed  her  to  be  in  ignorance  or  deceived  with  regard  to  the  facts, 
and  from  other  reasons,  remained  unanswered. 

This  seems  but  a  small  foundation  upon  which  to  have  built  so  large  a 
superstructure,  and  shows  one  more  instance  in  which  poor  human  nature 
has  been  very  unfairly  treated. 


SOLUTIONS  TO  CHARADES  AND  ACROSTIC  ENIGMAS. 


Page  21- 
Page  83 — 
Page  57- 
Page  69 — 
Page  93 — 


Croton." 
Hoax." 
'  Rosemary." 


Maiden." 

Carmine." 
Page  106 — "  July." 
Page  117— "Signet  Ring." 
Page  141—"  Crusade." 
Page  177— "Heartsease." 

ACROSTIC. 

Page  202—"  Your  age." 

ACROSTIC  ENIGMAS. 

Page  21— Head  words  :  "  Mind,"  "  Body ;"  Cross  words :  "  Mab,"  "  Indi 
go,"  "  Naiad,"  "  Ditty." 

Page  45 — Head  words  :  "  Raphael,"  "  Madonna."  Cross  words :  "  Re 
quiem,"  "  Alleluia,"  "Pleiad,"  "  Halo,"  "  Amen,"  "  Eden,"  "  Lyru." 

Page  57 — Head  words :  "  Angel,"  "  Demon."  Cross  words  :  "  Aban 
doned,"  "Nave,"  "Gloom,"  "Eldorado,"  "Lustration." 

Page  105 — Triple  Acrostic.  Head  words :  "  Miranda,"  "  Tempest,"  "  Sy- 
corax."  Cross  words :  "  Mephistophies,"  "  Incredulity,"  "  Rheumatic," 
"  Acapulco,"  "Nebuchadnezzar,"  "  Desima,"  "  Appomattox." 

Page  107 — Headwords:  "Lesbos,"  "Sappho."  Crosswords:  "Lotos," 
"Elisha,"  "Stump,"  "Bo-peep,"  "Oath,"  "  Stephano." 

Page  201 — Quadruple  Acrostic.  Head  words:  "Crusade,"  "Richard," 
"  Saladin,"  "  Godfrey."  Cross  words :  "  Conversing,"  "  Rinaldo,"  "  Unclad," 
"  Sheaf,"  "  Applauder,"  "  Deride,"  "  Expediency." 


THE  BOOK  or  BUBBLES. — We  understand  that  upward  of  600  copies 
of  this  humorous  production  have  been  sold  at  the  FAIR,  and  will  net  over 
$1,500  to  the  fund.  Mr.  Walter  Low,  the  well  known  bookseller  of  Broad 
way,  of  the  Stationery  Department  of  the  FAIR,  has  secured  what  copies 
may  remain  undisposed  of.  The  copyright  of  any  or  all  of  the  plates,  &c., 
will  also  be  disposed  of  on  application  to  Mr.  Low. 

THE  India  Rubber  'Department,  under  the  charge  of  Mrs.  Degen,  as 
sisted  by  Mrs.  Buckley  and  some  charming  assistants,  has  had  great  suc 
cess.  There  are  still  numerous  articles  most  valuable  to  housekeepers  and 
others,  who  would  do  well  to  call  and  make  Borne  good  bargains. 

AMONG  the  rarities  in  the  Curiosity  Shop  there  is  one  memento  more 
to  be  venerated  by  Americans  than  the  relics  of  a  saint,  or  the  signature  of 
a  king.  It  is  a  mourning  ring,  containing  a  lock  of  the  hair  of  GEORGE 
WASHINGTON,  authenticated  by  unquestionable  proof  of  its  genuineness. 
Is  there  any  one  liberal  and  appreciative  enough  to  offer  for  this  treasure 
anything  like  its  value  ?  A  thousand  dollars  would  be  a  small  price  for 
such  a  relic,  if  sold  in  Europe. 

AT  Mrs.  Fremont's  table,  in  the  Arms  and  Trophies  room  is  to  be  found 
the  Memorial  Tribute,  in  clear  and  tender  stanzas,  to  the  late  Thomas  Starr 
King,  by  Fitz  Hugh  Ludlow. 

BESIDES  the  sword  which  the  successful  candidate  is  to  receive  from 
the  voting  donors,  a  magnificent  afghan  will  be  also  presented  to  him  by 
vote  from  the  ladies  presiding  at  the  table  of  the  Church  of  the  Resurrec 
tion,  No.  4,  where  it  may  be  seen  and  admired. 

AT  the  picture  sale  the  highest  prices  were  paid  for  Mr.  Bierstadt's 
picture  of  the  Yo-Semite  valley,  which  brought  $1,600 ;  Mr.  Baker's 
lovely  head  of  a  blonde,  which  sold  for  $1,000  ;  and  some  of  the  minor 
works  of  Leutze  and  Church,  which  amateurs  picked  up  cheaply  at  seven 
or  eight  hundred  dollars.  The  whole  amount  realized  by  the  sale  was 
$22,000. 

8.  FRENCH  &  Co.,  printers,  have  contributed  forty  dollars  in  press 
work,  done  for  the  Committee  on  Theatrical  Entertainments. 


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"  ONE  GLASS  BEFORE  WE  GO." 

Air — "  Bonnie  Blue  Flag." 
COME,  fill  your  glasses,  comrades, 

Once  more  before  we  go, 
Down  across  the  border-land, 

To  meet  the  rebel  foe — 
In  the  face  of  death  and  danger 

To  win  a  grand  renown  ; 
To  conquer  with  the  brave  old  flag, 
Or  wear  the  martyr's  crown. 
Hurrah,  hurrah  ! 

One  glass  before  we  go, 
Down  across  the  border  land, 
To  meet  the  rebel  foe. 

To  hearts  and  homes  a  short  farewell ; 

The  ringing  bugle  calls  ! 
Kisses  sweet  when  next  we  meet, 

And  tears  for  him  who  falls 
Amid  the  glorious  music  that 

The  clashing  sabres  make, 
When  reeling  from  the  Northmen's  charge, 

The  rebel  columns  break. 

Here's  to  those  we  leave  behind  us, 

The  friends  we  love  so  well, 
And  to  the  homes  and  firesides 

For  which  our  fathers  fell. 
And  to  the  grand  old  flag  we  bear — 

It  shall  not  suffer  wrong, 
While  Northern  hearts  are  brave  and  true, 

And  Northern  arms  are  strong. 

Here's  to  her  that  each  loves  dearest, 

A  kiss  before  we  go ; 
Her  thought  shall  nerve  the  stalwart  arm 

To  strike  a  surer  blow. 
And  when  his  lady's  golden  hair 

Floats  cloudlike  o'er  the  fight, 
Nor  flashing  steel,  nor  cannon's  glare 

Can  daunt  the  northern  knight. 

WILLIAM  S.  JOHNSON. 


A  THOUGHT  GIVEN  TO  ONE  WHO  GAVE  NO  THOUGHT  IN 
RETURN. 

BY   CAPTAIN    *    * 

WHEN  on  the  crowded  deck  I  silent  stand, 
Watching  the  loved  and  fast  receding  land, 
When  through  the  broad  expanse,  day  after  day, 
The  stately  transports  Southward  plough  their  way, 
While  from  their  bows,  through  all  the  silent  night, 
The  wavelets  break  in  phosphorescent  light, 

Darling  !  I'll  think  of  thee 

When  we  our  haven  reach — some  Southern  bay, 
Where  long  ago  our  navy  made  its  way  ; 
When  the  soft  moon  looks  down  on  sleeping  camp, 
And  one  can  only  hear  the  sentry's  tramp, 
Who,  slowly  pacing  his  accustomed  beat, 
Braves  midnight  vapors,  after  noonday  heat, 
Then  while  the  holy  calm,  below — above, 
Fills  me  with  thoughts  of  God,  of  home,  of  love, 

Dear  one,  I'll  think  of  thee. 

When  through  the  long  and  burning  summer's  day, 
The  marching  column  forward  takes  its  way, 
When  men  who  in  a  dozen  fights  were  first, 
Fall  senseless — beaten  down  by  heat  and  thirst, 
When  dazzled  by  the  glare  our  eyes  grow  dim, 
And  nervous  tremblings  seize  on  every  limb, 

E'en  then,  I'll  think  of  thee  ! 


When  from  battalions  charging,  cheer  on  cheer, 
Gives  hope  to  those  who  but  before  had  fear, 
When  loud  the  musketry  begins  to  roar, 
Where  but  the  skirmishers  had  been  before, 
When  death  holds  out  to  each  man  his  embrace, 
I'll  smile  while  looking  in  his  ghastly  face. 

And  then  I'll  think  of  thee  ; 

Thinking  that  on  that  grim  and  bloody  day, 
You  may  be  whirling  at  some  matinee  ; 
Thinking  that  selfsame  sun's  more  northward  rays, 
May  see  you  blushing  at  some  whispered  praise  : 
Hand  meeting  hand,  exchanging  soft  caress, 
While  diamonds  shine  from  every  wavy  tress, 

You  will  not  think  of  me. 

The  leader  whom  YOU  watch  with  eager  face, 

Leads the  cotillion  with  especial  grace. 

No  thought  disturbs  your  ready  flow  of  wit ; 
Except,  perhaps,  your  gloves  may  not  quite  fit 
While,  far  away,  inspired  by  thoughts  of  you, 
I  may  some  deed  of  desperate  valor  do, 
One  hope  remains,  and  for  that  hope  I'll  strive, 
That  dead — you'll  love  me — more  than  if  alive. 
Perhaps  I'm  wrong  to  view  the  matter  so, 
Cypress  will  hardly  match  your  new  trousseau, 

Though  laurelled  it  might  be. 


AT  the  late  fancy  ball  at  the  Tuileries,  the  Misses  Slidell  appeared  as 
shepherdesses. 

With  satire  sly,  fair  Clotho  spins 

For  each  gay  Southern  belle, 
A  garment,  that  to  loyal  eyes 
Seems  chosen  passing  well. 
With  such  BLACK  SHEEP  as  Slidell  pere, 
A  shepherdess,  should  sure  be  there. 

CLARA  VO.N  MOSCHZISKEB. 
PHILADELPHIA,  April  13th,  18W. 


LETTER  FROM  A  SOLDIER  IN  HOSPITAL. 

MY  DEAR  SISTER  :  Could  you  imagine  yourself  a  homesick  youth, 
stretched  on  a  hospital  bed,  suffering  with  a  wounded  arm ;  you  would 
know  how  welcome  a  sight  your  letter  was  to  me.  As  I  lie  here,  my  mind 
is  sometimes  very  busy,  and  most  frequently  my  thoughts  fly  to  the  dear 
home  circle.  I  see  you  in  the  evening  gathering  around  the  fire ;  father 
reading  the  news  with  eager  interest ;  mother  plying  her  needle  most  in 
dustriously,  but  I  know  where  her  heart  is, — with  her  absent  son  who  is  fight 
ing  for  the  dear  old  flag ;  you  sit  quietly  listening,  your  nimble  fingers  fly 
ing  like  magic,  through  some  piece  of  fancy  work  for  the  FAIR. 

So  with  your  usual  benevolence  and  whole-heartcdness,  you  are  giving 
your  time  and  influence  to  help  the  SANITARY  FAIR.  Well,  I  wish  you  and 
your  fellow-laborers  Godspeed.  Blessings  on  the  ladies  of  this  country. 
They  appreciate  our  sufferings,  and  with  their  kind  loving  hearts  do  all 
they  can  to  help  us.  Nor  can  they  find  worthier  agents  than  the  Sanitary 
Commission.  What  we  are  doing  and  dying  for,  will  one  day  be  history, 
and  what  they  have  done,  and  are  still  carrying  on  with  untiring  persever 
ance,  will  make  the  brightest  episode  in  the  dark  and  bloody  records  of 
this  gloomy  period.  A  day  or  two  since  our  hearts  were  gladdened  by  the 
reception  of  a  box  of  home  comforts,  from  the  Commission ;  it  made  us  all 
feel  more  cheerful,  for  sometimes  we  are  disppsed  to  repine. 

Oh,  it  is  hard  for  a  man  to  lie  helpless  on  his  bed,  when  there  is  so 
much  to  be  accomplished,  and  so  many  willing  hearts  and  hands  are  want 
ed.  Thank  fortune,  the  surgeon  told  me  to-day,  that  he  thought  in  a  week 
I  should  be  able  to  join  my  regiment.  Congratulate  me,  my  dear  eister. 
But  I  know  that  instead  of  wishing  me  joy,  you  will  say  as  you  have  said 
before,  that  you  would  be  sorry  almost,  when  I  should  be  well  enough  to 
leave  the  hospital,  where  I  am  comparatively  safe,  to  go  back  to  my  dan 
gerous  position. 

For  shame,  is  that  the  wish  for  a  soldier's  sister  ?  Remember  what  we 
are  fighting  for,  and  let  the  sister  be  lost  in  the  patriot.  But  no  ;  on  sec 
ond  thoughts,  even  while  I  reprove  your  solicitude,  I  feel  what  a  comfort 
it  is  to  us  boys,  far  away  from  our  homes,  to  know  that  there  are  those  in 
those  homes  who  think  of  us  day  and  night,  and  whose  hearts  are  longing 
to  comfort  us  in  all  our  privations. 

Good  bye,  dear  sister.  Give  much  love  to  all  the  family,  and  to  my 
kind  friends,  and  among  your  manifold  occupations,  don't  forget  to  write  to 

Your  loving  brother,  HARRY  G . 

March  30,  1S64 


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NEW     YORK,    SATURDAY,    APRIL    23,    1864. 


WET  DAY  AT  AN  IRISH   INN.* 

BY   DONALD    G.    MITCHELL. 

(Concluded.) 

WE  fell  presently  to  discussion  of  the  mutton,  and  to  the  relative 
merits  of  the  Southdowns  and  of  the  little  moor-fed  sheep  one  meets  with 
in  Ireland,  in  which  I  found  that  he  was  as  thoroughly  English  in  his  tastes 
as  in  his  appearance.  We  talked  of  the  bog,  of  the  potato  disease,  of  the 
poor-rates ;  an  hour  passed  thus,  and  finally  we  came  back  to  the  weather 
and  the  Christmas  season ;—" not  just  the  season,"  I  observed,  "that  an 
Englishman  usually  chooses  to  while  away  in  a  damp  inn." 

"  Quite  right,"  said  he,  as  he  went  on  compounding  a  punch  from  a  few 

fragrant  materials  brought  up  from  the  tap ;  "  quite  right  as  you  say,  and 

a  damp  ride  on  such  a  night  as  this,  is  worse  than  the  inn  and  the  punch." 

This  latter  cheered  him,  and  invited  a  more  personal  chat  than  he  had 

yet  indulged  in. 

"  It  is  to  Armagh  you  are  going  to-night  ?  "  said  I. 
"  Thereabout,"  said  he ;  "  and  I  may  tell  you,  now  that  we've  tasted 
the  punch  together — your  good  'elth,  sir — that  if  I  find  the  man  I'm  in 
search  of,  and  if  he's  the  man  I  take  him  for,  this  will  be  the  merriest 
Christmas  eve  I've  passed  in  twenty  years'  time." 

"  Indeed,"  said  I,  rather  startled  by  a  certain  pathos  in  his  tone  which 
I  had  not  before  recognised ;  "  some  old  friend,  perhaps?  " 

"  Not  a  bit  of  it — not  one  bit ;  never  saw  him  in  my  life.  The  oddest 
thing  in  the  world." 

This  was  said  rather  to  himself  than  to  me,  and  he  relapsed  into  a 
musing  mood,  which  I  did  not  feel  at  liberty  for  a  time  to  interrupt. 

"  It's  not  the  first  mystery  that's  perplexed  me  to-day,"  said  I,  half 
laughingly,  as  the  stranger  lifted  his  head  again. 

"  Ah,  indeed — and  pray,  if  I  may  be  so  bold,  what's  the  other  ?  " 
"Come  to  the  window  and  perhaps  I  can  show  you,"  said  I.  The 
December  evenings  in  the  North  of  Ireland  are  terribly  long.  Our  own 
candles  had  been  lighted  since  three  of  the  afternoon ;  and  as  I  pulled 
aside  the  curtain,  the  street  lamps  and  shop  fronts  were  all  cheerfully 
ablaze.  Over  the  watch-maker's,  in  the  window  where  my  chief  observation 
of  the  morning  had  centered  there  was  no  lamp  burning,  but  there  was  a 
ruddy  glow  in  the  room,  such  as  a  well  lighted  grate-full  of  coals  might 
throw  out. 

"  Do  you  see,"  said  I,  "  over  the  way  ?     There's  a  dog  lying  before  the 

fire." 

"  Aye,  aye, — I  see." 

"  And  there's  a  woman  in  the  shadow  by  the  hearth." 

"Quite  right,  I  can  make  out  her  figure." 

"  And  there's  a  pair  of  children ;  you  see  how  the  fire-light  reddens 
up  their  faces?" 

"  Aye,  aye,  chubby  rogues — God  bless  me,  I  had  such  once.  And 
that's  the  father,  I  suppose,  from  the  way  they  lean  upon  him  and  tug  al 
his  waistcoat  ?  " 

"  There's  the  mystery,"  says  I. 

"  Oho ! " 

"  Does  he  look  like  a  murderer  ?  "  said  I. 

"  Bless  my  soul !  murderer  !     What  do  you  mean  ?  " 

I  dropped  the  curtains,  and,  when  we  had  taken  our  places  again  befon 
the  fire,  I  detailed  to  him  the  incidents  of  the  morning.  He  seemed  ti 
enjoy  immensely  the  oddity  of  the  whole  thing,  and  chiefly  the  assurance 
of  the  gaunt  old  Flaherty,  who  brought  up  a  murderer  from  the  bottom  o 
the  North  Sea  to  drive  straight  into  town  on  such  a  dreary  December  day. 


*  Extract  from  tt  work  entitled  "  Seven  Stories,  with  Basement  and  Attic,"  b 
D.  O.  Mitchell,  shortly  to  be  published  by  Charles  Bcribner,  New  York. 


"  But  whose  was  this  murder  ?  "  says  my  companion,  with  a  sudden, 
loughtful  check  to  his  hilarity. 

"  Dormont  was  the  name,  I  think." 

The  man  gave  a  sudden  start.  "  Bless  me  !  Ben  Dormont !  I  began 
o  suspect  as  much.  Why  do  you  know  I  knew  him  like  a  brother ;  in 
act  he  was  my  wife's  brother ;  and  lived  away  here  in  the  North  of  Ire- 
and ;  aye,  Ben  Dormont ;  he  was  murdered  true  enough  ;  but  it's  not  our 
riend  over  yonder  that  did  it.  There  was  a  story  I  know  that  some  young 
Belfast-man  killed  him,  and  they  tracked  him  to  Cork  ;  but  he,  poor  fel- 
ow,  went  down  in — the  Londonderry — sure  enough — the  very  ship  ;  they're 
ight  there.  But  the  man  who  killed  Dormont  was  Pat  Eagan,  who  died 
n  Ingy  three  years  gone.  My  son,  you  must  know,  is  sergeant  in  Her 
Majesty's  forty-third,  and  Pat  was  one  of  his  men — enlisted  in  Ingy.  He 
ell  sick  of  the  fever  there,  and  at  the  last  wanted  a  priest,  and  a  magis- 
rate,  and  made  a  clean  breast  of  it.  My  boy  sent  home  copies  of  all  the 
papers  ;  if  the  Flaherty  wants  them  to  clear  up  the  name  of  her  drowned 
riend,  she  shall  have  them." 

I  must  confess  to  a  strong  feeling  of  relief  at  this  revelation ;  for  in 
spite  of  myself  I  was  beginning  to  feel  a  warm  interest  in  the  people  over 
he  way,  and  had  been  oppressed  with  an  uncomfortable  sense  of  the 
Flaherty's  earnestness,  and  of  her  "  iligant  mimory." 

But  there  was  another  little  episode  connected  with  the  story  of  the 
iurder,  as  the  landlord  had  detailed  it,  which  perhaps  my  English  com 
panion  might  throw  light  upon  :  indeed,  I  had  my  suspicions,  that  he  had 
purposely  waived  all  allusion  to  it.     But  my  curiosity   overbore,  for  the 
time,  all  sense  of  delicacy. 

"  If  I  remember  rightly,"  said  I,  carelessly,  "  there  was  a  young  woman 
associated  in  some  way  with  the  story  of  this  Dormont  murder  ?  " 

The  old  gentleman's  face  quivered  ;  for  a  moment  he  seemed  to  hesi 
tate  how  he  should  meet  the  question  :  then  he  broke  out  in  a  tone  of  pas 
sionate  bitterness : 

"  Aye,  sir,  you've  heard  it ;  you've  heard  she  was  a  wanton,  and  I  fear 
it  was  God's  truth ;  you've  heard  her  father  shut  his  door  upon  her,  and  I 
wish  my  hand  had  withered  before  I  did  it.  You've  heard  she  died  in  the 
workus — God  forgive  me  ; — my  daughter,  sir  ;  my  poor,  wretched  Jane  !  " 
Patrick  tapped  at  the  door  and  said  the  '  fly '  was  ready. 
The  old  gentleman  sat  by  the  fire  leaning  forward,  and  with  his  face 
buried  in  his  hands.  Presently  he  rose,  with  his  composure  partly  restored 
again.  "  You  know  now,"  said  he,  approaching  me,  "  why  I've  had  mauy 
a  weary  Christmas ;  but  I've  a  faint  hope  left ;  and  I'm  in  chase  of  it  to 
night.  I  told  you  my  boy  heard  of  the  confession  of  Pat  Eagan,  and  went 
to  see  him  before  he  died.  He  told  him  who  he  was,  and  nsked  if  he 
could  tell  him  the  truth  about  Jane.  "  Is  she  alive  or  dead  »  "  said  Pat. 
"  Dead,"  said  my  boy.  "  I  don't  know  all  the  truth,"  said  Pat,"  but  there's 
a  man  in  Ingy  can  right  her  name  if  he  will ;  and  his  name  is  James  Bon 
neford."  And  my  boy  wrote  me  that  he  hunted  that  man  through  the 
country,  as  he  would  have  hunted  a  deer  ;  now  he  heard  of  him,  now  he 
didn't  hear  of  him.  There  were  two  years  or  more  of  this,  when  he  wrote 
me  (and  the  letter  only  came  a  week  ago)  that  the  man  had  gone  to  Ire 
land,  on  his  way  to  Ameriky ;  and  that  he  might  be  heard  of  about  Ar 
magh.  That's  my  errand  to-night." 
"  God  help  you,"  said  I. 

And  he  drew  on  his  galoshes,  buttoned  up  his  mackintosh,  bade  me 
good  evening,  and  presently  I  heard  the  fly  rattling  away  up  the  street. 

I  stirred  the  fire,  drew  my  chair  before  it,  and  was  meditating  another 
attack  upon  the  county  Gazetteer,  when  Patrick  appeared  with  a  slip  of  pa 
per  which  he  handed  me,  and  says — "  It's  a  man  below  steers,  as  would 
loike  a  worrd  with  the  gintleman  in  the  Wellington  parlor." 

I  turned  the  paper  to  the  light — "  James  Bonneford,"  in  a  full,  bold 
hand  was  written  on  it.  It  was  my  English  companion  of  the  dinner,  doubt 
less,  the  man  was  in  search  of;  but  how  on  earth  could  he  have  got  wind 
of  his  arrival  ?  The  mysteries  of  the  day  were  thickening  on  me. 

As  I  walked  leisurely  down  the  stairs,  I  overheard  violent  and  excited 
talk  from  the  tap-room  ;  and  from  the  chance  words  that  caught  my  ear, 
I  saw  that  Mrs.  Flaherty's  suspicions  of  the  morning  were  meeting  active 
discussion.  Mr.  Bonneford  could  wait  surely,  until  I  learned  what  course 
the  altercation  was  taking.  A  half  dozen  of  the  neighbors  had  strolled  in, 


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and  among  them,  wkh  a  terribly  excited  face,  I  saw  the  object  of  suspicion 
himself. 

"  And  who  is  it  says  Mike  Carlingford's  come  home  ?  "  says  he,  chal 
lenging  the  company  with  a  defiant  air. 

"  Its  Meestress  Flaherty,"  says  one. 

"  Flaherty  be  d —  !  "  said  the  man.  "  Didn't  Mike  Carlingford  go  down 
with  the  Londonderry,  eight  years  ago  ? " 

"  Moike,  Moike,"  said  the  Flaherty  pressing  forward,  "  don't  forswear 
yourself,  if  ye  did  rap  the  old  man  on  the  head.  It's  Moike  ye  are  ;  and  if 
I  was  hang'd  for  it,  I'd  say  it,  and  may  the  Lord  have  mercy  on  ye ! " 

There  was  an  earnestness,  and  directness  in  the  old  woman's  tones  that 
carried  conviction  to  the  neighbors. 

The  man  saw  it  only  too  clearly,  and  his  jaw  dropped  ;  the  color  left 
his  face  ;  I  thought  he  would  have  fallen  ;  but  he  rallied,  and  said  in  a  sub 
dued  tone — all  his  defiance  gone — "  it's  not  you  '11  be  hanged,  Mistress 
Flaherty :  it's  me  they'd  be  afther  hanging.  They  chased  me  out  of  Ire 
land,  and  only  the  Lord  saved  me  when  the  Londonderry  went  down,  and 
I  thought  shure  He  would  have  made  it  right  before  long ;  but  he  hasn't. 
For  I'm  as  innocent  of  that  murder  as  the  babe  that's  unborn. 

"  I  belave  ye,  Moike,"  said  the  Flaherty ;  "  now  I  look  at  yer  and 
hear  ye  say  it — by  my  sowl  and  I  belave  ye,  Moike." 

"  You  are  quite  right,  I  think,  my  good  woman,"  said  L  And  there 
upon  I  detailed  to  them  the  particulars  which  I  had  learned  from  the  Eng 
lishman  above  stairs ;  and  I  think  I  never  made  a  little  speech  which  was 
more  approved. 

"  Thank  God— thank  God  !  "  said  Mike,  while  a  half  dozen,  and  the 
Flaherty  foremost,  crowded  about  him  to  give  his  hand  a  shake. 

"  Now,  for  the  little  woman  !  "  said  Mike,  springing  away. 

"  He  was  married  then,"  said  a  voice. 

"  Aye,"  said  Mike  starting  back,  "  who  dares  to  say  she  wasn't  ?  Mar 
ried  a  fortnight  before  the  cursed  murder ;  'twas  that  took  me  so  often  to 
the  house ;  and  the  very  night,  Janey  pulls  away  my  badge,  and  says, 
Mike,  don't  be  afther  wearing  these  ribbons — they'll  get  you  in  trouble  ; 
and  she  threw  it  to  Touser  that  was  lying  under  the  table,  and  the  dog 
followed  me  out  that  night,  and  there,  near  to  the  gate,  he  found  the  old 
man,  and  hung  by  him.  But  Touser  has  made  the  bad  job  good  to  me  : 
there's  niver  a  man  or  woman  in  Ireland  or  England,  not  excepting  her 
own  father,  that's  been  so  kind  to  the  children,  ever  since  they  were  born, 
as  that  dog." 

"  Children  ! "  says  Flaherty,  "  and  by  my  sowl,  I  consated  it  long  ago  ; 
— them  girrls  is  twins !  " 

"  A  brace  of  them,"  says  Mike,  "  and  I  never  saw  their  blessed  faces 
till  this  day  noon ;  and  now  they'll  have  an  honest  name  to  carry ;  it's  this 
that's  borne  so  hard  upon  the  little  woman  :  for  at  the  very  last  I  said  to 
her, — '  Janey,  whatever  befals,  mind  ye  wait  till  God  clears  it  up,  before 
you  do  the  naming :  it's  better  a  child  should  have  none,  than  a  murder 
er's.'  "  And  with  that,  and  shouting  merry  Christmas  to  all  of  them,  Mike 
dashed  out,  and  across  the  street  again. 

Of  course  I  had  forgotten  all  about  Mr.  Bonneford  ;  I  suspected  who 
he  must  be ;  Patrick  made  the  matter  clear — "  And  shure  its  Moike,  his- 
self ;  isn't  it  written — Moike?"  (looking  at  the  slip  of  paper  in  my  hand,) 
"  He  said  he'd  be  jist  afther  thanking  the  gintleman  that  sent  over  the 
cakes  the  mornin'." 

"All  right,  Patrick;  and  now,  Patrick,  put  some  fresh  coals  on  the  fire 
in  the  '  Wellington,'  and  ask  the  Flaherty  to  bring  me  two  or  three  sheets 
of  paper,  inkstand  and  pens." 

I  had  been  writing  an  hour  or  two  perhaps,  when  I  heard  the  rattle  of 
a  fly  below,  and  remembered  that  my  dinner  friend  must  be  nearly  due,  on 
his  return.  In  he  came  presently,  thoroughly  fagged,  heart-sick,  and 
moody. 

"  I  am  afraid  you've  been  unsuccessful,"  I  said. 

"  My  boy  has  been  deceived,"  said  he.  '*  The  only  Bonnefords  about 
Armagh,  are  a  quiet  family,  that  I  went  blundering  upon  with  a  story 
about  Ingy,  and  James  Bonneford,  till  I  believe  they  thought  me  a  mad 
man  ;  I'm  not  far  from  it,  God  knows  !  " 

"  Cheer  up,  my  good  friend  "  said  I,  "  a  visitor  has  been  in  since  you 
you  left,  about  whom  you'll  be  glad  to  hear ;  "  and  I  tossed  the  strip  of 
paper  toward  him.  The  old  gentleman  took  out  his  spectacles,  and  spelled 
it  letter  by  letter, — "James  Sonneford / — what  does  all  this  mean?" 
says  he  in  a  maze. 

"  It  means  this,"  said  I,  "  that  James  Bonneford  is  only  the  name  that 


Mike  Carlingford  wore  in  India  to  escape  suspicion  and  pursuit ;  and  this 
Mike  Carlingford  is  the  legal  husband  of  your  daughter  Jane  (the  old  man's 
face  lighted  here  with  the  gladdest  smile  I  ever  saw)  and  they  are  both 
now  over  the  way,  with  their  children  (here  the  old  man's  face  grew  fairly 
radiant)  and  I  daresay,  if  they  knew  you  were  here,  they  would  invite  you 
to  pass  Christmas  eve  with  them." 

There  was  dead  silence  for  a  moment. 

— "  No  they  wouldn't — no  they  wouldn't,"  fairly  blubbered  the  old  man ; 
then  turning  upon  me,  with  something  of  his  former  manner,  "  You're  not 
playing  me  unfair  ?  It's  all  true  you  are  telling  me  ?  " 

"  As  true  as  that  you  arc  sitting  before  me." 

The  old  gentleman  leaped  from  his  chair,  and  made  a  dash  into  the  hall 
— turned  again,  came  back  with  his  broad-brim  drawn  over  his  brow — his 
lips  twitching  nervously,  and  muttering  "  I've  treated  her  like  a  brute — 
like  a  brute — indeed  I  have." 

"  I  know  you  have,  my  good  friend,"  said  I,  "  and  it's  quite  time  you 
began  to  treat  her  like  a  woman  and  a  daughter." 

"  That's  what  I  will,"  said  he,  taking  courage  and  moving  away. 

"  One  moment ;  " 

I  wrote  upon  a  slip  of  paper: — CHRISTMAS  EVE  is  A  GOOD  TIME  TO  FOR 
GIVE  INJURIES. — I  folded  it,  and  begged  him  to  take  it  across  the  street, 
with  the  compliments  of  the  season  from  the  Wellington  parlor :  "  There 
was  a  little  gift  for  the  girls  in  the  morning,"  said  I,  "  and  this  is  for  the 
Papa." 

I  hope  it  may  have  had  its  effect :  it  is  quite  certain  that  something 
did ;  for  I  saw  no  more  of  my  dinner  companion  that  night ;  and  when  I 
looked  out  of  my  chamber  window  at  eight  o'clock  next  morning,  whom 
should  I  see  upon  the  sunny  side  of  the  street  (it  had  cleared  over-night), 
but  the  same  old  gentleman,  beaming  with  smiles,  leading  a  little  grand 
child  by  each  hand,  and  the  dog  "  Touser  "  following  after,  with  a  very 
mystified  air. 

And  when  I  took  the  coach  for  Drogheda,  as  I  did  at  nine,  a  rosy- 
cheeked  little  girl  came  running  over  with  a  merry  Christmas  for  me 
(which  I  met  with  a  kiss),  and  a  sprig  of  Holly  tied  with  white  ribbon, 
which  I  placed  in  my  button-hole  and  kept  there  through  all  that  lonely 
ride.  At  night,  I  transferred  it  to  my  note  book,  and  it  is  from  its  crum 
bling  leaves,  lying  there  still,  that  I  have  fanned  this  little  story  of  an  Irish- 
Christmas  into  shape. 


A  MEMORY. 

BY    MRS.    JULIA    C.    R.    DORR. 

UNDER  the  pine  trees,  dark  and  still, 
Standing  like  sentinels  on  the  hill, 
Where  we  walked  in  the  long  ago, 
Falls,  as  of  old,  the  sunset  glow. 

Tinging  the  mossbank,  till  it  seems 
Fitting  couch  for  fairy  dreams  ; 
Cloth  of  gold  its  drapery  rare, 
With  velvet  meet  for  a  queen  to  wear. 

Still  does  the  river  roll  between 
Flowery  banks  and  meadows  green ; 
Still  do  the  mountains  and  the  plain 
All  of  their  pomp  and  glow  retain. 

But  thou  and  I.     Ah  !  years  have  flown, 
Oft  have  the  summer  roses  blown, 
Oft  have  the  roses  died,  since  we 
Were  boy  and  girl  beneath  this  tree ; 

Watched  while  the  daylight  softly  crept 
LTp  from  the  vale  where  the  waters  slept, 
Till  the  high  mountain  peaks  grew  dim, 
And  yon  star  sang  us  a  vesper  hymn. 

I  am  older,  and  thou  art — dead ! 

In  a  soldier's  grave  low  lies  thy  head  ; 

They  who  laid  it  gently  down, 

Saw  it  crowned  with  a  martyr's  crown ; 

Saw  the  palm  in  hands  at  rest, 
Folded  o'er  a  blood-stained  breast. 
Twice  have  the  wild  birds  come  and  gone, 
Since  that  crown  and  palm  were  won ! 

Woe  that  Earth  should  be  just  as  gay, 
When  a  smile  like  thine  hath  passed  away ! 
Woe  that  word  nor  sign  may  tell 
If  she  mourns  for  one  who  loved  her  well ! 


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SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


IN  A  HUNDRED  YEARS. 

A  GLANCE  at  17(54  convinces  us  that  it  is  easier  to  say  what  will  not 
exist  or  have  happened  a  century  hence,  than  to  forecast  what  will.  Leave 
religion,  government,  literature,  aside — at  whose  unfoldings  even  an  Isaiah 
could  not  guess.  Nor  strive  to  pierce  the  future  of  invention  and  science, 
which  in  the  lifetime  of  the  youngest  intelligence,  have  given  us  so  many 
miracles  to  use  and  handle  that  we  are  in  danger  of  deeming  them  omnip 
otent.  Only  the  present  physical  forms  of  things  are  likely  to  be  at  least 
recognizable. 

How  then  will  this  city  look  in  1964? 

First,  it  will  be  the  heart  of  the  world,  which  electricity  will  thrill 
every  instant  with  the  pulses  of  all  the  earth.  Midway  between  Asia  and 
Europe,  it  will  be  to  both  their  market,  bank,  mine,  granary  and  library. 
In  detail,  New  York — may  its  true  name,  Manhattan,  then  crown  it — will 
see  on  each  side  of  its  encircling  waters  a  city  as  large  as  itself  now. 
There  will  be  bridges  across  the  East  River,  and  tunnels  beneath  the 
North  ;  and  vast  docks  at  Harlem  and  Brighton.  A  belt  of  marble  and 
granite  piers  shall  girdle  it.  The  Croton  will  be  quadrupled.  The  Central 
I'ark  will  wave  secular  elms,  and  find  all  its  groves  too  small  for  the  mul 
titudes.  Railways,  or  whatever  succeeds  them,  shall  thread  all  the  depths 
of  the  island,  and  Broadway  be  but  an  alley.  Two  national  holidays,  the 
old  Fourth,  and  that  auspicious  day  which  we  shall  see  crowned  with  peace 
and  reunion,  will  be  exulted  in  here  by  millions.  The  spot  we  now  stand 
on  will  be  far  down  town,  covered  with  marble  arcades,  where  the  Japanese 
and  the  Abyssinian  will  lounge  away  a  shopping  hour,  and  order  their  pur 
chases  sent  home  to  the  other  continents  by  evening.  Fashion  will  have 
come  three  or  four  times  round  again  to  the  oddities  of  our  own  day. 
Distance  will  be  so  nearly  destroyed,  and  the  conveniences  of  life  brought 
so  close  to  every  man,  that  probably  the  world  will  be  no  more  in  a  hurry 
than  it  is  now.  Could  it  be  ?  At  least,  the  great  grandchildren  of  some 
of  the  youngest  of  us  may  find  a  moment  to  glance,  in  some  tranquil 
library  alcove,  far  in  the  depths  of  the  present  Yonkers,  at  this  very  SPIRIT 
or  THE  FAIR,  and  smile  to  see  how  far  our  guesses  wandered  from  the 
truth,  while  sighing  to  recall  amid  degenerate  days  the  grandeur  of  our 
earnestness,  and  the  living  inspiration  of  our  cause  in  this  great  second 
era  of  American  historv.  M. 


EVER  FREE. 

BY   CHARLES    GODFREY    LELAND. 

FREE,  free,  free, 
The  whole  land  shall  be, 
North,  South,  from  sea  to  sea, 

Free  forever,  ever  free. 

Free,  free,  free 
Shall  all  our  labor  be, 

Without  a  lash,  without  a  chain, 
Without  reproach,  without  a  stain, 
Without  a  sneer  or  bitter  word, 
Without  the  dungeon  and  the  cord, 
North,  South,  from  sea  to  sea, 
Free  forever,  ever  free ! 

Free,  free,  free 
Our  speech  shall  ever  be. 

Far  as  earth's  waters  run  and  ring, 
Fur  as  the  wild  birds  soar  or  sing, 
Where  voice  may  speak  and  voice  reply, 
Or  white-winged  sheets  like  peace-doves  fly  ; 
North,  South,  from  sea  to  sea, 

Free  forever,  ever  free. 

Free,  free,  free 
Our  thought  shall  ever  be. 
Yes ;  freer  yet  with  every  year, 
What  man  may  dare,  or  heart  holds  dear, 
Shall  roll  and  roar  through  every  land, 
In  speech  which  all  may  understand. 
North,  South,  from  sea  to  sea, 
Free  forever,  ever  free. 


Free,  free,  free, 
And  Gon  our  guide  shall  be. 
He  led  our  fathers  on  of  old, 
Through  trials  dark  and  manifold, 
Till  they  the  mark  appointed  won ; 
Us  will  He  lead  yet  farther  on. 
From  North  to  South,  from  sea  to  sea, 
And  free  forever — ever  free ! 


PHILADELPHIA,  February  8, 1S64. 


[The  following  stanzas  are  almost  sacred,  from  their  tender  and  life-long 
associations.  They  have  been  given  us  by  the  lady  to  whom  they  were 
addressed,  and  we  presume  that  nothing  less  than  this  great  charity  would 
have  drawn  them  from  their  seclusion  of  many  years.] 

STANZAS. 

BY  JOSEPH  RODMAN  DRAKE. 

YES,  we  must  sever,  Eva  dear, 

But  though  our  sorrows  flow, 
Thy  semblance  still  shall  bless  me  here, 

In  solitude  and  woe. 
Though  fate,  dear  Eva,  bids  us  part, 

I'll  live  as  warmly  true, 
As  when  in  my  enamored  heart 

Thine  image,  dearest,  grew. 

With  thee  were  all  my  loves  of  youth, 

My  childhood's  dreams  were  thine, 
Thy  name,  in  fond,  devoted  truth, 

Was  mingled  then  with  mine. 
When  age,  that  shades  our  bosom's  light, 

Each  cherished  trace  shall  wear, 
That  name  shall  live  as  pure  and  bright 

As  when  'twas  written  there. 


"HERE  WE  GO,   UP,  UP,  UP!"  f 

TWENTY-THREE  prospectuses,  and  eleven  nicely-shaded  maps  of  new 
Mining  companies  have  been  tossed  into  my  office  this  week.  Why  do 
they  invade  the  quiet  fourth  story  den  of  a  lawyer,  whose  income  tax 
barely  pays  the  cost  of  collecting  ?  Why  insult  his  patient  hopes  with 
the  dazzling  lure  of  Grand  Vortex  and  Crash  Coal,  or  High  Colorado 
Metallic  ?  The  town  swarms  with  charters  from  imaginary  legislatures,  and 
surveys  by  fictitious  engineers ;  and  one  would  say,  looking  at  the  frenzy 
and  display  of  Wall  street  and  the  avenues,  that  the  Israelitish  ships  from 
Tarshish  had  landed  here  once  more  their  cargoes  of  gold,  apes,  and  pea 
cocks. 

Two  or  three  of  these  little  schemes  are  tempting,  not  because  they 
wear  a  more  romantic  air  than  the  others,  but  from  the  appeal  they  make 
to  the  pastoral  and  political  tastes  of  victims.  One  speculator  owns  an  old 
chicken  coop,  and  had  a  cousin  who  ran  for  the  Common  Council.  On 
this  basis  of  real  estate  and  legislative  influence,  he  proposes  to  construct 
an  Egg-mining  company,  which  in  the  present  addled  state  of  public  sense, 
may  yoke  success  to  its  car.  Another  intends  to  organize  an  enterprise 
for  digging  up  and  melting  over  epithets  from  the  past  two  years'  news 
papers  on  both  sides.  Out  of  their  old  files,  abounding  in  mountains  of 
"£opperheads,"  and  "  iron  handed  tyranny,"  he  hopes  to  collect  enough 
tailings  of  these  metals  to  keep  a  foundry  at  work, — at  least  until  the  idiots 
of  Wall  street  can  absorb  the  stock. 

The  little  fellows  who  flourish  their  red  India  rubber  balloons  in  un 
conscious  satire  through  the  brokers'  haunts,  should  found  a  rival  board. 
They  don't  "  bid  the  rash  gazer  wipe  his  eye,"  any  more  than  the  more  pre 
tentious  bubbles  about  them  would,  if  he  should  chase  them.  John  Law 
would  delight  in  a  generation  like  this,  which  inverts  the  proverb,  "  nothing 
venture,  nothing  have,"  and  reads  it,  "  nothing  have,  everything  venture." 


SPIRIT    OF    THE    FAIR. 


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MISPLACED  AFFECTION. 

MY  grandfather's  story  was  in  this  wise : 

"  Ours  was  not  a  love  at  first  sight.  I  had  known  and  loved  her  from 
my  boyhood.  Often  has  she  sat  with  me  on  our  door  stoop,  tired  with 
play,  and  shared  with  me  my  bowl  of  bread  and  milk.  Thus  we  grew  up, 
as  it  were,  together,  and  thus,  through  the  simple  channels  of  tender  sym 
pathy,  I  learned  to  prize  her  for  her  quiet,  loving  ways,  and  at  last  to  de 
pend  upon  her  almost  wholly  for  my  society.  I  will  not  go  through  all 
the  stages  of  my  boyhood's  admiration ;  suffice  it  to  say,  that  at  last  the 
time  came  when  I  was  to  bring  her  home  with  me,  '  for  better,  for  worse, 
for  richer,  for  poorer,'  and,  as  I  then  supposed,  '  'till  death  should  us  part.' 
But  such  was  not  to  be  our  fate.  Let  me  hasten  to  the  end.  We  were  for 
awhile  happy— I  may  say  most  happy — together.  Not  a  murmur  of  discon 
tent,  not  a  breath  of  unkindness  passed  between  us  for  many  months ;  but 
at  last  I  discovered,  conceal  it  as  I  vainly  endeavored  to  do  for  my  own 
peace  of  mind,  that  she  was  cursed  with  quick  and  passionate  impulses, 
which  I,  fond  as  I  was  of  her,  could  not  control.  I  will  not  dwell  on  the 
little  daily  scenes  of  fretfulness  and  trifling  acts  of  folly  which  led  to  it, 
but  it  came  at  last.  It  was  on  a  summer  evening,  as  we  sat  by  the  old 
west  window  looking  at  the  sun  set.  I  don't  know  what  exactly  offended 
her—  fiome  unintentional  affront  on  my  part — but  she  suddenly  flew  into  a 
violent  rage,  and  with  a  ferocity  which  so  surprised  me  that  I  could  not 
resent  it,  assaulted  me  in  the  face  !  0,  it  is  a  frightful  thing  to  have  the 
object  of  one's  affections  become  transformed  into  the  hideous  creature  of 
your  hate.  I  said  not  a  word,  but  withdrew  from  her  side,  and  sought  a 
few  hours'  reflection  in  the  solitude  of  my  own  chamber.  For  days  I  bore 
on  my  face  the  marks  of  her  passionate  attack,  but  in  my  heart  was  a 
deeper  and  a  sadder  impression,  which  could  not  be  erased,  and  which 
nerved  me  to  take  the  course  which  led  to  our  final  separation.  In  a  week 
we  parted, — and  forever." 

"What  became  of  her,  grandfather?  "  I  asked. 

"  I  sold  her,  my  child,  to  the  butcher." 

"Sold  her !  to  the  butcher  ?— " 

"  Yes,  and  I've  never  owned  a  cat  since  that  day."  T. 


POSSIBLE    ITEMS. 
From  Some  Newspaper  a  Century  Hence. 

THE  express  balloon  Ariel,  from  New  York  for  Hamburg,  when  about 
one  thousand  three  hundred  miles  out,  collapsed  a  valve,  and  dropped 
into  the  sea,  this  morning.  The  nearest  stationary  life-boat  being  three  or 
four  miles  away,  several  of  the  passengers  were  seriously  wet,  and  one  took 
a  severe  cold  before  assistance  reached  them.  The  unpardonable  delay  of 
fifteen  minutes  thus  occasioned  deranged  business  calculations,  and  caused 
the  failure  of  two  or  three  heavy  European  houses.  We  warn  the  direc 
tors  of  this  company,  that  a  few  more  such  accidents  will  drive  public 
pa'ronage  to  the  Southern  Trade-wind  line,  which  although  nearly  half  an 
hour  longer  in  the  transit,  is  far  more  regular,  and  seldom  over  two  sec 
onds  and  a  half  behind  time  in  arriving. 

•  Ladies  ordering  silks  at  Stewart's,  to  be  manufactured  for  the  following 
day,  are  requested  to  specify  the  exact  shade  of  color  desired,  as  the  worms 
at  Thibet  are  fed  after  sunset,  and  the  chemical  preparation  of  their  diet 
requires  a  few  minutes  more  for  some  tints  than  for  others. 

On  and  after  the  1st  of  May  next,  trains  will  be  run  hourly  on  the  San 
Francisco  and  Sandwich  Island  Raft  Railway.  The  morning  express  will 
start  at  six,  to  connect  with  the  mail  leaving  New  York,  at  five.  Passen 
gers  can  thus  enjoy  a  surf-bath,  and  cocoanut  curry,  and  return  to  Wall 
street  the  same  evening. 

In  Press,  and  will  shortly  appear,  a  historical  novel,  founded  on  the 
war  of  1861,  by  X.  Y.  Z.,  Esq.  The  work  will  be  published  in  three  vol 
umes  of  twelve  paragraphs  each,  and  will  be  furnished  to  subscribers  in  a 
series  of  hourly  numbers,  containing  one  sentence  each.  For  sale  by  the 
Appletons,  at  their  down-town  office,  No.  443  Broadway,  or  to  up-town 
patrons,  at  their  branch  in  the  New  Haven  district. 

Gentlemen  who  arc  particular  in  their  tobacco,  by  leaving  a  package  of 
seeds  at  GilseyX  on  their  way  down  town,  can  have  the  fresh  leaves  re 
turned,  or  the  made  up  cigars,  if  they  prefer  it,  as  they  go  home  from 
business,  by  the  new  galvanic  cultivating  process. 


THERE  are  peace-men,  so  wily  and  deep, 
As  to  say  of  Secessionist  sheep : 
"  Just  let  them  alone 
And  they  will  come  home," 
Like  the  tail-wagging  lambs  of  Bo-peep. 


QUADRUPLE  ACROSTIC  ENIGMA. 

1.  An  art  unknown  to  Adam,  till  Eve  spoke, 
In  which  her  daughters  still  his  sons  excel. 

2.  A  hero  who  the  laurel  wreath  forsook 

For  softer  myrtle,  till  shame  broke  the  spell. 

3.  The  state  in  which  an  ancient  man-of-war 
Resembles  our  first  sire.     4.  A  symbol  fit 

Of  peace  and  plenty.     5.  And  a  title  for 

The  scribbler  of  these  lines,  when  some  fair  wit 
Detects  their  secret.     6.  What  mirth  loves  to  do 

To  Time.     7.  That  hidden  motive  of  most  deeds, 
Which,  neither  good,  nor  bad,  nor  false,  nor  true, 

Doubt  often  chooses,  weakness  oft'ner  pleads. 
Two,  first  and  last,  two  middle  letters  take, 

From  these,  and  in  the  fragments,  as  four  words, 
Read  a  dread  war  that  made  the  nations  shake, 

And  three  great  kings  who  bore  its  foremost  swords. 


THE  following  lines  were  revised  and  corrected  by  Mrs.  Kirkland,  among 
her  latest  labors  in  behalf  of  the  FAIR,  for  insertion  in  our  journal : 

WHO'S  BEEN  AT  THE  FAIR? 
How  many  fathers  ?    How  many  mothers  ? 
How  many  sisters  ?    IIow  many  brothers  ? 
How  many  uncles,  and  aunts,  and  cousins  ? 
Dozens,  and  dozens,  and  dozens,  and  dozens  I 
How  many  dozens,  guess,  if  you  dare, 
Have  entered  the  great  METROPOLITAN  FAIR  ? 

Taking  due  note  of  the  science  of  chances, 
See  what  a  range  we  may  give  to  our  fancies. 

How  many  good  men,  how  many  tad  ? 

How  many  sane  folk,  how  many  mad? 

How  many  jolly,  how  many  sad  ? 

How  many  left-handed,  how  many  right  ? 

How  many  angels,  nearly  or  quite  ? 

How  many  people  I  know  by  sight  I 

How  many  men  my  soul  abhors  ? 

How  many  brutes,  and  how  many  bores  ? 

How  many  young  couples,  still  in  the  state 

Of  honey-lunacy,  fondly  elate  ? 

Think  what  a  beauty  quite  superhuman, 

Must  have  been  that  of  the  loveliest  woman  I 

In  juxtaposition,  conceive,  if  you  can, 

The  figure  and  face  of  the  ugliest  man  I 

By  ones,  and  twos,  and  threes,  and  fours, 

They  passed  the  doors, 

They  trod  the  floors, 

Travellers  hither  from  foreign  shores, 

Yankees,  East  Indians,  Chinamen,  Moors, 

Polished  Caucasians,  Hottentot  Boors, 

Cannibals,  maybe, 

Eaters  of  baby, 

Germans,  Slavonians, 

Wild  Patagonians, 

Could,  would  or  should  have  (for  aught  I  can  tell)  come, 

And,  if  they  had,  would  have  found  themselves  welcome. 

Characters  varied  as  phantasy  paints  ; 

Many  a  sinner  (mixed  in  with  the  saints)  ; 

Many  who  worship  the  gods  of  old  Rome  ? 

Many  who  worship  false  gods  nearer  home  ? 

Various  "  national  benefactors," 

Equal  in  worth  to  the  shoddy  contractors  ; 

Crazy  fanatics,  wire-puller's  tools, 

Peace  politicians,  rebels  and  fools. 

No  money's  refused — let  not  this  be  thought  strange, 

The  baser  its  source,  the  more  blessed  its  change, 

When  it  passes  from  hands  which  it  armed  for  abuses, 

And  rises  at  once  to  the  best  of  all  uses. 

And  always  the  eye  with  pleasure  notes 
The  sprinkling  bright  of  the  dear  blue  coats, 
Straying,  like  common  men,  in  and  out, — 
These  are  the  fellows  it's  all  about  ! 


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SPIRIT     OF    THE    FAIR. 


Honor  is  due  to  any  man, 

White,  brown,  or  sable  African, 

Of  whom  his  epitaph  truly  can  say  : 

"  lie  who  lies  here,  on  a  certain  day, 

Serving  his  country  at  soldier's  pay, 

Faced  musketry  fire,  without  running  away." 

Hut  ah,  how  it  touches  the  heart  to  perceive, 

By  the  halting  step  or  the  empty  sleeve, 

Or  those  sightless  eyes  in  the  shattered  head 

Of  a  living  man  who  might  better  be  dead  I 

That  one  who  now  meets  us,  face  to  face, 

In  this  crowded  and  cheerful  market  place, 

Has  loaded  and  fired,  'mid  shot  and  shell, 

The  Unionists'  cheer  and  the  Rebels'  yell, 

Loaded  and  fired  where  bullets  tell, 

In  the  jaws  of  Death,  in  the  gates  of  Hell, 

Loaded  and  fired  long  and  well, 

Loaded  and  fired  until  he  fell  1 

Quick  !  let  us  give  '  Never  mind  the  amount  1 

All  that  we  have  wouldn't  square  the  account  I 

To  offer  him  money,  of  course,  we  don't  dare  ; 

But  we  give  to  them  all  when  wo  give  to  the  FAIR. 

If  weary  of  retrospect,  how  would  it  suit  your 

Humor  to  try  now  a  look  at  the  future  ? 

Probably  one  baby — possibly  more — 

That's  been  carried  in  at  the  visitor's  door, 

Will  still  be  alive  in  nineteen  sixty-four  I 

What  would  you  give  to  know,  to-day, 

All  he  will  know  ere  he  passes  away, 

To  mix  his  old  flesh  with  its  native  clay  ? 

If  the  world  progresses  as  far  and  as  fast 

In  the  next  hundred  years  as  it  has  In  the  last, 

The  wildest  uf  human  ideas  will  be  passed. 

There'll  be  no  use  for  work,  'twill  be  done  by  machines, 

From  the  ruling  of  states  to  the  boiling  of  beans  ; 

Folks  will  move  without  walking,  and  sleep  without  winking, 

And  live,  I'm  afraid,  without  eating  or  drinking  ; 

If  not  without  laughing,  or  praying,  or  thinking  I 

Perhaps  marriages  then  will  by  rule  be  assorted, 

And  girls  will  be  born  and  grow  up  ready  courted  ! 

No  use  then  for  painters,  their  work  will  be  done, 

In  perfection  of  color  and  form,  by  tlte  sun. 

And  even  we  poets  will  be  cast  in  the  shade, 

All  possible  verses  will  then  have  been  made. 

Can't  you  fancy  the  evils  of  life  all  demolished— 

Diseases  and  death  by  new  science  abolished — 

So  that  if  a  man  were  but  sufficiently  clever, 

To  live  long  enough,  lie  might  live  on  for  ever  I 

Yet,  reader,  suppose  now  you  knew  all  the  lore 

That  the  world  will  have  learned  by  nineteen  sixty-four. 

You'll  find,  to  your  cost,  'twould  be  useless  to  know  it — 

A  wise  man,  ahead  of  his  time,  doesn't  show  it. 

Though  you  told  the  whole  truth,  the  whole  world  would  etlll  spurn  It , 

And  take,  after  all,  Its  full  century  to  learn  it. 

How  many,  then, 

"Boys  and  men, 

One,  or  two,  or  five,  or  ten, 

Have  been  at  the  great  METUOPOLITAN  FAIB  ? 

Who  are  doomed  to  the  great  Presidential  Chair  ? 

(That  wonderful  piece  of  Cabinet  ware, 

Whereof  all  the  cushions  arc  stuffed  with  care.) 

How  many  maidens  and  youth  for  whom  Destiny 

Has  it  in  store  that  their  lives  shall  be  blest  in  a 

Manner  unthought  of  perhaps,  In  their  fancies, 

Until  at  the  FAIB  they  exchange  the  first  glances  t 

Glances  whose  memories  afterward  urge  'em  on 

Up  love's  broad  aisle,  which  leads  straight  to  the  clergyman. 

Then,  let  us  ask,  (perhaps  it  was  you  /) 
Who's  given  the  most  toward  the  end  in  view  ? 
And  who,  after  all,  can  truly  boast, 
In  proportion  to  means,  to  have  given  the  most? 
I  guess  that  the  last  waa  some  widow's  mite— 
Her  boy  had  died  in  some  far  off  fight, — 
She  hopes  some  more  fortunate  mother's  son, 
May  gather  some  comfort  from  what  she's  done. 

Whose  needs  were  so  great,  or  his  heart  BO  small, 
That  he  passed  by,  giving  nothing  at  all  ? 
If  any,  dear  sir,  (or  dear  madam,  which  la  it  ?) 
There's  time  enough  yet  for  another  visit. 


See  the  show  and  enjoy;  but  before  you  get  through, 
Buy  a  pincushion,  or  a  steam  fire-engine,  do  1 

Ye  men,  reflect:  every  penny's  a  pebble 
Cast  with  good  aim  in  the  teeth  of  the  Rebel. 
Ye  women,  reflect,  that  to  give  is  to  hold  your 
Comforting  hands  out  to  help  the  poor  Soldier. 


THERE  is  an  old  party  of  France, 
Who  delights  on  volcanoes  to  dance  ; 

He  is  destined  to  die 

Of  Mexican  pie, 
Then  beneath  the  volcanoes  he'll  dance. 


FROM  his  icy  old  lair  in  the  North, 
A  black  bear  camo  pompously  forth ; 
Ho  clasped  in  his  paws 
The  young  eagle's  claws, 
And  fondly  they  plighted  their  troth. 


THERE  was  a  young  lady  of  Sharon, 
The  top  of  whose  head  had  no  hair  on, 
So  she  crowned  it  with  rats, 
Mice,  kittens,  and  cats — 
This  infested  young  lady  of  Sharon. 


HERO  AND  LEANDER. 

WHERE  from  thy  gates  of  storm,  dark  Euxine,  roll 
The  tempest-trampled  tides,  in  mountains  tossed, 
What  gleams  there,  like  a  snow-flake,  seen  and  lost? 

LEANDER'S  arm,  nerved  by  LEANDER'S  soul. 

She  all  night  hath  outwatched  each  waning  star, 
And  still  she  stands,  with  zone  and  hair  unbound  ; 
Dreads,  thrilled  with  hope  and  fear,  her  own  heart's  sound, 

And  tearful  looks  o'er  the  gray  sea  afar. 
Maiden !  more  hapless  than  thy  darling  boy, 
No  more  shall  come  again  those  hours  of  joy : 

No  more  the  chill  of  the  salt  waves7  embrace 

Thy  locks  shall  dry,  thy  warm  caresses  chase ! 

Morn  sees  her  on  the  shore.  Death  may  not  part 

His  outworn  spirit  and  her  broken  heart. 


ACROSTIC. 

You  own  what  woman  never  owned, 
Of  which  you'd  gladly  spare  a  part ; 
Useless  to  others,  yet  enthroned 
Right  in  your  very  life  and  heart. 

A  gift  so  strange,  that  you've  to-day 

Got  what  you  never  had  before — 

E'en  that  which  you  shall  have  no  more. 


EPIGRAM. 

THREE  strides  a  Revolution  takes,  abhorred: 
First,  Frenzy  rules,  then  Panic,  then  the  Sword. 
Discord's  apostle,  first  hear  Wendell  spout, 
Next  Finance  pours  its  reckless  billions  out. 
And  will  this  dawdling  Congress  helpless  stand, 
Provoking  scorn  and  wrath,  till  some  mailed  hand, 
To  save  a  falling  State,  shall  crush  the  laws, 
And  wave,  "  Take  hence  that  bauble  ! " — with  applause  ? 

M. 


S  P  I  R  I  T     O  F     T  It  K     F  A  I  R . 


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THE  RAFT-LIGHT. 

BY   KOSE   TERRY. 

I  LOOKED  out  into  the  darkness, 
And  heard  the  falling  rain, 

The  sleeping  river  whisper, 

And  the  winds  of  Spring  complain : 

I  felt  the  earth's  soft  breathing 

Answer  the  heaven's  kiss, 
And  the  odor  of  buds  that  open 

Dreaming  of  summer's  bliss. 

Dark  as  darkest  chaos, 

Nor  river  nor  leaf  for  sight — 

Only  the  fire  of  a  boatman 
Steering  his  raft  by  night. 

There  on  the  gliding  water 
A  fire  that  leapt  and  danced ; 

On  the  red  shirt  of  the  boatman, 
And  the  dripping  planks  it  glanced. 

A  sudden  vivid  picture, 

The  broad  night  for  its  frame  ; 
In  the  sullen  mist  of  midnight, 

A  living  spot  of  flame. 

Ah  Love  !  in  life's  wide  darkne* 

We  all  are  set  apart, 
Side  by  side  forever, 

Hidden  heart  from  heart. 

We  hear  the  dropping  and  crying 
Of  tears  on  the  barren  strand  ; 

We  grope  in  night  for  succor 

And  the  grasp  of  a  friendly  hand. 

Till  the  wandering,  wondering  poet, 

Answereth  man's  desire ; 
And  we  see  his  heart  and  know  it 

By  the  light  of  its  midnight  fire  ! 


STYLE  AND  ELEGANCE. 

Is  there  an  intrinsic  and  native  difference  between  these  graces  of  hu 
manity,  which  all  the  refined  admire,  and  many  of  the  unrefined  strive 
to  imitate,  or  are  they  only  differently  trained  shoots  from  the  same  seed  ? 
Both  remain  within  the  region  of  beauty,  for  sublimity  can  exist  without 
either — unless,  indeed,  sublimity  may  be  termed  the  highest  expression  of 
style.  Size  is  essential  to  neither.  Eve  had  the  last,  but  wanted  the  first, 
or  rather  was  perfect  without  it.  So,  too,  Miranda.  Portia  had  both : 
Bassanio's  Portia,  we  mean,  for  she  of  Brutus  may  have  owned  the  Roman 
grandeur,  but  was  too  great  to  need  the  minor  charms.  If ary  Stuart,  too, 
moved  in  her  conquering  grace  with  both,  and  so  drew  down  the  hatred  of 
that  Tudor  man-woman,  Elizabeth,  who  had  neither.  She  who  "  dwelt 
beside  the  untrodden  ways  "  was  elegance  itself,  with  no  touch  of  style ; 
and  the  Pedler  of  the  same  poet  is  the  caricature  of  her  natural  simplicity. 

Style  may  overbear  and  stifle  elegance,  and  so  verge  on  vulgarity, 
which  elegance  never  comes  near.  Already  a  shade  of  difference  exists 
between  "style"  and  "  stylish."  Chic  is  style  belittled.  Cachet  leads  us 
to  the  sense,  for  de  distinction  is  understood  to  fill  the  meaning.  Elegance 
is  inimitable,  and  may  not  be  taught  or  caught ;  but  style  can  be  counter 
feited.  The  first  lies  in  character,  the  second  more  in  manner.  Cleopatra 
in  history  had  the  first,  and  Shakspcarc  gives  her  the  last  in  love,  and  both 
iu  luxury.  Ophelia  never  had  either,  but  only  sheer  simplicity,  while 
Juliet  might  have  grown  to  have  both. 

Elegance  is  common  enough  to  Americans.  I  have  seen  it  in  the  back 
woods — yes,  in  a  shanty,  over  the  kettle.  Style  is  more  English,  yet  Vic 
toria  has  none,  and  Eugenie  is  supreme  in  either.  The  queen  may  owe 


that  to  her  Teutouie  blood,  for  I  have  never  seen  a  German  who  was  not 
wanting  in  both.  Have  the  Orientals  either?  No,  but  rather  a  grand 
calm,  which  is  a  style  in  itself. 

A  man  may  have  style  with  all  acceptance  and  admiration.  Elegance 
is  apt  to  suggest,  unjustly,  question  of  his  strength.  E'ther  is  opposed  to 
commonplace.  Nature  marks  the  difference  in  the  last,  and  art  carries 
out  the  hostility  in  the  first.  Real  fashion  cannot  dispense  with  one,  but 
often  ignores  the  other.  Sham  fashion,  resting  on  no  principle,  is  a  stran 
ger  to  both. 

Style  forces  admiration,  but  need  not  win  love.  Elegance  gains  the 
tender  regard  of  all  who  feel  and  understand  it.  There  is  a  sort  of  ele 
gance  even  in  inanimate  nature,  such  as  flowers  exhale,  while  style  is 
merely  human,  and  may  therefore  be  suspected  to  be  artificial.  Is  elegance 
the  grace  of  nature,  of  which  true  style  is  the  cultivated  finish  ?  M. 


A  PERSIAN  SONG. 

BY    R.  II.    STODDARD. 

Two  strings  for  my  guitar 
I  will  spin  from  your  hair ; 

What  else  can  you  expect 
From  a  lover  in  despair? 

You  grant  a  "Yes"  to  all 

But  the  man  that  is  your  own ; 

When  I  ask  for  a  kiss, 
It  is  "  No  /  "  to  me  alone  ! 

Were  I  marble,  I  would  be 

A  floor,  where  you  might  walk 

As  stately  as  a  cypress, 
With  an  eye  like  a  hawk  ! 

You  said  that  you  would  come, — 
Where  is  your  promise,  dear  ? 

For  lo  !  I  am  alone, 

And  the  midnight  is  here ! 


THE  TRAITORS'  HOLOCAUST. 

MAY,  1861. 

IN  the  month  of  May,  1801,  the  rebels  buried  the  American  Flag  with 
great  ceremony  at  Memphis  :  and  soon  after,  upon  their  retreat  from  Mar- 
tinsburg,  Va.,  they  destroyed  the  railroad  bridge  at  that  place,  and  burned 
forty-three  locomotives  belonging  to  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad. 
Piles  of  fuel  were  built  up  around  the  locomotives,  and  kept  burning  three 
days  and  nights.  The  sound  of  the  steam  escaping  from  the  tanks  and 
boilers,  was  like  the  sighing  and  moaning  of  living  animals. 

Hark  !  there's  a  sound  upon  the  air,  of  wild,  appalling  cries ! 
And  leaping  tongues  of  lurid  Hume  light  up  the  midnight  skies ; 
And  gathering  bands  with  eager  haste  build  high  a  funeral  pyre, 
And  piles  of  dark  and  moaning  forms  are  withering  in  the  fire. 

"  Down  with  Columbia  to  the  dust !  "  aloud  the  traitors  cry, 
"  No  more  triumphant  o'er  our  heads,  her  starry  flag  shall  fly. 
At  Memphis  they  have  laid  it  low,  within  the  silent  grave  ; — 
We  need  no  bonds  of  Union,  no  bonds  but  of  the  slave. 
Who  cares  for  human  progress,  for  the  hopes  of  other  lands, 
The  weary  hearts,  the  loving  eyes,  outstretched,  imploring  hands  ? 

"For  us,  the  bright  entrancing  dream  of  power  uncontrolled  : 
The  slave  supports  our  banner,  where  the  serpent  wreathes  her  fold. 
Away  with  all  our  memories,  dim  shadows  of  the  past, 
Fears  of  fraternal  vengeance  athwart  our  future  cast. 
0  brethren  of  proud  Tennessee,  we  emulate  your  fame, 
Union's  a  solemn  mockery,  and  Progress  but  a  name  ! 


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SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


Here  on  this  pile,  her  iron  steeds  sigh  out  their  burning  breath  ; — 
Columbia's  starry  eyes  lie  dim,  beneath  the  dust  of  death." 

Is  it  thy  hand,  Virginia  !  that  would  strike  the  traitor  blow, 
Write  "  Ichabod  "  upon  our  past,  and  lay  our  Freedom  low  ? 
Oh  vainly  shall  thy  recreant  sons  profane  thy  hallowed  sod, 
For  speechless  things  Jiave  found  a  voice  to  cry  aloud  to  God! 
The  hills  and  valleys  of  the  North  send  back  a  proud  reply, 
The  mustering  of  armed  hosts,  the  rush  of  cavalry ; 
Not  thus  shall  sacrilegious  handa  our  holy  things  profane, 
Not  thus  we  lose  the  liberty  our  fathers  died  to  gain. 
We  gather  in  a  holy  cause.     Sweep  treason  from  the  land  ! 
On  !  on,  triumphant  legions  !     On  !  on,  heroic  band. 
The  steeds  of  Progress  shall  again  renew  their  glad  career, 
Thro'  States  delivered  from  the  reign  of  tyranny  and  fear. 

And  for  each  star  by  guilty  hands  in  that  dark  grave  laid  low, 
Thousands  of  radiant  clusters  o'er  our  happy  land  shall  glow, 
While  thro'  long  future  ages,  shall  Columbia's  banner  shine, 
The  hope  of  all  don  y-troddcn  hearts,  a  watchword  and  a  sign, 
Proclaiming  that  the  Lord,  to  whom  alone  we  bend  the  knee, 
Has  led  us  by  his  Word  of  truth,  and  Truth  has  made  us  free. 

L.  A.  S. 


THE    HEART    OF    "6  3." 

HY  JANE  G.  FULLER. 

Go,  love,  to-morrow,  when  the  awakening  drum 

Beats  loud  for  volunteers  ! 
Go  with  the  brave,  albeit  to  martyrdom, 

Nor  heed  these  foolish  tears ! 

Hotter  that  hopes  like  ours  should  sink  in  shade, 
Than  Freedom's  cause  should  fail ! 

I  could  not  see  our  country's  honor  fade, 
Nor  see  the  wrong  prevail  ! 

A  nation's  bulwarks  are  her  faithful  sons ; 

And  I  am  proud  to  be 
The  giver  of  a  good  and  noble  one, 

0  bleeding  land,  to  thee  ! 

One  kiss  to-night,  and  with  the  morning  dawn, 

Go  forth  on  glory's  track ! 
And  though  it  lead  my  love  to  martyrdom, 

1  would  not  hold  him  back. 
NEW  YORK,  June  Kith,  1863. 


THE  THREE  SISTERS. 

A    Cave. — Enter  Three  Sisters,  viz. :  SPIRIT  or  WINK — SPIRIT  OF  OPIUM 

— SPIRIT  OF  GREEN  TEA. 
They  sing  : 

Kind  sisters  three, 

Here  gather  we, 

To  drink  our  broth  in  glee  ; 

Let  ua  foot  it  in  a  ring 

Round  our  pot,  and  merrily  sing. 

Hurreebol !  Hurreebol ! 
A  famous  broth  we'll  have  to-night, 
We'll  drink  every  drop  ere  morning  light : 
See  how  it  wallops,  see  how  it  glows, 
'Twill  scald  us  sweetly  as  down  it  goes ! 
Hurreebol !  Hurreebol ! 

SPIRIT  OF  WINE — Solo: 

Red  noses  and  bleared  eyes, 
Burnt  livers  and  addled  brains, 


Joints  swelled  to  a  charming  size, 
Sisters,  thank  me  for  my  pains. 
Here  they  go — in  they  go, — 
Boil  and  mix,  and  wallop  so ! 
Chants — Hurreebol !  &c. 

SPIRIT  OF  OPIUM — Solo  : 

I've  brought  you  a  Chinese  mandariu, 
He  was  soaked  clear  through,  bones,  flesh,  and  skin  ; 
He  never  knew  when  I  pitched  him  in, 
Stir  him  up  well, — the  broth  is  thin ! 
Chorus — Hurreebol !  &c. 

SPIRIT  OF  GREEN  TEA  : 

I  have  brought  you  a  delicate  dish 
Of  ladies'  nerves  and  such  small  fish, — 
A  pair  of  eyes  from  a  chambermaid's  head, 
Strained  out  in  a  fit  of  hysterics,  they  said. 
Her  loosened  teeth,  and  her  thin,  lank  hair, 
I  twitched  'em  out,  and  here  they  are ! 
Will  our  fine  mandarin  fall  in  love,  think  ye  1 
Stir  up  well,  and  we  shall  sec  ! 

All  sintj : 

Fire !  fire  ! 
Bum  up  higher ! 

Broth,  mix ! 
AVallop,  wallop,  wallop 

While  I  count  six. 
'Tis  done ! 
Now  for  our  fun  ! 
Off  with  the  pot, 
'Tis  glorious  hot ! 
All  three  tlirust  in  tlieir  heads  and  drink. 


McCLELLAN  AND  GRANT. 

(THE  following  anecdote,  for  the  authenticity  of  which  we  cannot  per 
sonally  vouch,  may  not  be  without  interest  at  the  present  time. — En.) 

Some  years  ago  Captain,  now  General  McClellan,  laughingly  reproached 
Major,  now  General  Grant,  with  a  deficiency  of  the  American  "  gift  of  the 
gab,"  to  which  Grant  good-naturedly  retorted  McClellan's  want  of  the  oth 
er  Yankee  quality  of  yo-a?tfad.  As  the  discussion  became  general  and 
lively,  one  of  the  party  proposed  to  determine  the  truth  of  the  charges  by 
consulting  the  "  Oracle  " — a  large  rock  near  the  house,  which  the  children 
of  the  neighborhood  had  called  by  that  name.  Each  hailed  the  oracle  ac 
cording  to  the  formula  in  vogue  among  the  juveniles,  and  we  give  the 
questions  and  responses  as  follows : 

Q.  What  do  I  lack,  say  I,  Grant  ? 

A.  Rant. 

Q.  What  do  I  lack,  say  I,  HcClellan? 

A.  Elan! 


AUTHOR. — A  writer  whose  fame  generally  diminishes  as  he  becomes 
personally  known. 

MARRIAGE. — A  condition  which  those  who  are  not  in  it  cannot  appre 
ciate,  and  those  who  are,  will  not. 

BACHELOR. — The  melancholy  embodiment  of  an  unfulfilled  intention. 

MAN. — A  two-legged  lever  of  selfishness,  by  which  the  world  is  moved 
to  progress. 

WOMAN. — A  hermaphrodite  of  drygoods  and  personal  loveliness. 

BEAUTY. — A  thing  which  exists  only  in  the  idea  of  the  beholder. 

MONEY. — An  infectious  disease,  which  is  incurable  until  another  takes 
it  from  us. 

POETRY. — Something  that  has  never  yet  been  written  or  spoken. 

Music. — An  invisible  fairy  of  the  air,  who  torments  us  with  desires  for 
the  unattainable. 


SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


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[THE  following  should  have  appeared  in  our  editorial  acknowledg 
ments  on  page  195.  It  was  accidentally  omitted  in  "  making  up  :  "] 

The  sales  of  the  SPIRIT  OF  THE  FAIR  within  the  building  have 
been  conducted  by  Mr.  Elbert  Perce,  with  the  closest  and  most 
courteous  attention  to  its  interests.  Our  favorable  returns  of  sales 
are  due  in  great  part  to  his  energy  and  business  capacity. 

BKTWEEN  !)  and  11  o'clock,  for  the  past  four  mornings,  a  steady  stream 
oC  humanity,  made  up  of  little  drops  of  children,  has  flowed  through  the 
doors  of  the  FAIR  Building  into  and  out  of  the  galleries  and  departments. 
The  Public  Schools  and  Charities  sent  their  crowds  of  eager  little  gazers — 
the  Half  Orphans  were  there,  scarcely  large  enough,  some  of  them,  to 
pass  for  quarter  orphans.  The  little  wondering  faces  could  scarcely  show 
one  expression  of  surprise  and  delight  before  another  chased  it  away. 
Their  shrill  voices  kept  up  patriotic  songs,  and  some  of  the  boys,  in  pass 
ing  through  the  Arms  and  Trophies,  cheered  one  or  the  other  of  the 
Sword  candidates.  The  girls  seemed  more  awed  by  the  grim  aspect  of 
war  around  them,  wreathed  and  softened  though  it  was  with  flags  and  colors 
— and  they  were  more  at  home  among  the  pictures  and  at  the  fancy  stands. 
The  Indians  and  children  took  to  one  another  most  kindly.  By  the  time 
the  youngest  of  the  latter  has  grown  up,  the  youngest  of  the  former 
will  probably  have  vanished  into  the  regions  of  tradition.  The  serious 
side  of  this  spectacle  is  this :  that  all  these  younglings  are  future  citizens, 
and  that  they  are  all  training  for  the  duties  of  citizens.  Would  that  all 
the  outcasts  and  neglected  of  this  city  could  join  the  long  procession,  and 
gain  the  advantage  of  such  training,  to  be  repaid  hereafter  by  faithful 
obedience  to  law. 

THE  AGRICULTURAL  DEPARTMKNT. — Xo  Department  of  the  METROPOLI 
TAN  FAIR  present  greater  practical  attractions  than  the  one  devoted  to  the 
exhibition  of  agricultural  implements,  carriages,  and  other  articles  pertain 
ing  to  the  industrial  and  mechanic  arts.  No  visitor  to  the  FAIR  should  neg 
lect  to  give  this  Department  a  careful  examination.  Among  the  more 
remarkable  articles  on  exhibition,  we  call  special  attention  to  the  "  Rotary 
Cultivator,"  which  competent  judges  pronounce  to  be  one  of  the  most  im 
portant  inventions  of  the  day  for  the  farmers.  Mr.  Brewster  contributes  a 
splendid  carriage,  valued  at  $1,000.  A  light  carriage  presented  by  C.  Van- 
horn,  price  .$300,  attracts  much  attention  by  its  elegance.  Besides  the  ar 
ticles  here  mentioned  there  is  a  great  variety  of  implements  and  machines 
well  worthy  the  attention  of  every  one. 

AT  the  beautiful  Table  presided  over  by  Mrs.  Hunt,  in  the  17th  street 
building,  which  has  attracted  so  much  admiration,  there  is  another  inter 
esting  specimen  of  the  Illuminating  Art,  in  a  volume  under  the  title  of 
"  Thoughts  that  Breathe,  and  Words  that  Burn."  The  vivid  pages  glow 
with  delicately  touched  illustrations,  not  less  beautiful  than  those  with 
which  the  same  fair  hand  enriched  a  leaf  of  the  Acrostic  Enigma  Albura 
mentioned  in  an  earlier  number.  The  present  is  an  instance  of  the  reality 
of  taste,  and  the  practical  uses  of  refinement — the  book  having  brought 
one  hundred  and  forty  dollars  into  the  Treasury. 

THE  numerous  collectors  of  Autographs,  who  have  labored  so  diligently 
to  bring  together  rare  signatures  combined  in  beautiful  books,  for  sale  at 
the  FAIR,  request  us  to  say,  that  owing  to  the  impossibility  of  realizing 
anything  like  an  adequate  price,  these  collections  will  be  sold  at  auction,  a 
a  few  weeks  after  the  close  of  the  Fair,  at  a  day  and  place,  which  will  be 
fully  advertised — so  that  those  who  are  not  eminent  enough  to  have  a  hand 
in  the  books,  may  at  least  have  a  hand  in  the  purchase. 

THE  Gentlemen's  Furnishing  Department,  under  Mesdamcs  McVickar 
and  Warren,  assisted  indefatigably  by  Mrs.  and  Miss  Ludlow,  Miss  Ander 
son,  and  other  charming  assistants,  has  been  enlourc  from  "morn  till 
dewey  eve  "  by  the  appreciative  of  our  bachelor  friends.  They  have  dis 
posed  of  100  copies  of  the  Book  of  Bubbles,  besides  realizing  manv  thou 
sand  dollars  from  the  sales  of  their  legitimate  wares. 

THE  Drygoods  Department,  under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  Van  Vechten, 
and  indefatigable  and  attractive  aids,  have  made  very  heavy  sales,  amount 
ing  to  over  $8,000.  Twelve  young  ladies  have  made  and  contributed 
through  Mrs.  John  G.  Vose,  articles  on  which  a'one  the  handsome  sum 
of  $317  have  been  realized.  Our  early  friend  Santa  Glaus  still  presides 
at  the  South  East  corner,  with  many  niceties  for  the  littlo  folks. 


PHOTOGRAPHIC  PICTURES  of  the  Gentlemen's  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Fair  have  been  taken  by  Brady  first,  and  afterward  by  Gurney.  Both 
present  clear  and  well-disposed  groups,  with  that  relentless  identification 
of  persons  which  this  conscientious  art  practices.  It  is  said  that  a  more 
gracious  and  winning  group  will  also  be  taken,  embracing  (happy  sunshine  !) 
the  ladies  of  the  Executive  Committee.  Let  us  hope  that  hats  may  not  be 
allowed  to  darken  their  features,  and  to  carry  down  to  the  next  age,  alarm 
ing  traditions  as  to  our  taste  in  deforming  the  reality  of  beauty,  by  th« 
intrusive  caprices  of  fashion. 

STAND  No.  11,  from  Rahway,  under  the  superintendence  of  a  sweet 
band  of  assistant  "ministers  of  grace"  has  disposed  of  nearly  all  its  wares; 
and  representing  Autumn,  its  varied  tints  may  still  be  observed  in  anima 
ted  lustre  from  the  ministers.  It  may  be  pleasingly  observed  that  there  is 
at  this  table  a  beautiful  wedding  cake  made  by  Jersey's  fair  daughters, 
which  is  to  be  disposed  of,  wholesale  and  retail.  N.  B. — Bachelors  will 
please  take  notice. 

THE  Sewing  Machine  Department,  under  direction  of  Mesdames  James 
Kent  and  Hamlin,  and  indefatigable  lady  assistants,  deserves  special  men 
tion  and  patronage.  Machines  have  been  contributed  respectively  by 
Wheeler  &  Wilson,  Singer,  and  Grover  &  Baker.  Three  of  these  are  for 
subscription,  to  be  presented  to  Mrs.  Fremont,  Mrs.  Grant  and  Mrs.  Mc- 
Clellan.  This  department  has  been  very  successful,  and  is  well  worthy  of 
a  call. 

THE  Harness  and  Saddlery  Department  Stand  No.  37,  under  the  able 
direction  of  Mrs.  F.  F.  Thompson  and  charming  assistants,  has  been  very 
successful,  has  first-class  work  from  the  atelier*  of  the  best  of  the  trade 
in  the  city.  The  articles  left  are  of  first-class  make,  and  at  wholesale 
prices. 

THE  Boot  and  Shoe  Department,  Stand  No  36,  under  charge  of  Mrs. 
B ,  and  charming  and  indefatigable  assistants,  has,  among  other  nice 
ties  and  excellent  work  contributed  by  the  trades,  an  autograph  letter  by 
Gen.  Washington,  dated  at  Cambridge,  1776,  and  valued  at  $100,  which, 
will  be  sold  to  the  highest  offer  (not  by  auction)  by  Saturday  at  12  noon. 

THE  Welsh  Stand,  under  the  superintendence  of  M-rs.  Daniel  L.  Jones 
and  divers,  fair  Cambria  maidens,  has  by  dint,  of  their  harps  and  smiles, 
extracted  many  a  green-back  from  the  appreciative  beholder.  Their  sales 
will  amount  to  upwards  of  $4000.  Miss  Jenny  Ap  Jones  still  presides 
over  the  harp  at  one  end,  and  will  sing  a  patriotic  song  for  only  one  cent. 

THE  Patterson  Stand  of  New  Jersey,  under  Mrs.  Powers,  dispenses 
now  delectabilities  for  the  palate,  having  sold  nearly  all  their  fancy  articles. 
Stop,  Traveller,  and  try  their  sponge  cake,  and 'the  lightest  and  most 
delicious  of  New-Jersey  doughnuts,  dispensed  by  the  fair  hands  of  Miss 
Parker  and  Miss  Crane— no  extra  charge  for  smiles. 

STAND  No.  9,  called  Winter,  reminds  the  passer  by  of  anything  but 
winter,  judging  from  the  rosy  cheeks  and  sunny  smiles  within.  Mrs.  Green 
and  the  young  ladies  with  her,  have  hardly  anything  left,  even  as  a 
souvenir  for  their  admiring  friends.  A  little  cake  may  also  be  obtained 
there,  and  it  might  be  handy  to  have  in  the  house. 

THE  Cloth  Department,  stand  22,  is  made  up  of  contributions  from 
England.  The  assortment  was  large  and  very  valuable.  The  cloth  houses 
of  "  the  old  country  "  have  come  forward  nobly  and  materially  swelled  the 
Treasury  of  the  FAIR. 

AMONG  the  contributions  to  the  Fair,  we  would  mention  a  valuable  col 
lection  of  useful  and  fancy  articles  contributed  by  the  young  ladies  of  the 
Central  Presbyterian  Church,  in  Auburn,  of  which  Rev.  Henry  Fowler  is 
pastor. 

The  Methodist  Church  Association,  Stand  No.  20,  under  the  direction 
of  Mesdames  Kennedy  &  Fuller,  and  assistants,  has  realized  upwards  of  seven 
thousand  dollars. 

THOSE  desirous  of  imbibing  the  pure  Ancient  Britton  from  the  original, 
fount,  can  at  said  stand  purchase  for  60  cents  the  "  Cysondel-Y-pedair 
Sftngyt." 

OUR  country  cousins,  of  Dobbs'  Ferry,  Tarrytown  and  Hastings  have 
sold  out,  and  gone  home  from  Stand  No.  15,  having  been  of  material  assis 
tance. 

THE  church  of  Fifth  Avenue,  19th  street  (Dr.  Rice),  under  direction 
of  Messrs.  James  Walker,  Paton  and  Cowles,  has  realized  over  $2,000  up 
to  Friday  evening.  The  lame  soldier  has  taken  in  over  $80  besides. 

STAND  No.  21. — Under  the  charge  of  Mrs.  Rosenfelt,  has  been  very 
successful.  A  few  uiile  cum  dulcc  tilings  are  still  left,  particularly  the  useful. 

THERE  are  some  first  class  Swiss  watches  for  sale  at  the  Swiss  booth  in 
Seventeenth  street,  which  are  not  for  sale  by  auction. 

THE  DRUGS  AND  PERFUMERY  Department,  under  Mrs.  Dr.  Grudon  Buch, 
and  fair  assistants,  has  realized  over  $1,200  for  the  FAIR. 


206 


SPIRIT     OF     THE     FAIR. 


LIST    OP    CONTRIBUTORS    AND    ARTICLES    CONTRIBUTED. 


CONTRIBUTIONS  RECEIVED  AT  THE  FOURTEENTH  STREET  BUILDING. 


Adoration  of  Shepherd,  Ward,  Dickeuson  &  ('o. 

32  pieturrs,  West  1'oint  Foundry. 

The  Game  of  Life,  Augustus  F.  Smith. 

Oil  painting,  Moses  II.  Grinnell. 

5  painting  and  models,  W.  II.  Webli. 

Oil  painting,  Jas.  Urquliart. 

2  oil  paintings  and  model,  Fuciiic  Btt'am  Ship  Co. 

Washington  Crowing  the  Delaware,  M.  O.  ItobertB. 

Scene  at  the  Conciergerie,  J.  Taylor  Johnson. 

Prison  during  the  roll  call  of  the  last  victims  of  the 

Roign  of  Terror,  9th  Thennidor,  1793. 
Niagara,  A.  T.  Stewart. 
Sewing  Girl,  Win.  T.  Blodgett. 
Newsboy,  Jonathan  Sturgcs. 
Horse  Our.rd,  Wm.  T.  Blodgett. 
El.ipeth  Mucklebackel,  and  Lord  Olenallan,  Antiquary, 

Mrs.  Gideon  Lee. 
Mexican  News,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Tho  Ucturu,  E.  Saportas. 
Long  Jakes,  M.  ().  Roberts. 
The  Guitar,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
The  Harvest,  Wm.  P.  Wright. 

Catskill  Creek  and  North  Mountain,  A.  M.  Cozzens. 
Niagara,  J.  Taylor  Johnson. 
Haered  Lesson,  II.  M.  Olyphant. 
The  Antiquary,  Wm.  II.  Osborne. 
Idylle,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
The  Departure,  E.  Saportas. 
Tho  Hone  of  Contention,  John  Iloey. 
Un  Kepas  do  Corps,  John  Hoey. 
Happy  Old  Couple,  II.  L.  Jaques. 
Italy,  Win.  11.  Appleton. 
Beggar  Girl,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
The  Jeweller,  W.  II.  Webb. 
Tho  1'roposal,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Brittany  Peasants  at  I'rayer,  J.  T.  Johnson. 
The  Beeches,  Sunset,  A.  M.  Cozzons. 
Flowers,  Sheppard  Gaudy. 
Tho  Young  Dressmaker,  John  Iloey. 
The  Bracelet,  John  Iloey. 
Dressing  a  Doll,  James  A.  Suydam. 
Napoleon  at  Fontaincbleau,  M.  O.  Roberla. 
A  Castle  invaded  by  Puritans,  II.  L.  Jaqucs. 
Egyptian  Conscripts,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
The  Page,  Win.  II.  Webb. 
Reading  the  News,  John  Iloey. 
Niagara,  A.  M.  Cozzens. 
Bird  Catchers,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Statuettes  for  Sale,  John  Iloey. 

Morning  on  the  Massachusetts  Coast,  Kheppard  Gandy. 
The  Kerry,  John  Hoey. 
Lord  Hereford's  Park,  W.  II.  Webb. 
Delated  Venetian  Maskers,  Geo.  W.  Rlggs. 
Forest  Scene,  Jonathan  Sturges. 
The  Sacred  Lesson,  A.  M.  Cozzons. 
The  Match  Girl,  London,  N.  Y.  Gallery  Fine  Arti. 
Masquerade,  W.  II.  Webb. 
Coast  Scene,  Mediterranean,  A.  T.  Htowart. 
Italy,  New  York  Gallery. 
The  Rocky  Mountains,  Emil  Seitz. 
A  Shepherd  Boy  of  the  Campagna,  A.  M.  Cozzens. 
The  I'Inyful  Kittens,  Win.  T.  lilodgctt. 
Una«  de  Sevilla,  Win.  T.  Blodgett. 
Tho  Rejected  Bouquet,  Wm.  II.  Webb. 
Market   Scene    by    Candlelight,    Amsterdam,    M.    O. 

Roberta. 

Frozen  to  Death,  James  A.  Suydam. 
The  Portrait,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Portrait  of  David  Garrick,  A.  M.  Cozzens. 
Hwiss  Lake,  R.  M.  Olyphant 
Coast  of  Holland,  Wm.  P.  Wright. 
The  Sword,  R.  M.  Olyphant. 
Egmont  and  Horn,  Win.  P.  Wright. 
Norway  Scenery,  W.  II.  Webb. 
Looking  Into  the  Future,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Mercy's  Dream,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
The  Farmyard,  M.  O.  Roborta. 
The  Disputed  Breakfast,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Repose,  R.  M.  Olyphant. 
Tho  Flower  Girl,  Wm.  T.  Blodgett. 
Fisher  Boy,  Wm.  T.  Blodgett. 


Tho  Dancing  Lesson,  John  Iloey. 
Wine  and  Fruit,  Wm.  II.  Webb. 
Morning  in  the  Adirondack,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Father  Time  and  his  Family,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Tho  Trooper,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Feeding  the  Pet,  Rheppard  Gnndy. 
Seaside,  Wm.  XI bio. 
The  Bouquet,  Wm.  Niblo, 
October,  1863,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Sheep,  Wm.  Niblo. 

Indian  Summer  in  Virginia,  M.  O.  Robert!. 
Konigs  Lake  in  the  Tyrol,  II.  I,.  Jaques. 
The  Postboy,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
The  Bird  Cage,  James  A.  Suydam. 
The  Cavalier,  John  Iloey. 
Petit  Larceny,  Wm.  T.  Blodgett. 
Landscape  and  Cattle,  Normandy,  A.  T.  Stewart. 
The  Andes  of  the  Ecuador,  Win.  H.  Osborne. 
Post  House,  Wm.  H.  Webb. 
Uoindoer  Hunters  at  Sunrise,  II.  L.  Jaques. 
The  Stable,  W.  II.  Wobb. 
Tho  Prido  of  tho  Village,  Wm.  II.  Osborno. 
Coai4  of  Genoa,  Moses  II.  Grinnoll. 
The  Interrupted  Couple,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Port  of  .Schevoningen,  H.  L.  Jaques. 
Day  Dreams,  J.  T.  Sanford. 
The  Pet  Kitten,  James  A.  Suydam. 
Sheep,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Oft'  Ostend,  James  A.  Suydam. 
The  Surprise,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Tho  Microscope,  A.  M.  Cozzens. 
Alexander  Hamilton,  Thomas  J.  Bryan. 
Morning  in  tho  Valley  of  Conway,  James  A.  Robinson. 
Tho  Gamo  of  Life,  D.  Elliot. 
Love  and  Fidelity,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Klorinde,  Wm.  H.  Webb. 
Thomas  Jefferson,  Thomas  J.  Bryan. 
Washington,  Thomas  J.  Bryan. 
John  Adams,  Thomas  J.  Bryan. 
Tho  Heart  of  the  Andes,  Wm.  T.  Blodgett. 
Tho  Past,  Mrs.  P.  G.  Stuyvcsant. 
Hester  Prynnc  and  Little  Pearl,  A.  M.  Cozzens. 
Ducks,  John  Hoey. 
June  Blossom,  Sheppard  Gandy. 
Preparing  Dessert,  John  Iloey. 
Morning  Prayer,  Sheppard  Gandy. 
Warm  Me,  Sheppard  Gandy. 
Scotch  Terrier  and  Puppies,  Wm.  T.  lilodgelt. 
Skye  Terrier  and  Puppies,  Wm.  T.  Blodgett. 
Chickens.  John  Hoey. 
Dog,  Wm.  T.  Blodgett. 
Just  Awake,  H.  L.  Jttques. 
White  Mountain  Scenery,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
The  Convalescent,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
The  Present,  Mrs.  P.  G.  Stnyvcsant. 
John  Knox  admonishing  Mary,  M.  O.  Roberts. 
Venice  Victorious,  J.  II.  Shoenborger. 
Marion  and  his  Men  crossing  the  Pedee,  Wm.  II.  Webb. 
The  Village  School,  Wm.  H.  Webb. 
A  Petition  to  the  Doge,  Wm.  II.  Webb. 
Sunset,  Wm.  H.  Webb. 

Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  dividing  her  Jewels  and  Gar 
ments  among  her  attendants,  Robert  L.  Stuart. 
Wood  Scene,  Fr.inco,  Wm.  P.  Wright. 
Marauders,  Wm.  II.  Webb. 
Tho  1'owor  of  Music,  Mrs.  Gideon  Lee. 
Tho  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  Mrs.  Colt. 
Working  for  tho  Fair,  Sheppard  Gandy. 
Tho  Good  Samaritan,  M.  O.  Roberta 


I'artlal  List  of  Contributions  in  Machinery,  <kc. 

Sewell  &  Cameron,  N.  Y.,  steam  pump,  $440. 

Ilenjamin  Knot  &  Co.,  N.  Y.,  steam  engine,  $850,  steam 

hoisting  engine,  $400 — $750. 

W.  D.  Andrews  &  Brother,  N.  Y.,  oscillating  engine,  $S25. 
J.  I*  Jackson   Jt  Brother,  N.  Y.,  cast  iron  work— settees, 

chairs,  &c.,  $231. 
tt.  Hoc  &  Co.,  N.  Y.,  one  printing  press,  $1,100. 


Murphy,  McCurdy  &  Worden,  N.  Y.,  oscillating  engine, 

$200. 
Ericsson's  Caloric  Engine  Agency,  house  pumping  engine, 

$250. 

Zt'iio  Secor,  Jersey  City,  oscillating  engine,  $500. 
I'omlit  &  Stevens,  Jersey  City,  steam  pump. 
Gould,  Brothers,  Newark,  N.  J.,  planer,  complete,  $3110. 
II.  J.  Baker,  Jersey  City,  horizontal  steam  engine,  $150. 
Henrietta  Ayres,  N.  Y.,  ftro  hydrant,  1-6  inch  Croton  stop 

valve. 

U.  H.  Allen,  N.  Y.,  1  cotton  gin. 
Anderson  McLaren,  N.  Y.,  1  fluting  machine,  $150. 
It.  Brown,  N.  Y.,  1  platform  scale,  $50  ;  1  counter  scale, 

$20—|70. 

A.  Borrowman,  N.  Y.,  1  large  brass  gong,  $39. 
Baker  &  Smith,  N.  Y.,  4  steam  gauges,  invoice  of  Bteain 

fittings. 
V.  Beaumont,  N.  Y.,  metallic  barometer,  copying  press, 

gas  regulator,  steam  gauge,  &c..  $52.50. 
Boardman,   Hnlbrook  &  Co.,  N.  Y.,  castings  for  steam 

punch,  $270. 

lirinkerhoff  &  Springsteen,  N.  Y.,  patent  hand  pump,  $75. 
liassett  tfc  Mace,  N.  Y.,  dowelling  machine. 
K.  Cliipman  it  Co.,  N.  Y.,  washing  machines,  Ac.,  $40. 
Felix  Campbell,  N.  Y.,  invoice  of  steam  fittings. 
(.'.  W.  Copeland,  N.  Y.  injector,  $65. 
J.  T.  Dunkin,  N.  Y.,  slat  sticking  machine,  $150. 
U.  Dudgeon,  N.  Y.,  hydraulic  .lack,  $S5. 
W.  M.  Doty,  N.  Y.,  clothes  washers,  $25. 
Dewhurst,  Emerson  &  Co.,  N.  Y.,  lot  of  assorted  screw- 
bolts,  $150;  1  piece  of  bolting,  $3.24— $153.24. 
Mallory  &  Sundford,  N.  Y.,  flax  machine.  $400. 
U.  Merrill  &  Son,  N.  Y,  ratchet  drills,  $4S. 
McNnb   &  iturlin,  combination   steam  and  water  gauge, 

$75;  steam  whistle,  819— $94. 
Ncwkirk  &  Kennedy,  N.  Y.,  hose  pipes,  basin  cocks,  Ac., 

$62. 

['.irk  Brothers  &  Co.,  lot  of  assorted  sizes  cast  steel,  $1 79.26. 
Pickering,  Davis  &  Co.,  N.  Y.t  governor  and  valve,  $75. 
T.  li.  .k  I.  Richards,  N.  Y.,  dumb  bells,  $30. 
Oeo.  It.  llockwood,  N.  Y.,  2  photographs,  $16. 
Stevens  &  Brother,  anti-friction  punch,  $75. 

—  Smith,  West  st,  N.  Y.,  Invoice  of  betting 
Alfred  E.  Smith,  N.  Y.,  lot  of  patent  axles,  $15. 
Thorp  &  Budd,  N.  Y.,  phujnix  heater,  $40. 
U.  Thompson,  N.  Y.,  Invalid  chairs,  $40. 
J.  Ward  &.  Co.,  N.  Y.,  washing  machine  and  wringer,  £i9. 
Kast  liiver  Steel  Works,  N.  Y.,  lot  of  cast  steel,  $104.95. 
Mr.  Gillis,  90  John  street.  Invoice  steam  pipe,  $60. 
J.  Iloppock,  N.  Y.,   Austin  Improved  embossing   press, 

$700. 

K.  Holmes,  N.  Y.,  1  burglar  alarm  telegraph,  $100. 
Howe  &  Bouvier,  N.  Y.,  platform  ecak',  $20;  army  scale, 

$45— $65. 
Sain'l  Hall,  Son  &  Co.,  N.  Y.,  3  patent  pulleys  and  chains, 

$115. 
E.  A.  4:  S.  W.  Hopkins,  N.  Y.,  100  Becman's  patent  hand 

drills,  $250. 

Hayden,  Green  tfc  Co.,  N.  Y.,  invoice  of  waste  cocks. 
J.  C.  Johnson  &  Co.,  N.  Y.,  sundries,  $lo.fi5. 
E.    Brown    &  C.  D.  Molt,  N.  Y.,  weigher's  beam  and 

frame.  $50. 
•lohn  Ashcroft,  N.  Y.,  water  gange,  vacuum  gauge,  sall- 

nometer,  hot  well  thermometer,  Ac.,  S22S. 
Colhvcll  &  Brother.  N.  Y.,  foot  lathe  and  tools,  $600. 
K.  W.  Keeler,  N.  Y.,  amalgam  bell,  $235. 
W.  C.  Lester,  N.  Y,  fireplace  heater,  $50. 
Merritt  &.  Walcott,  200  Ibs.  Thnrbcr's  anll-frlctlon  metal, 

$TO. 

J.  D.  West  &  Co.,  N.  Y.,  hand  pump,  $85. 
II.  R.  Worthlngton,  N.  Y.,  water  meters,  |37050. 
Wilcox  &  Glbbs,  sewing  machine,  $46. 
G.  M.  Woodward,  N.  Y.,  steam-pipe  fittings,  «kc. 
.1.  B.  Brown  .t  Co,  Pecksklll,  hand  elder  mill. 
L  P.  Dodge,  Ncwbnrg,  hand  pump,  $25. 
Ladies  of  Harlem,  N.  Y.,  portable  forge,  $S5. 
Wheeler,    MIMIck    &   Co.,  Albany,  cash,   $83.83;   horse 

pitchfork,  $1S— $96.  Stf. 
A.  Cnrr,  N.  Y.,  low  water  detector,  S40. 


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